Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide
Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards—including Best Picture—and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Films survey. The film’s Oscar-nominated score represented a rare venture into film music composition by Leonard Bernstein, one of the towering figures of classical music in the 20th century.

In Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide, Anthony Bushard examines this landmark work, a score that continues to influence composers of film and classical music alike. The book begins with a biographical survey of Bernstein’s work, followed by an exploration of Bernstein’s compositional method, a look at the context of the film, and an analysis of the score itself.

Though other volumes have focused on Bernstein’s overall career, Bushard's book is the first to look specifically at the score of this film. A welcome examination of one of Bernstein’s most accomplished works, Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide highlights the invaluable contributions of this great composer and will be appreciated by fans of classical music and film scores.

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Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide
Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards—including Best Picture—and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Films survey. The film’s Oscar-nominated score represented a rare venture into film music composition by Leonard Bernstein, one of the towering figures of classical music in the 20th century.

In Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide, Anthony Bushard examines this landmark work, a score that continues to influence composers of film and classical music alike. The book begins with a biographical survey of Bernstein’s work, followed by an exploration of Bernstein’s compositional method, a look at the context of the film, and an analysis of the score itself.

Though other volumes have focused on Bernstein’s overall career, Bushard's book is the first to look specifically at the score of this film. A welcome examination of one of Bernstein’s most accomplished works, Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide highlights the invaluable contributions of this great composer and will be appreciated by fans of classical music and film scores.

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Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide

Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide

by Anthony Bushard
Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide

Leonard Bernstein's On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide

by Anthony Bushard

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Released in 1954, On the Waterfront is considered one of the greatest films of all time, winning eight Academy Awards—including Best Picture—and placing in the top 20 on the American Film Institute’s 100 Films survey. The film’s Oscar-nominated score represented a rare venture into film music composition by Leonard Bernstein, one of the towering figures of classical music in the 20th century.

In Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide, Anthony Bushard examines this landmark work, a score that continues to influence composers of film and classical music alike. The book begins with a biographical survey of Bernstein’s work, followed by an exploration of Bernstein’s compositional method, a look at the context of the film, and an analysis of the score itself.

Though other volumes have focused on Bernstein’s overall career, Bushard's book is the first to look specifically at the score of this film. A welcome examination of one of Bernstein’s most accomplished works, Leonard Bernstein’s On the Waterfront: A Film Score Guide highlights the invaluable contributions of this great composer and will be appreciated by fans of classical music and film scores.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780810881372
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 12/27/2012
Series: Film Score Guides , #14
Pages: 234
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Anthony Bushard is associate professor of music history at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where he teaches courses in jazz history, film music history/analysis, world music, and specialized courses on American musical topics.

Table of Contents

List of Examples and Illustrations ix

Editor's Foreword Kate Daubney xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

Chapter 1 Leonard Bernstein's Musical and Dramatic Background to 1954 7

Chapter 2 Leonard Bernstein's Compositional Method in On the Waterfront 31

Chapter 3 The Historical and Critical Context of On the Waterfront: Part I 59

Chapter 4 The Historical and Critical Context of On the Waterfront: Part II 79

Chapter 5 Ah Analysis of the Score 99

Afterword 165

Notes 169

Appendix 189

Bibliography 193

Index 207

About the Author 215

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