{"product_id":"music-in-cinema-by-michel-chion-9780231198899","title":"Music in Cinema","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMichel Chion is renowned for his explorations of the significance of frequently overlooked elements of cinema, particularly the role of sound. In this inventive and inviting book, Chion considers how cinema has deployed music. He shows how music and film not only complement but also transform each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe first section of the book examines film music in historical perspective, and the second section addresses the theoretical implications of the crossover between art forms. Chion discusses a vast variety of films across eras, genres, and continents, embracing all the different genres of music that filmmakers have used to tell their stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with live accompaniment of silent films in early movie houses, the book analyzes Al Jolson's performance in \u003cem\u003eThe Jazz Singer\u003c\/em\u003e, the zither in \u003cem\u003eThe Third Man\u003c\/em\u003e, Godard's patchwork sound editing, the synthesizer welcoming the flying saucer in \u003cem\u003eClose Encounters of the Third Kind\u003c\/em\u003e, and the Kinshasa orchestra in \u003cem\u003eFelicité\u003c\/em\u003e, among many more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChion considers both original scores and the incorporation of preexisting works, including the use and reuse of particular composers across cinematic traditions, the introduction of popular music such as jazz and rock, and directors' attraction to atonal and dissonant music as well as \u003cem\u003emusique concrète\u003c\/em\u003e, of which he is a composer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWide-ranging and original, \u003cem\u003eMusic in Cinema\u003c\/em\u003e offers a welcoming overview for students and general readers as well as refreshingly new and valuable perspectives for film scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47431694581996,"sku":"9780231198899","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780231198899.jpg?v=1774557387","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/music-in-cinema-by-michel-chion-9780231198899","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}