Off the planet : music, sound and science fiction cinema

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Title:

Author:

Hayward, Philip.

ISBN:

9780861966448

Publication Information:

Eastleigh : John Libbey, 2004.

Physical Description:

vii, 222 p. : music ; 24cm.

Contents:

Introduction. Sci fidelity: music, sound and genre history / Philip Hayward -- Ch. 1. Hooked on aetherophonics: The day the earth stood still / Rebecca Leydon -- Ch. 2. Atomic overtones and primitive undertones: Akira Ifukube's sound design for Godzilla / Shuhei Hosokawa -- Ch. 3. Forbidden planet: effects and affects in the electro avant garde / Rebecca Leydon -- Ch. 4. The transmolecularisation of [black] folk: Space is the place, Sun Ra and Afrofuturism / Nabeel Zuberi -- Ch. 5. Nostalgia, masculinist discourse, and authoritarianism in John Williams' scores for Star wars and Close encounters of the third kind / Neil Lerner -- Ch. 6. Sound and music in the Mad Max trilogy / Rebecca Coyle -- Ch. 7. "These are my nightmares": music and sound in the films of David Cronenberg / Paul Théberge -- Ch. 8. Ambient soundscapes in Blade runner / Michael Hannan and Melissa Carey -- Ch. 9. 'I'll be back': recurrent sonic motifs in James Cameron's Terminator films / Karen Collins -- Ch. 10. Inter-planetary soundclash: music, technology and territorialisation in Mars attacks! / Philip Hayward -- Ch. 11. Mapping The matrix: virtual spatiality and the realm of the perceptual / Mark Evans.

Subject Term:

Science fiction films -- History and criticism.

Motion picture music -- History and criticism.

Motion pictures -- Sound effects -- History.

Added Author:

Hayward, Philip.

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Summary

Over the last decade, music and sound have been increasingly recognized as an important?if often neglected?aspect of film production and film studies. Off the Planet comprises a lively, stimulating, and diverse collection of essays on aspects of music, sound, and Science Fiction cinema. Following a detailed historical introduction to the development of sound and music in the genre, individual chapters analyze key films, film series, composers, and directors in the postwar era. The first part of the anthology profiles seminal 1950s productions such as The Day the Earth Stood Still, the first Godzilla film, and Forbidden Planet. Later chapters analyze the work of composer John Williams, the career of director David Cronenberg, the Mad Max series, James Cameron's Terminators, and other notable SF films such as Space Is the Place, Blade Runner, Mars Attacks!, and The Matrix. Off the Planet is an important contribution to the emerging body of work in music and film. Contributors include leading film experts from Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

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