Screen Scores: Studies in Contemporary Australian Film Music - Softcover

Australian Film, Television & Radio School

9781876351007: Screen Scores: Studies in Contemporary Australian Film Music

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1876351004 ISBN 13: 9781876351007

Publisher: Allen & Unwin, 1998

Provides a series of analyses of the ways in which contemporary Australian cinema has used music in its soundtracks. The text presents individual chapters of films such as "Shine", "The Piano", "Priscilla - Queen of the Desert", "Romper Stomper" and the "Mad Max" trilogy, examining the processes behind the creation, production and consumption of film music scores. Various themes run through the book, including the relationship between film music and narrative; the use of musical themes to enhance characterization; directional style in sound composition; and how sounds, such as the didjeridu, are used to evoke and symbolize Australia.

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About the Author:

Rebecca Coyle lectures in Media Studies at Macquarie University, Sydney, and was curator of the major Australian sound art exhibition Sound in Space, held at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art in 1995. She has written and edited several previous publications including, most recently, Apparition: Holographic Art in Australia (1995), and authored journal articles on subjects as diverse as radiophony, Hawaiian music in Austraila and advanced technology art.

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