Nathan Platte

Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 239mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 680g
• ISBN-13: 9780199371112
• ISBN-10: 0199371113
• Artikelnr.: 48318940

Autorenporträt

Nathan Platte teaches music history at the University of Iowa. He is co-author of Franz Waxman's Rebecca: A Film Score Guide (Scarecrow Press, 2012) and co-editor of The Routledge Film Music Sourcebook (Routledge, 2011).

Inhaltsangabe

* Contents
* Foreword by Daniel Goldmark
* About the Companion Website
* Introduction
* Part I: Selznick in the Studio System
* 1. In the Selznick Family Tradition
* 2. "Drama Rising Like Might Music": Selznick and Steiner at RKO
* 3. Variations on a Theme: Selznick and Stothart at MGM
* Part II: Musically Independent
* 4. The Start of Selznick International Pictures
* 5. Music Director Differences: Artful Arbitration through Selznick
International's Busiest Years
* Part III: Music for Hollywood's Prestige Producer
* 6. Gone with the Wind, Part I: Producing the Score
* 7. Gone with the Wind, Part II: The Music of "Max Steiner and Co."
* 8. "I know just what she's going through": Rebecca's Music for
Interiors
* 9. "Together" for the Last Time in Since You Went Away
* 10. Success in Spite of Itself: The Trouble with Spellbound
* Part IV: Postwar Experiments
* 11. From the Ranch to the Drawing Room: Duel in the Sun and The
Paradine Case
* 12. "Our Valedictory to Wild Extravagance": The Curious Portrait of
Jennie
* 13. Selznick Beyond Hollywood
* 14. Conclusion
* Acknowledgements
* Select Bibliography