Synopses & Reviews
This in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's
Vertigo plays a crucial role in the articulation and development of the filM&Apos;s narrative and how it affects readings of the film. Herrmann's collaboration with Hitchcock spanned eleven years and nine films, and Herrmann's film score for
Vertigo is widely regarded as being one of his finest. Cooper considers the development of Herrmann's career up to 1958, providing a detailed discussion of his musical style. The explicit information about the structure of Herrmann's music is based on a study of Herrmann's autograph score.
Cooper examines not only the context of the filM&Apos;s production, but also its reception and critical readings of the film. In addition, this study explores how the effects track co-operates with Herrmann's non-diegetic and diegetic score and concludes with a detailed musicological study. The author advances a new theory, in his discussion of signification, about the establishment of meaning in film music through association with images on the screen. This sophisticated musicological approach will appeal to film music and film communication scholars.
Review
This book has everything a musical specialist could ask:scruplous research, detailed technical analysis, an excellent summary of film music criticism, astute comparisons with other Hermann sores....[a]nd an up-to-date grounding in matters such as musical gender encoding....Bernard Hermann's Vertigo is an impressive study of the contributing elements that make the music of Vertigo such an indelible part of our cinematic subconscious.Hitchcock Annual
Review
It would be a good addition to circulating collections in music and film libraries....American Reference Books Annual
Synopsis
Presents an in-depth musicological and critical study of Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo.
Synopsis
Herrmann's collaboration with Hitchcock spanned eleven years and nine films, and his film score for Veritgo is widely recognized as being one of his finest. This in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo plays a crucial role in the articulation and development of the film's narrative and how it affects readings of the film. It considers the development of Herrmann's career up to 1958 and provides a detailed discussion of his musical style. It also examines the context of the film's production; its reception and critical readings are examined.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Herrmann's Career up to the Composition of Veritgo
Overview of Herrmann's Musical Style in Vertigo
Context of the Production of Vertigo and Readings of the Film
Approaching Vertigo as a Musical and Sonic Text
Analysis and Readings of the Score. 1. Madeleine
Analysis and Readings of the Score. 2. Eurydice Ressuscitee
Bibliography
Index