Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History Review

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Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History ReviewBetween last years wonderful collection by Mervyn Cooke The Hollywood Film Music Reader and this, one has a collection of extracts and essays on the subject of film-music that used to take some work to collect. Whereas Cooke has also produced the massive and deep A History of Film Music, Julie Hubbert has included within the introductions to each chapter of this book, well balanced descriptions of the commercial,economic and artistic winds that drove the changes in film music history. Drawing on the material published in the book, she writes a very readable and essential history, making this a one-stop shop if you are just joining the subject. The extracts can be short, but they are salient, particularly combined with Hubberts narrative. If you are a film-music person of serious intent, you will still want many of the books excerpted here, but there is so much in this book, that you will need/want this as well.
If the book falls down, it is the lack of depth in the media-music (including television) of the last twenty years. Love him or hate him, Hans Zimmer's musical influence has been massive since the early 90s, yet his name does not even appear in the index. Perhaps equally as influential, Thomas Newman is another no show. Danny Elfman is covered, but he is more of a brilliant adapter of earlier styles then the creation of a new aesthetic that both Zimmer and Newman brought. But then, I suppose there is no shortage of coverage of Zimmer in the journals and blogs, and the difference of opinions is what makes it a horse race. All in all, a wonderful new addition to the field.Celluloid Symphonies: Texts and Contexts in Film Music History Overview

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