Film's Musical Moments

by Ian Conrich (Editor), Estella Tincknell (Editor)

Overview

The scope of this collection is indicative of the breadth and diversity of music's role in cinema, as is its emphasis on musical contributions to 'non-musical' films. By bringing together chapters that are concerned both with the relationship between performance, music and film and the specificity of national, historical, social, and cultural contexts, Film's Musical Moments will be of equal importance to students of film studies, cultural studies and music. The book is organised into four sections: Music, Film, Culture focuses on cinema representations of music forms; Stars, Performance and Reception explores stars, fan cultures and intertextuality; The Post-Classical Hollywood Musical considers the importance of popular music to contemporary cinema; and Beyond Hollywood looks to specific national contexts.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780748623440
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Publication date:	07/14/2006
Series:	Music and the Moving Image
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Ian Conrich is Fellow at the University of Essex Estella Tincknell is Associate Head of the School of Cultural Studies at the University of the West of England

Table of Contents

Introduction; PART I: MUSIC, FILM, CULTURE; 1. Jazz, Ideology and the Animated Cartoon; 2. A Short History of the Big Band Musical; 3. Television, the Pop Industry and the Hollywood Musical; 4. The Operatic in New German Cinema; PART II: STARS, PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION; 5. Jack Buchanan and the British Musical Comedy of the 1930s; 6. Star Personae and Authenticity in the Country Music Biopic; 7. Stardom, Reception and the ABBA 'Musical'; PART III: THE POST-CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD MUSICAL; 8. Musical Performance and the Cult Film Experience; 9. The Soundtrack Movie, Nostalgia and Consumption; 10. Youth, Excess and the Musical Moment; 11. Music, Film and Post-Stonewall Gay Identity; PART IV: BEYOND HOLLYWOOD; 12. Early Danish Musical Comedies, 1931-1939; 13. Film Musicals in the GDR; 14. The Bollywood Musical.

Editorial Reviews

Film's Musical Moments is a refreshing look at music in film, specifically musical performance within film... [It] is the first from the 'Music and the Moving Image' series edited by Kevin Donnelly, and if this book is any indication of what the later books in this series will be like, the study of music, film, popular culture, and other media will continue to open up, offering new or fresh perspectives within each respected field while being complementary and interrelated with one another.

SCOPE: An Online Journal of Film Studies - Lara Hrycaj

Covers a wide variety of cinematic texts and traditions in its attempts to dissect the various guises and effects of the musical moment, and its genuiniely interdisciplinary nature makes it a valuable resource for researchers working in many different areas of scholarship.

Music, Sound and the Moving Image - Catherine Haworth

Film’s Musical Moments will be of use to film and TV scholars, as well as scholars whose work is more directly focused on music in media. It is a promising first entry in the Edinburgh UniversityPress’s ‘Music & the Moving Image’ series.

Film International - Paul N. Reinsch

The strength of Film’s Musical Moments is ultimately based on the strength of the individual contributions. Yet this is something more than a collection of articles about music in film... [a] welcome addition to the literature on film’s musical nature.

Journal of British Cinema and Television - Guy Barefoot