Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood
A Film Score Guide
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2007
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-5888-6 (ISBN)
Scarecrow Press (Verlag)
978-0-8108-5888-6 (ISBN)
Presents a detailed consideration of the music for the film "The Adventures of Robin Hood" (1938). This book explores composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold's musical background and scoring technique, and delves into the film's historical and critical contexts, the score's production history, and analysis and readings of the score.
Among the many fine examples of film scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), the score for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) stands out the most. Winner of the Academy Award™ for best dramatic score in 1938, it is seen by many as the archetypal accompaniment to a Warner Brothers swashbuckler, and it established Korngold as one of the leading exponents of film score composition at a formative point in its history.
In Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood: A Film Score Guide, author Ben Winters uses manuscript and archival research to challenge preconceived notions about the score's composer and its authorship. In the first two chapters, Winters examines Korngold's career on its own and in relation to the film, including his background in composing concert music and opera, his film scoring techniques, and his engagement with the Hollywood studio system. Chapter three focuses on the Robin Hood film while placing Korngold's music in a larger framework. It examines the film's treatment of the Robin Hood legend, its historical and critical contexts, and its place within the swashbuckler genre and the studio's anti-fascist agenda. While looking closely at the composer's work on this score, chapter four shows sources Korngold used, the music's production process, and the changes the score had undergone. The book concludes with a thematic analysis and reading of the score, identifying the various musical 'voices' that the listener weaves together as he or she experiences the film. This detailed consideration of Korngold's masterpiece will be continually turned to by film and music scholars alike.
Among the many fine examples of film scores by Erich Wolfgang Korngold (1897-1957), the score for The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) stands out the most. Winner of the Academy Award™ for best dramatic score in 1938, it is seen by many as the archetypal accompaniment to a Warner Brothers swashbuckler, and it established Korngold as one of the leading exponents of film score composition at a formative point in its history.
In Erich Wolfgang Korngold's The Adventures of Robin Hood: A Film Score Guide, author Ben Winters uses manuscript and archival research to challenge preconceived notions about the score's composer and its authorship. In the first two chapters, Winters examines Korngold's career on its own and in relation to the film, including his background in composing concert music and opera, his film scoring techniques, and his engagement with the Hollywood studio system. Chapter three focuses on the Robin Hood film while placing Korngold's music in a larger framework. It examines the film's treatment of the Robin Hood legend, its historical and critical contexts, and its place within the swashbuckler genre and the studio's anti-fascist agenda. While looking closely at the composer's work on this score, chapter four shows sources Korngold used, the music's production process, and the changes the score had undergone. The book concludes with a thematic analysis and reading of the score, identifying the various musical 'voices' that the listener weaves together as he or she experiences the film. This detailed consideration of Korngold's masterpiece will be continually turned to by film and music scholars alike.
Ben Winters is University Research Fellow in Musicology at City University, London.
Part 1 List of Illustrations
Part 2 Editor's Foreword
Part 3 Acknowledgments
Part 4 Introduction What's in a Title?
Part 5 Chapter 1 Korngold and the Studio System
Part 6 Chapter 2 Korngold's Technique of Scoring Films
Part 7 Chapter 3 The Historical and Critical Context ofRobin Hood
Part 8 Chapter 4 ComposingRobin Hood
Part 9 Chapter 5 Analysis and Readings of the Score
Part 10 Appendix
Part 11 Notes
Part 12 Bibliography
Part 13 Index
Part 14 About the Author
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Film Score Guides |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 141 x 222 mm |
| Gewicht | 277 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8108-5888-6 / 0810858886 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8108-5888-6 / 9780810858886 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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