Drawn to Sound
Animation Film Music and Sonicity
1st Edition
Published on 22. June 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-84553-352-6 (ISBN)
Description
Animation films are widely consumed in the general population and the study of animation films has blossomed. But music and sound are often marginalized, despite the significance of music, voice talent, sound design and effects for both the films and their marketing. "Drawn to Sound" unpacks animation film sound and music tracks, and contextualises them within the screen and music industries. Focusing on feature-length, widely-distributed films released in the post-WW2 period, the book highlights work from key centres of animation production, such as USA, UK and Japan, significant studios including Disney, Aardman Animation and Studio Ghibli, and major auteurs like Tim Burton. Chapters by animation experts such as Paul Wells and Daniel Goldmark and by film music authorities including Philip Hayward, Ian Inglis and Janet Halfyard offer international perspectives on the history and aesthetics of music and sound in animation film. Contributions from authors in Japan, Australia, England, USA and Canada explore animation soundtracks, their creators and their production approaches.
Different disciplinary perspectives from music, media, cultural and animation studies offer models for future analysis. As the first of its kind, this anthology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in film, animation, music and media studies.
Different disciplinary perspectives from music, media, cultural and animation studies offer models for future analysis. As the first of its kind, this anthology is an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in film, animation, music and media studies.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations, charts, music
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
418 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84553-352-6 (9781845533526)
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12/2017
1st Edition
Equinox Publishing Ltd
€39.39
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Person
Rebecca Coyle has published widely on film music and sound in journals, book chapters and publications including Reel Tracks: Australian Film Music and Cultural Identities (John Libbey, UK). She is currently leading an Australian Research Council grant examining the film music industry, and teaches in the Media program at Southern Cross University, Australia.
Content
INTRODUCTION: Audio Motion: Animating (Film) Sound Studies Rebecca Coyle PART I: SCORING ANIMATION FILM Janet K Halfyard, Birmingham Conservatoire Everybody scream!A" Tim Burton's Animated Gothic-Horror Musical-Comedies Paul Wells, Loughborough University Halas And Batchelor's Sound Decisions: Musical Approaches in the British Context Kyoko Koizumi An Animated Partnership: Joe Hisaishi's Musical Contributions to Hayao Miyazaki's Films Scott Murphy The Tritone Within: Interpreting Harmony in Elliot Goldenthal's Score for Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within PART II: MUSICAL INTERTEXTUALITY Ian Inglis, Northumbria University Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed - Something Blue: The Beatles' Yellow Submarine Philip Hayward, Macquarie University Polar Grooves: Dance, Music and Musicality in Happy Feet Neil Lerner Things Are Never Black as They Are PaintedA": Minstrelsy and Musical Framing in Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Janice Esther Tulk, Memorial University of Newfoundland An Aesthetic of Ambiguity: Musical Representation of Indigenous Peoples in Disney's Brother Bear PART III: MUSIC AND SONICITY Daniel Goldmark, Case Western Reserve University Sonic Nostalgia and Les Triplettes de Belleville Jon Fitzgerald, Southern Cross University, and Philip Hayward Resilient Appliances: Music, Sound, Image and Narrative in The Brave Little Toaster Kentaro Imada Lupin III and the Gekiban Approach: Western-Styled Music in a Japanese Format PART 4: MUSIC AND INDUSTRIAL CONTEXTS Rebecca Coyle & Peter Morris DreamWorking Wallace & Gromit: Creating the Music Track for The Curse of the Were-Rabbit Aki Yamasaki, Osaka University Cowboy Bebop: Corporate Strategies for Animation Music Products in Japan. Rebecca Coyle & Jon Fitzgerald Disney Does Broadway: Musical Storytelling in The Little Mermaid and The Lion King