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Books
Books frequently provide a large overview of the topic and often include
useful bibliographies.
All you need to know about the music
business
ML3790 .P35 1994 American film music
: major composers, techniques, trends, 1915-1990
ML2075 .D33 1990
Lullabies of Hollywood : movie music and the
movie musical, 1915-1992
ML2075 .F34 1993 Music in film :
soundtracks and synergy
ML102.M68 R43 2004
Settling the Score: Music and the Classical
Hollywood Film
ML2075 .K34 1992
Non-Book
CSUSM Media Library has a wide
variety of sound recordings, videos and DVDs
with film scores. The best search is for a specific film
title in the CSUSM catalog with a TITLE search, but you
can also search by composer using the AUTHOR search
(type last name, first name in the search box).
CSUSM Media Library has a some videos on the
technical aspects of film making, including
incorporating music into the film. A recommended SUBJECT
HEADING search is
Motion pictures -- Production and direction and then
modify the search to location: VIDEO. If you search
under GENRE/FORM for music, you will note two different
listings for 'music video recordings' and 'music
videos'. The 'recordings' will get you a mix of popular
and informational films, where the 'videos' are
performances of music.
To find articles in both the print and electronic
journals, it is recommended to use CSUSM Research
Databases RILM or Communication and Mass Media
as places to start.
The journal Popular Music addresses a variety
of topics in music and performance. This
title is available in the library's periodical
stacks starting with vol. 10 (1991) and
online to CSUSM users through the library
catalog starting with vol 19 (2000.)
Internet
Sources
ASCAP:
How to Acquire Music for Films provides a Q&A format
addressing the legal issues of using someone else's
music in your work.
Film Music Magazine limits some material to
subscribed members only, but job postings, technical and
legal advisory columns, and current news are available
for free.
Film Music Society is devoted to preservation of and
research on film and television music.
Prize Winners
When you want to
learn from examples of scores regarded as some of the best,
check out these pages:
American Film Institute's 100 Years... provides
access to PDF files of both the 250 nominated and the 25
winners for film scoring.
List of Movie Music Awards only provides lists for
the Oscars and the Golden Globes, but does list the
nominees who didn't win as well as the winners.
Movie
Music UK Awards Database lists not only British
prizes, but both well-known and lesser-known American
prize winners for film music.
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