Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood.
Platte, Nathan.
Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages) - Oxford Music/Media Series . - Oxford Music/Media Series .
Cover -- Series -- Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Companion Website -- Introduction -- Part I Selznick in the Studio System -- 1. In the Selznick Family Tradition -- 2. "Drama Rising like Mighty Music": Selznick and Steiner at RKO -- 3. Variations on a Theme: Selznick and Stothart at MGM -- Part II Musically Independent -- 4. The Start of Selznick International Pictures -- 5. Music Director Differences: Artful Arbitration through Selznick International's Busiest Years -- Part III Music for Hollywood's Prestige Producer -- 6. Gone with the Wind, Part I: Producing the Score -- 7. Gone with the Wind, Part II: The Music of "Max Steiner and Co." -- 8. "I Know Just What She's Going Through": Rebecca's Music for Interiors -- 9. "Together" for the Last Time in Since You Went Away -- 10. Success in Spite of Itself: The Trouble with Spellbound -- Part IV Postwar Experiments -- 11. From the Ranch to the Drawing Room: Duel in the Sun and The Paradine Case -- 12. "Our Valedictory to Wild Extravagance": The Curious Portrait of Jennie -- 13. Selznick beyond Hollywood -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.
9780199371129
Motion picture music--United States--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
ML2075.P538 2018
781.5420973
Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (417 pages) - Oxford Music/Media Series . - Oxford Music/Media Series .
Cover -- Series -- Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Companion Website -- Introduction -- Part I Selznick in the Studio System -- 1. In the Selznick Family Tradition -- 2. "Drama Rising like Mighty Music": Selznick and Steiner at RKO -- 3. Variations on a Theme: Selznick and Stothart at MGM -- Part II Musically Independent -- 4. The Start of Selznick International Pictures -- 5. Music Director Differences: Artful Arbitration through Selznick International's Busiest Years -- Part III Music for Hollywood's Prestige Producer -- 6. Gone with the Wind, Part I: Producing the Score -- 7. Gone with the Wind, Part II: The Music of "Max Steiner and Co." -- 8. "I Know Just What She's Going Through": Rebecca's Music for Interiors -- 9. "Together" for the Last Time in Since You Went Away -- 10. Success in Spite of Itself: The Trouble with Spellbound -- Part IV Postwar Experiments -- 11. From the Ranch to the Drawing Room: Duel in the Sun and The Paradine Case -- 12. "Our Valedictory to Wild Extravagance": The Curious Portrait of Jennie -- 13. Selznick beyond Hollywood -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
This book tells the fascinating story of the evolution of David O. Selznick's style through the many artists whose work defined Hollywood sound.
9780199371129
Motion picture music--United States--History and criticism.
Electronic books.
ML2075.P538 2018
781.5420973