Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film

Bartkowiak, Mathew J.

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).

EAN

9780786444809

Publisher

McFarland & Co Inc

Published

23 March 2010

Pages

239