| Description |
1 online resource (211 pages) |
| Series |
Scarecrow Film Score Guides |
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Scarecrow film score guides.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
Produced in 1958, The Big Country featured an all-star cast that included Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, and Oscar-winner Burl Ives. One of the most enduring elements of the film has been Jerome Moross's score. In Jerome Moross's The Big Country: A Film Score Guide, Mariana Whitmer examines Moross's landmark work, a score that continues to attract listeners and influence composers of film, Westerns and otherwise |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-193) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Moross, Jerome, 1913-1983. Big country.
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| SUBJECT |
Big country (Moross, Jerome) fast |
| Subject |
MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Musicals, Film & TV.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2012005547 |
| ISBN |
9780810885011 |
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0810885018 |
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