Ennio Morricone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

A Film Score Guide

Charles Leinberger (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

153 Seiten

2004
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-5132-0 (ISBN)

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Although five-time Academy-Award nominee Ennio Morricone has scored numerous films in various genres, his westerns will undoubtedly remain his most memorable cinematographic accomplishments. This guide demonstrates Morricone's unique and enduring contributions to the art of film music through a discussion of his compositional and orchestrational processes, many of which are evident in his music for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in a way that can be easily understood by both musicians and nonmusicians.

Leinberger begins his study with a brief discussion of Morricone's musical background through his experience in the Italian music business, his earliest Italian film scores, and his accomplishments in Hollywood. The second chapter is a discussion of the many compositional techniques that distinguish Morricone's music from that of other film composers. Subsequent chapters examine the historical and cultural context of the film and attempt to place the style of Morricone's score for The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in relation to his scores for other well-known Westerns. The book's final chapter is an analysis of compositional techniques presented in chronological order from the film's opening credits to its climactic ending.

Although this guide focuses on Morricone and his music from a theoretical perspective, other non-musical issues that are relevant to the audience's ultimate experience of the film are also discussed.

Charles Leinberger is a professor of music at the University of Texas at El Paso. He has been a private trumpet instructor throughout the American Southwest and holds a Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Arizona in Tucson.

Chapter 1 List of Figures
Chapter 2 Editor's Foreword
Chapter 3 Preface
Chapter 4 Acknowledgments
Chapter 5 Introduction
Chapter 6 Chapter 1: Ennio Morricone's Musical Background
Chapter 7 Chapter 2: Morricone's Technique of Film Scoring
Chapter 8 Chapter 3: Historical and Critical Context of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Chapter 9 Chapter 4: The Music and Its Context
Chapter 10 Chapter 5: Analysis of the Score
Chapter 11 Appendix: Selected Filmography of Ennio Morricone
Chapter 12 Notes
Chapter 13 Bibliography
Chapter 14 Index
Chapter 15 About the Author

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.11.2004
Reihe/Serie	Film Score Guides
Verlagsort	Lanham, MD
Sprache	englisch
Maße	142 x 219 mm
Gewicht	225 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik
ISBN-10	0-8108-5132-6 / 0810851326
ISBN-13	978-0-8108-5132-0 / 9780810851320
Zustand	Neuware