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Drawn to Sound: Animation Film Music and Sonicity
Author(s): Rebecca Coyle (Author, Editor)
- Publisher: Equinox Publishing Ltd,SW11
- Publication Date: 15 Jun. 2010
- Edition: Illustrated
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845533526
- ISBN-13: 9781845533526
Book Description
Animation films are produced around the world and attract sizeable audiences and much critical acclaim. No longer marginalized in genres such as children s or propaganda films, they are increasingly the subject of academic study. At the same time, attention has turned to the music and sound, which contribute to both the emotional impact and the narrative drive, as well as the marketing appeal, of such films. This ground-breaking volume bridges these two fields and also positions animation-film sound and music in the context of the screen and music industries. Animation experts like Paul Wells and Daniel Goldmark and film-music authorities including Philip Hayward, Ian Inglis and Janet Halfyard provide international perspectives on the history and aesthetics of music and sound in animation film. Drawn to Sound focuses on feature-length, widely distributed films released in the period since World War II, from producers in the USA, UK, Japan and France from Animal Farm (1954) to Happy Feet (2006), Yellow Submarine (1968) to Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005), Spirited Away (2001) and Les Triplettes de Belleville (2003). It spotlights important studios, including Disney, DreamWorks, Aardman Animation and Studio Ghibli, and composers, both those who collaborate personally with director and those whose music is used to provide period or mood atmospheres.
Editorial Reviews
Review
As the first of its kind, this anthology will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers and researchers in film, animation, culture, music and media studies. –Rick Altman, Professor Cinema and Comparative Literature, University of Iowa
About the Author
Rebecca Coyle has published on screen music and sound in journals and books, including two anthologies on Australian feature film music. She is currently editor of Screen Sound, the Australasian Journal of Soundtrack Studies; leading a research project examining the Australian film music industry; and on the editorial board for such international journals as Convergence and Music and the Moving Image. She teaches in the Media programme at Southern Cross University, Australia.
