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Hymns for the fallen : combat movie music and sound after Vietnam /

"This book describes in detail how music and sound function as a constituent part of the prestige combat film's larger work of memorialization in the cultural realm of commercial cinema. As Rikke Schubart and Anne Gjelsvik note, historians must deal with 'the complexity of history, wa...

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Main Authors: Decker, Todd R. (Author)
Published: University of California Press,
Publisher Address: Oakland, California :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Film soundtracks > History and criticism.
Motion picture music > History and criticism.
War films > History and criticism.
Summary: "This book describes in detail how music and sound function as a constituent part of the prestige combat film's larger work of memorialization in the cultural realm of commercial cinema. As Rikke Schubart and Anne Gjelsvik note, historians must deal with 'the complexity of history, war, heroism, patriotism, memory, and the process of their representation.' Hymns for the Fallen traces an expressive sonic continuity in this 'process of representation' for serious war films. The three elements of the soundtrack--dialogue, sound effects, music--are treated in detail in the chapters which follow, although music proves to be of particular interest"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: 304 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780520282339 (paperback) :
0520282337 (paperback)
Index Number: ML2075
CLC: J617.6
J605
Call Number: J605/D295
Contents: Introduction -- Part I. The prestige combat film. Movies and memorials ; Soundtracks and scores -- Part II. Dialogue. Soldiers' talk ; Soldiers' song ; Disembodied voices -- Part III. Sound effects. Nothing sounds like an M-16 ; Helicopter music -- Part IV. Music. Unmetered ; Metered ; Elegies ; End titles.

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