Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music Examples
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One Making Film Music
- 1 Evolving Practices for Film Music and Sound, 1925–1935
- 2 ‘Pictures That Talk and Sing’
- 3 The Composer and the Studio
- 4 Can’t Buy Me Love?
- 5 ‘A Film’s First Audience’
- Part Two Approaching Film Music
- Part Three Genre and Idiom
- Part Four Music in World Cinemas
- Works Cited
- Reference Index of Films and Television Programmes
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Music
5 - ‘A Film’s First Audience’
The Composer’s Role in Film and Television
from Part One - Making Film Music
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
- The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
- The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Music Examples
- Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Part One Making Film Music
- 1 Evolving Practices for Film Music and Sound, 1925–1935
- 2 ‘Pictures That Talk and Sing’
- 3 The Composer and the Studio
- 4 Can’t Buy Me Love?
- 5 ‘A Film’s First Audience’
- Part Two Approaching Film Music
- Part Three Genre and Idiom
- Part Four Music in World Cinemas
- Works Cited
- Reference Index of Films and Television Programmes
- General Index
- Cambridge Companions to Music
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- The Cambridge Companion to Film Music , pp. 81 - 94Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016