Oxford General Reader: Film Music (Chinese Edition)

Film music has a history as long as cinema. Years before synchronized sound and picture became the standard, projected moving images were often shown to musical accompaniment. Today, film music has developed its own industry and has become an integral part of film markets around the world. Kalinak points out in this book that film music can not only create atmosphere, set the background, and highlight the plot, but can also create emotions that are difficult to convey through the image itself. But how does film music do this? This book not only explains how and why film music works using modern theoretical concepts, but also introduces film music from around the world as well as important composers and musical styles.