Music in American Combat Films

A Critical Study

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de Wesley J. O’Brien

Type

Studies

Sujet

Technique > Music

Mots Clés

war films, music

Année d'édition

2012

Editeur

McFarland & Co

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Paperback • 196 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-6343-5

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Description de l'ouvrage:
The book explores ways in which combat film scores interact collaboratively with other film elements (for instance, image and dialogue) to guide audience understanding of theme and character. Examined are classical and current models of film scoring practice and the ways they work to represent changes in film narratives taking place over time or from film to film. Differing approaches to scoring practice are considered as possible reflections of prevailing cultural attitudes toward war and warriors during the time of a film’s creation, the war it represents, or both. Observations of cinematic representations of masculinity, heroism and war raise questions regarding whether (and if so, to what extent) we have lost some measure of faith in our country’s motives for waging war and in the traditional models of what we think it means to be a hero.

À propos de l'auteur :
Wesley J. O’Brien is Chairperson of the Media Studies Department and Associate Professor of Media Studies at Southern Connecticut State University in New Haven, Connecticut.

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