Henry Mancini [electronic resource] : reinventing film music / John Caps.
Material type: TextSeries: Music in American life | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2012. 2015)Description: 1 online resource (278 p., [16] p. of plates :) illISBN:- 9780252093845
- 0252093844
- 781.5/42092 23
- ML410.M2715 C36 2012
Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-261) and index.
Introduction. Here was something fresh -- Allegheny River launch -- Not quite jazz -- The music factory -- Big screen, little screen -- Blake Edwards and the high times -- Career crescendos -- First cadence -- The break with Blake -- Off to see the world -- Back to television? -- The curse of the Pink Panther -- Maturity, the second cadence -- Frustration -- Stolen moments -- A closing door that wasn't there before -- Almost to Broadway -- Lookin back, looking on.
Examines the composer's influence on film music, discussing his collaborations with directors to create musical effects resonant with the plots of each film he worked on and his lasting impact on the subsequent role of music in film.
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