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Music in Action Film: Sounds Like Action! (Routledge Music and Screen Media Series) - Hardcover

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9780815384496: Music in Action Film: Sounds Like Action! (Routledge Music and Screen Media Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0815384491 ISBN 13: 9780815384496
Publisher: Routledge, 2020

Synopsis

Music in Action Film is the first volume to address the central role of music and sound in action film―arguably the most dominant form of commercial cinema today.

Bringing together 15 essays by established and emerging scholars, the book encompasses both Hollywood blockbusters and international films, from classic works such as The Seven Samurai to contemporary superhero franchises. The contributors consider action both as genre and as a mode of cinematic expression, in chapters on evolving musical conventions; politics, representation, and identity; musical affect and agency; the functional role of music and sound design in action film; and production technologies.

Breaking new critical ground yet highly accessible, this book will be of interest to students and scholars of music and film studies.

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About the Author

James Buhler is Professor of Music Theory at the University of Texas, Austin.

Mark Durrand is Senior Lecturer in Musicology at the University of Akron.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2020
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0815384491
ISBN 13 
9780815384496
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
332
Editor
Buhler James, Durrand Mark