Discovering Meanings in Film Music
Abstract
This article discusses the most recent publication devoted to the analysis of film music, Film Music Analysis: Studying the Score, edited by Frank Lehman. In this book, selected musical parameters (including interval structures, tempo, metre, key selection, timbre and topos) were analysed in order to reveal their hitherto undiscovered semantic potential for filmic narration. The book is the first collection of essays focussing strictly on such issues, applying tools developed in classical music to film scores.
Keywords:
film music, musical meaning, topic theory, musical style, underscoreReferences
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Bogumiła MikaUniversity of Silesia in Katowice Poland
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