This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dom

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, te

"Film Music: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music. What is film music? How is it composed? How does film m

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, te

In Film Music, fourteen of the world's best known film composers discuss their craft, revealing the creative process that led to the familiar sound of the most