Sounds of the Future

Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film

Häftad, Engelska, 2010

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Beskrivning

Covering titles ranging from Rocketship X-M (1950) to Wall-E (2008), these insightful essays measure the relationship between music and science fiction film from a variety of academic perspectives. Thematic sections survey specific compositions utilized in science fiction movies; Broadway's relationship with the genre; science fiction elements in popular songs; the conveyance of subjectivity and identity through music; and such individual composers as Richard Strauss (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Bernard Herrmann (The Day the Earth Stood Still).

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2010-03-23
Mått:152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt:318 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:239
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9780786444809

Utforska kategorier

Musikböcker inom Kultur
Film inom Kultur

Mer om författaren

Mathew J. Bartkowiak is a former associate professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Marshfield/Wood County. He received his Ph.D. from the Department of American Studies at Michigan State University.

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Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction —Mathew J. BartkowiakPART I. “OPEN THE POD DOOR, HAL”: A SURVEY OF MUSIC’S ROLE IN SCIENCE FICTION FILM1. A Familiar Sound in a New Place: The Use of the Musical Score Within the Science Fiction Film —Cara Marisa Deleon2. A Popular Avant-Garde: The Paradoxical Tradition of Electronic and Atonal Sounds in Sci-Fi Music Scoring —Lisa M. SchmidtPART II. “GIVE MY REGARDS TO THE BARYCENTER”: BROADWAY’S RELATION TO SCIENCE FICTION FILM3. “Hello WALL-E!”: Nostalgia, Utopia, and the Science Fiction Musical —Kathryn A.T. Edney and Kit Hughes4. Just Imagine: The Musical Effacement of Dystopia in an Early Sound Film —Katherine SpringPART III. BECOMING THE STAR-CHILD: MUSIC AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUBJECTIVITY5. Ambient Reverberations: Diegetic Music, Science Fiction, and Otherness —Seth Mulliken6. Sci-Fi Film and Sounds of the Future —Matthias KonzettPART IV. MOON/SPOON/CROON: SCIENCE FICTION AND POPULAR MUSIC7. “It’s Hip to Be Square”: Rock and Roll and the Future —Cynthia J. Miller and A. Bowdoin Van Riper8. The Intergalactic Lounge: Barbarella and Hearing the Future —Mathew J. Bartkowiak9. Proposing an Alter-Destiny: Science Fiction in the Art and Music of Sun Ra —Jerome J. LangguthPART V. “ALL THOSE MOMENTS”: INSTANCES THAT SHAPED OUR AUDITORY FUTURE10. Suspended Motion in the Title Scene from The Day the Earth Stood Still —Stephen Husarik11. Strauss, Kubrick and Nietzsche: Recurrence and Reactivity in the Dance of Becoming That Is 2001: A Space Odyssey —Gregg RednerPART VI. “SETTING THE CONTROLS FOR THE HEART OF THE SUN”: COMPOSERS AND COMPOSITIONS IN SCIENCE FICTION FILM12. Rocketship X-M: The Sounds of a Martian Breeze —John C. Tibbetts13. Seeing Beyond His Own Time: The Sounds of Jerry Goldsmith —Cynthia J. MillerAbout the Contributors Index