ISBN: 9780252093845

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism… Mehr…

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation, between the grand formal orchestral film scores of the past and a modern American minimalist approach. Mancini's sound seemed to capture the bright, confident, welcoming voice of the middle class's new efficient life: interested in pop songs and jazz, in movie and television, in outreach politics but also conventional stay-at-home comforts. As John Caps shows, Mancini easily combined it all in his music. Mancini wielded influence in Hollywood and around the world with his iconic scores: dynamic jazz for the noirish detective TV show Peter Gunn, the sly theme from The Pink Panther, and his wistful folk song "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Through insightful close readings of key films, Caps traces Mancini's collaborations with important directors and shows how he homed in on specific dramatic or comic aspects of the film to create musical effects through clever instrumentation, eloquent musical gestures, and meaningful resonances and continuities in his scores. Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music. John Caps is an award-winning writer and producer of documentaries. He served as producer, writer, and host for four seasons of the National Public Radio syndicated series The Cinema Soundtrack, featuring interviews with and music of film composers. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.A volume in the series Music in American Life Reinventing Film Music University of Illinois Press Music music; Henry Mancini; film music; cinema; film history; film scores; television scores; scores; musical; TV scores; TV music; theme songs; theme music; television; TV; postwar; hit songs; Peter Gunn; Pink Panther; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Moon River; Blake Edwards; Grammy Award; Grammy Award winner; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Universal Pictures; Glenn Miller Story; Touch of Evil; Orson Welles; Days of Wine and Roses; The Great Race; Victor Victoria; Charade; Two for the Road; Baby Elephant Walk; Sunflower; Glass Menagerie; Thorn Birds; easy listening; albums; songs; composing; composer; Academy Award; Academy Award winner; Oscar; Oscar winner; biography; life story; Max Adkins; Julie Andrews; Arabesque; John Barry; Tex Beneke; Elmer Bernstein; Leslie Bricusse; Crazy World; Darling Lili; Vincent De Rosa; Stanley Donen; Dreamsville; Experiment in Terror; Joseph Gershenson; George Gershwin; Jerry Goldsmith; Stephane Grappelli; Harry and Son; Hatari; Howard Hawks; Audrey Hepburn; Bernard Herrmann; Alfred Hitchcock; It's Easy to Say; Juilliard; Bronislau Kaper; Lujon; Anna Mancini; Chris Mancini; Ginny Mancini; influences; illness; soundtrack; soundtracks; concerts; performances; Monica Mancini; Quinto Mancini; Johnny Mercer; MGM; Mommie Dearest; Paramount; record; records; RCA Victor; Martin Ritt; Jimmy Rowles; Peter Sellers; Herman Stein; White Dawn; John T. Williams 9780252036736, 9780252081248 DE,GB,US,ES,IT,FR,MX English Media & Performing Arts, University of Illinois Press<

ISBN: 9780252093845

Henry Mancini, the first publicly successful and personally recognizable film composer in history, has practically become a Hollywood brand name. In his lifetime, he sold thirty million a… Mehr…

Henry Mancini, the first publicly successful and personally recognizable film composer in history, has practically become a Hollywood brand name. In his lifetime, he sold thirty million albums and won four Oscars and twenty Grammy awards. Through Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation, between the grand formal orchestral film scores of the past and a modern American minimalist approach. Mancini's sound seemed to capture the bright, confident, welcoming voice of the middle class's new efficient life: interested in pop songs and jazz, in movies and television, in outreach politics but also conventional stay-at-home comforts. As John Caps shows, Mancini easily combined it all in his music. Mancini wrote his first dramatic music for a radio series in 1950. By the mid-1960s, he wielded influence in Hollywood and around the world with his iconic scores: dynamic jazz for the noirish detective TV show Peter Gunn, the sly theme from The Pink Panther, and his wistful folk song Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Following the evolution of Mancini's style, Caps traces the history of movie scoring in general: from the jazz-pop of the 1960s to the edgier, electro-funk harmonies of the Watergate 1970s, from the revisionist 1980s marked by New Age trends and new jazz chords to the frustrating New Hollywood of the 1990s when films were made by committees of lawyers rather than by artisans. Through insightful close readings of key films, Caps traces Mancini's collaborations with important directors and shows how he homed in on specific dramatic or comic aspects of each film to create musical effects through clever instrumentation, eloquent melodies, and the strong narrative qualities of his scores. Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music. Digital Content>E-books>Music>Music Hist & Reference>Music Ref, University of Illinois Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780252093845

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism… Mehr…

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation, between the grand formal orchestral film scores of the past and a modern American minimalist approach. Mancini's sound seemed to capture the bright, confident, welcoming voice of the middle class's new efficient life: interested in pop songs and jazz, in movie and television, in outreach politics but also conventional stay-at-home comforts. As John Caps shows, Mancini easily combined it all in his music.   Mancini wielded influence in Hollywood and around the world with his iconic scores: dynamic jazz for the noirish detective TV show Peter Gunn, the sly theme from The Pink Panther, and his wistful folk song Moon River from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Through insightful close readings of key films, Caps traces Mancini's collaborations with important directors and shows how he homed in on specific dramatic or comic aspects of the film to create musical effects through clever instrumentation, eloquent musical gestures, and meaningful resonances and continuities in his scores. Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music.   John Caps is an award-winning writer and producer of documentaries. He served as producer, writer, and host for four seasons of the National Public Radio syndicated series The Cinema Soundtrack, featuring interviews with and music of film composers. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.   A volume in the series Music in American Life Digital Content>E-books>Music>Music Hist & Reference>Music Ref, University of Illinois Press Digital >16<

ISBN: 9780252093845

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism… Mehr…

Through film composer Henry Mancini, mere background music in movies became part of pop culture--an expression of sophistication and wit with a modern sense of cool and a lasting lyricism that has not dated. The first comprehensive study of Mancini's music, Henry Mancini: Reinventing Film Music describes how the composer served as a bridge between the Big Band period of World War II and the impatient eclecticism of the Baby Boomer generation, between the grand formal orchestral film scores of the past and a modern American minimalist approach. Mancini's sound seemed to capture the bright, confident, welcoming voice of the middle class's new efficient life: interested in pop songs and jazz, in movie and television, in outreach politics but also conventional stay-at-home comforts. As John Caps shows, Mancini easily combined it all in his music._x000B__x000B_Mancini wielded influence in Hollywood and around the world with his iconic scores: dynamic jazz for the noirish detective TV show Peter Gunn, the sly theme from The Pink Panther, and his wistful folk song "Moon River" from Breakfast at Tiffany's. Through insightful close readings of key films, Caps traces Mancini's collaborations with important directors and shows how he homed in on specific dramatic or comic aspects of the film to create musical effects through clever instrumentation, eloquent musical gestures, and meaningful resonances and continuities in his scores. Accessible and engaging, this fresh view of Mancini's oeuvre and influence will delight and inform fans of film and popular music. 9780252036736,9780252093845,0252036735,0252093844 Other pricing structure might be available at vitalsource.com., University of Illinois Press<

ISBN: 9780252093845

University of Illinois Press Music music; Henry Mancini; film music; cinema; film history; film scores; television scores; scores; musical; TV scores; TV music; theme songs; theme music; … Mehr…

University of Illinois Press Music music; Henry Mancini; film music; cinema; film history; film scores; television scores; scores; musical; TV scores; TV music; theme songs; theme music; television; TV; postwar; hit songs; Peter Gunn; Pink Panther; Breakfast at Tiffany's; Moon River; Blake Edwards; Grammy Award; Grammy Award winner; Glenn Miller Orchestra; Universal Pictures; Glenn Miller Story; Touch of Evil; Orson Welles; Days of Wine and Roses; The Great Race; Victor Victoria; Charade; Two for the Road; Baby Elephant Walk; Sunflower; Glass Menagerie; Thorn Birds; easy listening; albums; songs; composing; composer; Academy Award; Academy Award winner; Oscar; Oscar winner; biography; life story; Max Adkins; Julie Andrews; Arabesque; John Barry; Tex Beneke; Elmer Bernstein; Leslie Bricusse; Crazy World; Darling Lili; Vincent De Rosa; Stanley Donen; Dreamsville; Experiment in Terror; Joseph Gershenson; George Gershwin; Jerry Goldsmith; Stephane Grappelli; Harry and Son; Hatari; Howard Hawks; Audrey Hepburn; Bernard Herrmann; Alfred Hitchcock; It's Easy to Say; Juilliard; Bronislau Kaper; Lujon; Anna Mancini; Chris Mancini; Ginny Mancini; influences; illness; soundtrack; soundtracks; concerts; performances; Monica Mancini; Quinto Mancini; Johnny Mercer; MGM; Mommie Dearest; Paramount; record; records; RCA Victor; Martin Ritt; Jimmy Rowles; Peter Sellers; Herman Stein; White Dawn; John T. Williams ,9780252081248 UK,GB,DE,ES,FR,IT,US,CA,MX,AU,NZ 20120215 English Media & Performing Arts, University of Illinois Press<