The Sound of Cinema: Hollywood Film Music from the Silents to the Present

Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Foreword: What Constitutes a Great Film Score? by Amon Warmann
• Preface
• One. Tremolo: The Onset of Film Music
• Two. Forte: The Romantic Era Takes Shape
• Three. Glissando: Jazz, Rock and Roll and the Slide Towards Experimentalism
• Four. Allegro: Star Wars and the Resurgence of the Symphonic Score
• Five. Atonal: The Role of Film Music in the Era of Franchising
• Six. Dissonance: Gender Disparity, Temp Scores and Rejected Scores
• Coda: The Future of Hollywood Film Scoring
• Chapter Notes
• Bibliography
• Index