Film score : the art & craft of movie music / Tony Thomas. by Thomas, Tony, 1927-1997

Guerrilla film scoring : practical advice from Hollywood composers / Jeremy Borum. by Borum, Jeremy

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100 greatest film scores / Matt Lawson, Laurence E. MacDonald. by Lawson, Matt, MacDonald, Laurence E.

Table of Contents: “…. -- Superman -- The third man -- Titanic -- To kill a mockingbird -- Tom Jones -- Unbreakable -- Up -- Vertigo -- Appendix A. The next 100 film scores -- Appendix B. Profiles of composers.…”
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Episode 1, The Birth of the Film Score / 3DD Entertainment.

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Classic film scores for Bette Davis.

Franz Waxman's Rebecca : a Film Score Guide. by Neumeyer, David

Table of Contents: “…Franz Waxman's Rebecca; Contents; Illustrations; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Franz Waxman's Musical Background; Chapter 2 Waxman's Film Scoring Language; Chapter 3 Production and Reception; Chapter 4 Creating a Score for Rebecca; Chapter 5 Analysis of the Score; Afterword; Appendix 1 Franz Waxman's Scoring Notes for Rebecca, 1 December 1939; Appendix 2 Summary of Edited Cues in Rebecca; Appendix 3 "Music Notes Resumé," 6 March 1940; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Authors.…”
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Miklós Rózsa's Ben-Hur : a Film Score Guide. by Hickman, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Miklós Rózsa's Ben-Hur; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations and Tables; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 Miklós Rózsa's Musical Background; Chapter 2 Rózsa's Technique of Film Scoring; Chapter 3 The Historical and Critical Context of Ben-Hur; Chapter 4 The Music and Its Context; Chapter 5 An Analysis of the Score; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.…”
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Jerome Moross's The Big Country : a Film Score Guide. by Whitmer, Mariana

Table of Contents: “…Jerome Moross's The Big Country; Contents; Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Preface Reinventing the Western Film Score; Chapter 1 Jerome Moross in Hollywood; Chapter 2 Scoring Drama: Composing for the Theater and Film; Chapter 3 The Critical/Historical Context of The Big Country; Chapter 4 Changing the Western Soundscape; Chapter 5 Analysis of the Score; Afterword The Big Country's Legacy; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.…”
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Bernard Herrmann's Vertigo : a film score handbook / by David Cooper. by Cooper, David, 1956-

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David Shire's The conversation : a film score guide / Juan Chattah. by Chattah, Juan

Table of Contents: “…David Shire's life and musical background -- David Shire's approach to film scoring -- Historical and critical context of The conversation -- Analytical approach to meaning in film music -- Background and analysis of the score for The conversation.…”
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Max Steiner's Now, voyager : a film score guide / Kate Daubney. by Daubney, Kate, 1969-

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Danny Elfman's Batman : a film score guide / Janet K. Halfyard. by Halfyard, Janet K., 1966-

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Nino Rota's The godfather trilogy : a film score guide / Franco Sciannameo. by Sciannameo, Franco

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Elmer Bernstein's The magnificent seven : a film score guide / Mariana Whitmer. by Whitmer, Mariana

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James Newton Howard's Signs : a film score guide / Erik Heine. by Heine, Erik, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Howard's musical background -- Howard's film scoring technique -- Historical and critical context of Signs -- Sounds of science fiction and Shyamalan -- Sketching and scoring Signs -- Analysis of the score.…”
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Ennio Morricone's The good, the bad and the ugly : a film score guide / Charles Leinberger. by Leinberger, Charles, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Ennio Morricone's musical background -- Morricone's technique of film scoring -- Historical and critical context of The good, the bad and the ugly -- The music and its context -- Analysis of the score.…”

Louis and Bebe Barron's Forbidden planet : a film score guide / James Wierzbicki. by Wierzbicki, James Eugene

Table of Contents: “…Origins and connections -- Compositional techniques -- Historical and critical contexts -- The music -- The film score.…”

Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard's The dark knight : a film score guide / Vasco Hexel. by Hexel, Vasco, 1980-

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On the track : a guide to contemporary film scoring /... by Karlin, Fred

On the track : a guide to contemporary film scoring / Fred Karlin and Rayburn Wright ; revised by Fred Karlin ; foreword by John Williams. by Karlin, Fred

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