{"product_id":"film-music-james-wierzbicki-9780415991988","title":"Film Music: A History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFilm Music: A History\u003c\/em\u003e explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, technological, cultural, and philosophical circumstances. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book's four large parts are given over to Music and the \"Silent\" Film (1894--1927), Music and the Early Sound Film (1895--1933), Music in the \"Classical-Style\" Hollywood Film (1933--1960), and Film Music in the Post-Classic Period (1958--2008). Whereas most treatments of the subject are simply chronicles of \"great film scores\" and their composers, this book offers a genuine history of film music in terms of societal changes and technological and economic developments within the film industry. Instead of celebrating film-music masterpieces, it deals-logically and thoroughly-with the complex 'machine' whose smooth running allowed those occasional masterpieces to happen and whose periodic adjustments prompted the large-scale twists and turns in film music's path.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e James Wierzbicki\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415991986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415991988\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 332\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 237","brand":"James Wierzbicki","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48153025347839,"sku":"9780415991988","price":200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_be5bc796-3b1a-4d4d-b952-f18419bde4b7.jpg?v=1770780772","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/film-music-james-wierzbicki-9780415991988","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}