Sound and Vision

Résumé du livre

A reference to motion picture soundtracks. It discusses the rich history ofoundtracks, from composed film scores to movie musicals and songompilations. Divided into three parts, the book begins with an essayetailing the history of the field from its beginnings to the complexnternational business it has become, then offers an overview of many of theomposers who have written music for movies over the years, each with a briefiographical sketch and a discussion of their best work as made available onong-playing records or compact discs, and finally looks at movie musicalsnd song compilation scores that have been issued over the years. Aomprehensive bibliography is also included.