Overview
Covering titles ranging from Rocketship X-M (1950) to Wall-E (2008), these insightful essays measure the relationship between music and science fiction film from a variety of academic perspectives. Thematic sections survey specific compositions utilized in science fiction movies; Broadway's relationship with the genre; science fiction elements in popular songs; the conveyance of subjectivity and identity through music; and such individual composers as Richard Strauss (2001: A Space Odyssey) and Bernard Herrmann (The Day the Earth Stood Still).
- | Author: Mathew J. Bartkowiak
- | Publisher: McFarland & Company
- | Publication Date: Mar 23, 2010
- | Number of Pages: 239 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0786444800
- | ISBN-13: 9780786444809
