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The Music of Fantasy Cinema (Genre, Music and Sound)
Janet Halfyard
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Description for The Music of Fantasy Cinema (Genre, Music and Sound)
Paperback. This volume explores the way in which music and sound articulate the fantastic in cinema and contribute to the creation of fantasy narratives. Editor(s): Halfyard, Janet K. Series: Genre, Music & Sound. Num Pages: 256 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: APF; AVG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Fantasy has had a modern resurgence in cinema due largely to the success of superhero narratives and the two major fantasy series, the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Often regarded as mere escapism, works of both literature and cinema wishing to be taken seriously by the public, by critics and by academics have tended to shelter under the euphemistic umbrella of Magic Realism and, until very recently, there has been a general lack of serious academic work concerned with fantasy as a genre. This volume explores the way in which music and sound articulate the fantastic in cinema ... Read more
Fantasy has had a modern resurgence in cinema due largely to the success of superhero narratives and the two major fantasy series, the Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. Often regarded as mere escapism, works of both literature and cinema wishing to be taken seriously by the public, by critics and by academics have tended to shelter under the euphemistic umbrella of Magic Realism and, until very recently, there has been a general lack of serious academic work concerned with fantasy as a genre. This volume explores the way in which music and sound articulate the fantastic in cinema ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Equinox Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Genre, Music & Sound
Condition
New
Weight
369g
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781791004
SKU
V9781781791004
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About Janet Halfyard
Janet K. Halfyard is a Senior Academic in Music at Birmingham Conservatoire. She has published widely on film and television music, particularly in relation to horror and fantasy genres. Her publications include Danny Elfman's Batman: a film score guide (Scarecrow, 2004) and Music, Sound and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Ashgate, 2010).
Reviews for The Music of Fantasy Cinema (Genre, Music and Sound)
"The collection is outstanding; its overall quality and breadth of content, methods, and interpretive strategies are particularly well demonstrated in essays by Alexander Binns, Mark Brill, Victoria Hancock and Halfyard, Philip Hayward, Jamie Webster, and Ben Winters. This excellent volume could also serve as a textbook for a seminar in film music. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All readers." Choice, June ... Read more