Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction 1
Sound in Film and Visual Media Graeme Harper
Technologies
1 Sound Technology 15
Sounds Reel: Tracking the Cultural History of Film Sound Technology Mike Alleyne
2 The Soundtrack 42
Music in the Evolving Soundtrack David Neumeyer James Buhler
3 The Transition to Sound 58
A Critical Introduction Marina Burke
4 Silence 87
Film Sound and the Poetics of Silence Des O'Rawe
5 The Click Track 100
The Business of Time: Metronomes, Movie Scores and Mickey Mousing Thomas F. Cohen
6 The Synthesizer 114
The Electronic Musical Instrument in Film Song and Sound Nicholas Laudadio
7 Video Game Music 129
High Scores: Making Sense of Music and Video Games Simon Wood
Soundscapes
8 Sound Effects 151
Strategies for Sound Effects in Film Barbara Flueckiger
9 Leitmotif 180
Persuasive Musical Narration Stan Link
10 The Western 194
Affective Sound Communities Felicity J. Colman
11 Comedy 208
They Go Boom! Some Reflections on Sound in Film Comedy Laurie N. Ede
12 Horror 219
Music of the Night: Horror's Soundtracks Peter Hutchings
13 Science Fiction 231
How High the Moon?: Science Fiction and Popular Music Dave Allen
14 The Film Musical 250
Showcasing Musical Performance Corey K. Creekmur
15 Television Musicals 261
Unifying the Audience: An Overview of Television Musicals Sandy Thorburn
16 Rockumentary 284
Reel to Real: Cinema Verite, Rock Authenticity and the Rock Documentary Robert Strachan Marion Leonard
Culture
17 Sound in Indian Cinema 303
Beyond the Song Sequence: Theorizing Sound in Indian Cinema Neepa Majumdar
18 African American Film Sound 325
ScoringBlackness Ruth Doughty
19 Sound in Italian Cinema 340
But the Bells are the Voice of God: Diegetic Music in Post-War Italian Cinema Aidan O'Donnell
20 Sound in French Cinema 352
To Cut or Let Live: The Soundtrack According to Jean-Luc Godard Laurent Jullier
21 Hong Kong Cinema 363
Sound and Music in Hong King Cinema Gary Needham
22 Women in Hollywood Cinema 375
Women Through Music in Golden Age Hollywood Cinema Alexander Binns
23 Television Talent Shows 388
'Thank You, Voters': Approaching the Audience for Music and Television in the Reality-Pop Phenomenon Su Holmes
24 MTV 406
Contemporary Music Video Culture in Television and Film Drama: Narrative, Performance and (Post)Modernity Christopher Pullen
People
25 Voice 425
A Semiotics of the Voice Theo van Leeuwen
26 Hitchcock and Herrmann 437
Music, Sexual Violence and Cultural Change in Vertigo Marnie Psycho Jochen Eisentraut
27 Murch and Burtt 452
Walter Murch and Ben Burtt: The Sound Designer as Composer Stephen Keane
28 John Williams 463
The Film Music of John Williams Dana Anderson
29 Randy Newman 472
Randy Newman: Shaping a Complicated Musical Landscape A. Mary Murphy
30 Brian Eno 480
Brian Eno: Discreet Vision Jonathon Dale
31 Philip Glass 493
Cultural Recycling, Performance and Immediacy in Philip Glass's Film Music for Godfrey Reggio's Qatsi Trilogy Bruno Lessard
32 John Barry 505
007 and Counting: An Assessment of John Barry's Soundtrack Work on the Eon/James Bond Series from 1962 to 1969 Van Norris
33 Danny Elfman 524
Danny Elfman: 'Funny Circus Mirrors' Neil Lerner
Industry
34 BBC 533
The BBC: A Public Service Sound? Heather Sutherland
35 Sound Design 555
Sound Design in New Hollywood Cinema William Whittington
36 Emigre Film Composers 569
Emigre Film Composers and Hollywood's Golden Age (1933-1955) Jonathan Hiam
37 Avant-Garde Film 574
Sound, Music and Avant-Garde Film Culture Before 1939 Jamie Sexton
38 Art Animation 588
Music in Art Animation Maureen Furniss
39 Disney 602
Steamboat Willie and the Seven Dwarves: The Disney Blueprint for Sound and Music in Animated Films Robert C. Sickels
40 TV News Music 612
Television News Music in North America James Deaville
41 Advertising Music 617
Strategies of Imbuement in Television Advertising Music Ronald Rodman
Approaches
42 Musematic Analysis 635
Film Music, Anti-depressants and Anguish Management Philip Tagg
43 The Sound of Fear 657
Psychoanalysis and Affection in Film Music Marcela Antelo
44 Minimalist Music 671
Parallel Symmetries? The Relationship Between Minimalist Music and Multimedia Forms Pwyll ap Sion Tristian Evans
45 Scoring East of Eden 692
The Division of the 'One': Leonard Rosenman and the Score for East of Eden Gregg Redner
46 Film Musicology 725
The Development of Film Musicology: An Overview Alexander Binns
47 Metamusic 739
Metamusic in the Age of Metamediation Holly Tessler
Notes on the Contributors 755
Bibliography 767
Filmography 819
Musicography 837
Broadcast Bibliography 849
Index 853