Hollywood Rhapsody: The Story of Movie Music, 1900-1975

Hollywood Rhapsody: The Story of Movie Music, 1900-1975

by Gary Marmorstein (Author)

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This engaging text presents the history of songs and scores highlighted with personal history of their creators.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 456
Edition: 2nd
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Published: 02 Jan 1998

ISBN 10: 0028645952
ISBN 13: 9780028645957

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Acknowledgments. Introduction: Where You're Terrific If You're Even Good. 1. Smile Through Your Fear and Sorrow: Film Music Before the Soundtrack. 2. Every Note...Is Like a Lover's Kiss: The Invasion of the Songwriters. 3. Open Your Golden Gate: The Emigre Composers. 4. Lonely Rivers Flow to the sea: Aaron Copland, Jerome Moross, Bernard Herrmann; Alex North, Ernest Gold, Elmer Bernstein. 5. Work Like A soul Inspired: Fred Astaire and the Great Songwriters. 6. Or Would You Rather Be a Mule?: Paramount Pictures. 7. I Recall Picnic Time With You: Columbia Pictures. 8. She Gave Your Very First Kiss to you: Alfred Newman and Twentieth Century-Fox. 9. Waltzing in the Wonder of Why We're Here: The Freed Unit at MGM. 10. Just Make Up Your Mind: The Screen Composers Association and HUAC. 11. I Only Know I Must Be Brave: Western Music in the Movies. 12. Leave Your Worries on the Doorstep: Jazz Arrives by Streetcar. 13. A Passing Breeze Filled with Memories: Henry Mancini, from Universal to International. 14. Makes No Difference Who You Are: The Animation Composers. 15. Make it Mine, Make it Mine, Make it Mine!: The Rise of the Movie Song. 16. Threw a Party in the County Jail: The Rock 'n' Roll Soundtrack. Epilogue: Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio? Endnotes. Bibliography. Index.