{"product_id":"hearing-film","title":"Hearing Film","description":"\u003cp\u003eMusic is central to any film, creating a tone for the movie that is just as vital as the visual and narrative components. In recent years, racial and gender diversity in film has exploded, and the making of musical scores has changed drastically.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHearing Film\u003c\/em\u003e offers the first critical examination of music in the films of the 1980s and 1990s and looks at the burgeoning role of compiled scores in the shaping of a film . In the first section, \"A Woman Scored,\" Kassabian analyzes desire and agency in the music of such films as \u003cem\u003eDangerous Liaisons,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eDesert Hearts, Bagdad Café, Dirty Dancing\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThelma and\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eLouise\u003c\/em\u003e. In \"At the Twilight's Last Scoring,\" she looks at gender, race, sexuality and assimilation in the music of \u003cem\u003eThe Hunt for Red October, Lethal Weapon 2\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eIndiana\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eJones and the Temple of Doom\u003c\/em\u003e. And finally, in \"Opening Scores,\" she considers how films such as \u003cem\u003eDangerous Minds,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Substitute, Mississippi Masala\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCorrina, Corrina\u003c\/em\u003e bring together several different entry points of identification through their scores.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKassabian ensures that modern film criticism has a new chapter written through this book. Her important and long-overdue analysis is not to be ignored. Also includes eleven musical examples.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54261766193496,"sku":"9780415928540","price":64.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780415928540_3c55004b-f25b-49a3-a6f3-9cab9ef48da2.jpg?v=1768316423","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/hearing-film","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}