Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music - Softcover

Hollander, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1944860126 ISBN 13: 9781944860127

Publisher: Anthology Editions, 2018

Synopsis

Unusual Sounds is a deep dive into the hidden musical universe of Library Music, featuring histories, interviews, and extraordinary visuals from the field’s most celebrated creators.

About this title

About the Author

David Hollander is an artist, filmmaker and collector of artist-made films and library music. He is a co-founder of CineMarfa, a film festival dedicated to showcasing rare and unseen films in Marfa, Texas. He lives in San Antonio.

From the Back Cover

Unusual Sounds is a deep dive into the hidden musical universe of Library Music, featuring histories, interviews, and extraordinary visuals from the field’s most celebrated creators.

In the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who needed a soundtrack for their commercial entertainments could reach for a selection of library music: LPs of stock recordings whose contents fit any mood required. Unusual Sounds is a deep dive into a musical universe that has, until now, been accessible only to producers and record collectors; a celebration of this strange industry and an examination of its unique place at the nexus of art and commerce. Featuring original art by Robert Beatty and an introduction by George A. Romero―whose use of library music in Night of the Living Dead changed film history― Unusual Sounds is mandatory reading for anyone interested in this enigmatic field and its hidden but pervasive cultural influence.

Edition details

• Publisher: Anthology Editions
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1944860126
• ISBN 13: 9781944860127
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332