Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity
Animation films are widely consumed in the general population and the study of animation films has blossomed. But music and sound are often marginalized, despite the significance of music, voice talent, sound design and effects for both the films and their marketing. Drawn to Sound unpacks animation film sound and music tracks, and contextualises them within the screen and music industries. Focusing on feature-length, widely-distributed films released in the post-WW2 period, the book highlights work from key centres of animation production, such as the USA, the UK, Japan, significant studios including Disney, Aardman Animation and Studio Ghibli, and major auteurs like Tim Burton. Chapters by animation experts such as Paul Wells and Daniel Goldmark and by film music authorities including Philip Hayward, Ian Inglis and Janet Halfyard offer international perspectives on the history and aesthetics of music and sound in animation film. Contributions from authors in Japan, Australia, England, the USA and Canada explore animation soundtracks, their creators and their production approaches. Different disciplinary perspectives from music, media, cultural and animation studies offer models for future analysis. As the first of its kind, this anthology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in film, animation, music and media studies.
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Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity
Animation films are widely consumed in the general population and the study of animation films has blossomed. But music and sound are often marginalized, despite the significance of music, voice talent, sound design and effects for both the films and their marketing. Drawn to Sound unpacks animation film sound and music tracks, and contextualises them within the screen and music industries. Focusing on feature-length, widely-distributed films released in the post-WW2 period, the book highlights work from key centres of animation production, such as the USA, the UK, Japan, significant studios including Disney, Aardman Animation and Studio Ghibli, and major auteurs like Tim Burton. Chapters by animation experts such as Paul Wells and Daniel Goldmark and by film music authorities including Philip Hayward, Ian Inglis and Janet Halfyard offer international perspectives on the history and aesthetics of music and sound in animation film. Contributions from authors in Japan, Australia, England, the USA and Canada explore animation soundtracks, their creators and their production approaches. Different disciplinary perspectives from music, media, cultural and animation studies offer models for future analysis. As the first of its kind, this anthology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in film, animation, music and media studies.
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Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity

Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity

Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity

Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity

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Animation films are widely consumed in the general population and the study of animation films has blossomed. But music and sound are often marginalized, despite the significance of music, voice talent, sound design and effects for both the films and their marketing. Drawn to Sound unpacks animation film sound and music tracks, and contextualises them within the screen and music industries. Focusing on feature-length, widely-distributed films released in the post-WW2 period, the book highlights work from key centres of animation production, such as the USA, the UK, Japan, significant studios including Disney, Aardman Animation and Studio Ghibli, and major auteurs like Tim Burton. Chapters by animation experts such as Paul Wells and Daniel Goldmark and by film music authorities including Philip Hayward, Ian Inglis and Janet Halfyard offer international perspectives on the history and aesthetics of music and sound in animation film. Contributions from authors in Japan, Australia, England, the USA and Canada explore animation soundtracks, their creators and their production approaches. Different disciplinary perspectives from music, media, cultural and animation studies offer models for future analysis. As the first of its kind, this anthology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in film, animation, music and media studies.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781845533526
Publisher: Equinox Publishing
Publication date: 06/22/2010
Series: Genre, Music and Sound
Pages: 269
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.60(d)

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii

About the Authors ix

Introduction: Audio Motion: Animating (Film) Sound Rebecca Coyle 1

Part I Scoring Animation Film

1 "Everybody Scream!": Tim Burton's Animated Gothic-Horror Musical Comedies Janet K. Halfyard 25

2 Halas & Batchelor's Sound Decisions: Musical Approaches in the British Context Paul Wells 40

3 An Animated Partnership: Joe Hisaishi's Musical Contributions to Hayao Miyazaki's Films Kyoko Koizumi 60

Part II Musical Intertextuality

4 Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed... Something Blue: The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Ian Inglis 77

5 Polar Grooves: Dance, Music and Musicality in Happy Feet Philip Hayward 90

6 Minstrelsy and Musical Framing in Who Framed Roger Rabbit Neil Lerner 104

7 An Aesthetic of Ambiguity: Musical Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Disney's Brother Bear Janice Esther Tulk 120

Part III Music and Sonicity

8 Sonic Nostalgia and Les Triplettes de Belleville Daniel Goldmark 141

9 Resilient Appliances: Sound, Image and Narrative in The Brave Little Toaster Jon Fitzgerald Philip Hayward 160

10 Lupin III and the Gekiban Approach: Western-styled Music in a Japanese Format Kentaro Imada 174

Part IV Music and Industrial Contexts

11 DreamWorking Wallace & Gromit: Musical Thematics in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Rebecca Coyle Peter Morris 191

12 Cowboy Bebop: Corporate Strategies for Animation Music Products in Japan Aki Yamasaki 209

13 Disney Does Broadway: Musical Storytelling in The Little Mermaid and The Lion King Rebecca Coyle Jon Fitzgerald 223

Index 249

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