This book provides a comprehensive and lively introduction to the major trends in film scoring from the silent era to the present day, focussing not only on dom
"Film Music: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music. What is film music? How is it composed? How does film m
Peter Larsen traces the history of music in film and discusses central theoretical questions concerning its narrative and psychological functions. He looks in d
In Film Music, fourteen of the world's best known film composers discuss their craft, revealing the creative process that led to the familiar sound of the most