{"product_id":"overhearing-film-music-john-caps-9798855800630","title":"Overhearing Film Music: Conversations with Screen Composers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThree generations of famous movie soundtrack composers reveal the secrets of their art and success.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBeginning 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Caps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798855800630\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 07\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 408\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.84d","brand":"John Caps","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47087784329471,"sku":"9798855800630","price":37.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bce813c0-e497-4e7b-a45d-d5a123854f2f.jpg?v=1753850785","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/overhearing-film-music-john-caps-9798855800630","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}