{"product_id":"overhearing-film-music-john-caps-9798855800623","title":"Overhearing Film Music: Conversations with Screen Composers","description":"Beginning with a quick history of film scoring and then taking the reader backstage to interview a dozen major screen composers, \u003ci\u003eOverhearing Film Music\u003c\/i\u003e represents three generations of movie soundtrack music. Ranging from groundbreaking composers who scored classic 1940s melodramas such as \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eThief of Bagdad\u003c\/i\u003e, to the jazz-influenced modernists who worked on \u003ci\u003eRebel Without a Cause\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Pink Panther\u003c\/i\u003e, and into the symphonic renaissance represented by films like \u003ci\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHarry Potter\u003c\/i\u003e, Caps asks the seminal questions: How did this kind of active movie scoring evolve from silent films--and where is it headed? These interviews provide a master class in how and why to score a film. Interspersed among the interviews, Caps's single-subject essays provide concise histories of the use of choral music in films, African American and female film composers, and digital composing software for a new era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Caps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855800623\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e State University of New York Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 406\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d","brand":"John Caps","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46372793057535,"sku":"9798855800623","price":130.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4327055d-d58f-4977-8481-bf38a50b7890.jpg?v=1732726979","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overhearing-film-music-john-caps-9798855800623","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}