Scoring the Screen: The Secret Language of Music for Film and Visual Media

This widely acclaimed book enables readers to understand and practice the language of music composed for film, video games, and other visual media.

Film and television music veteran Andy Hill offers an insider's view of what goes into the creation of the musical score for major motion pictures and other works of screen entertainment, including video games. This unique text provides deeply informed, measure-by-measure analysis of highly detailed reductions of music cues from more than two do...