Composing for the Films

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-0-8264-9902-8
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Buch, Englisch, 176 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 201 mm, Gewicht: 286 g

Reihe: Continuum Impacts

Theodor Adorno was the foremost thinker of the Frankfurt School of philosophers, this classic account of film music aesthetics is a fantastic addition to the Impacts series.

This classic account of the nature of film music aesthetics was first published in 1947. Its value comes from a unique combination of talents and experience enjoyed by the book's authors. Eisler's time at Hollywood gave him a particular insight on the technical questions which arise for composers when music is used in the production of films; while Adorno was able to contribute on wide aesthetic and sociological matters as well as specifically musical questions. Above all, the authors envisaged the book as a contribution to the study of modern, industrialised culture; and, in this respect, it has a particular importance to the whole area of cultural studies.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adorno, Theodor W.

Eisler, Hanns

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Jazz
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Freizeitsoziologie, Konsumsoziologie, Alltagssoziologie, Populärkultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Filmwissenschaft, Fernsehen, Radio
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Musiktheorie, Musikästhetik, Kompositionslehre
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Partituren, Autographen, Libretti, Liederbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

New Introduction by Graham McCann
Preface
Introduction
1. Prejudices and Bad Habits
2. Function and Dramaturgy
3. The New Musical Resources
4. Sociological Aspects
5. Elements of Aesthetics
6. The Composer and the Movie-Making Process
7. Suggestions and Conclusions
Appendix: Report on the Film Music Project
Fourteen Ways to Describe Rain
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Theodor W. Adorno (1903-69) was a founder and arguably the foremost thinker of the Frankfurt School. He worked with Max Horkheimer at the New York Institute for Social Research and later taught at the University of Frankfurt until his death in 1969. His work has proved enormously influential in sociology, philosophy and cultural theory.
Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) began composing for films in the late 1920s. He emigrated to the US in the 1930s where he write a number of scores for Hollywood productions, including None But The Lonely Heart and Renoir's The Woman on the Beach.