Film Music A Neglected Art 2e

This work examines all aspects of film music, from the early techniques of synchronization and the early sound films of the 1930s, to the demands made by cartoons and animated films. It also looks at the problems of film music composition in the context of the complexities of film-making. "That Mr. Prendergast is unusually well-equipped to discuss both the technology and the aesthetics of film music is revealed once more in this second edition, particularly in the new section on synthesizers. And in this discussion he is disarmingly frank and perceptive. The hands-on experience he has had as one of Hollywood's leading music editors has allowed him to make comments and judgments that serve the history of film music." —William Kraft, composer, from the Foreword

Pages: 352, Edition: 2nd Revised ed., Paperback, W. W. Norton & Company