Hollywood Film Music in the Early Sound Era, 1926-1934
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Slowik not only sketches out the important trends and developments of this nascent period of classical film music history but also makes a compelling argument that there are important continuities that connect the mature silent period with the early sound period. -- Jeff Smith, author of The Sounds of Commerce: Marketing Popular Film Music With a thorough investigation of hundreds of conversion-era feature films, Michael Slowik has provided an important revision of film music history to account for a wide range of scoring practices. After the Silents is impressive scholarship and a valuable resource for anyone with an interest in film sound. -- Jennifer Fleeger, author of Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz Scholars interested in film music will enjoy Slowik's discussion of the differences in film scoring practices across studios and in B films versus mainstream, higher-budget films... Recommended. Choice Slowik offers a comprehensive and compelling analysis of the evolving and diverse musical landscape of early sound film and revises our understanding of the development of the classical Hollywood film score. Journal of American History
Michael Slowik is assistant professor of television, film, and new media at San Diego State University. His work appears in Cinema Journal; American Music; The Journal of American Culture; Journal of Popular Film and Television; Music, Sound, and the Moving Image; Nineteenth-Century Theatre and Film; and Quarterly Review of Film and Video.
Acknowledgments Introduction 1. A Wide Array of Choices: Musical Influences in the 1920s 2. Music in Early Synchronized and Part-Talking Films, 1926-1929 3. Toward a Sparse Music Style: Music in the 100 Percent Talkie, 1928-1931 4. Interlude: The Hollywood Musical, 1929-1932 5. Music and Other Worlds: The Hollywood Film Score, 1931-1933 6. Reassessing King Kong; or, The Hollywood Film Score, 1933-1934 Conclusion Appendix: Chronological Filmography, 1926-1934 Notes Bibliography Index