{"product_id":"overtones-and-undertones-reading-film-music-paperback","title":"Overtones and Undertones: Reading Film Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoyal S. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the days of silent films, music has been integral to the cinematic experience, serving, variously, to allay audiences' fears of the dark and to heighten a film's emotional impact. Yet viewers are often unaware of its presence. In this bold, insightful book, film and music scholar and critic Royal S. Brown invites readers not only to \"hear\" the film score, but to understand it in relation to what they \"see.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUnlike earlier books, which offered historical, technical, and sociopolitical analyses, \u003ci\u003eOvertones and Undertones\u003c\/i\u003e draws on film, music, and narrative theory to provide the first comprehensive aesthetics of film music. Focusing on how the film\/score interaction influences our response to cinematic situations, Brown traces the history of film music from its beginnings, covering both American and European cinema. At the heart of his book are close readings of several of the best film\/score interactions, including \u003ci\u003ePsycho, Laura, The Sea Hawk, Double Indemnity, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePierrot le Fou.\u003c\/i\u003e In revealing interviews with Bernard Herrmann, Miklós Rósza, Henry Mancini, and others, Brown also allows the composers to speak for themselves. A complete discography and bibliography conclude the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrown brings music theory to bear upon film theory, and the result is startling. . . . An extremely important work.--William Van Wert, Temple University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Royal S. Brown has contributed a major resource on film music. \u003ci\u003eOvertones and Undertones\u003c\/i\u003e is an outstanding in-depth exploration of the relationship between music and motion picture.\"--Fred Karlin, composer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Royal Brown's book on film music, \u003ci\u003eOvertones and Undertones\u003c\/i\u003e, is a remarkable document: an enormous amount of information assembled and made sense of by a fine intellect. Prof. Brown demonstrates that it is indeed possible for an academic--and a professor of Romance Languages at that--to deal intelligently with our esoteric art.\"--David Raksin, composer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRoyal S. Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor and Chair of the Film Studies Program at Queens College, and editor of \u003ci\u003eFocus on Godard\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 396\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.09 x 9 x 6.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 1994\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47453471277234,"sku":"9780520085442","price":68.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/230d930df274136858f65525fa73068a.webp?v=1778831708","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/overtones-and-undertones-reading-film-music-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}