Composing Music for Film by Jack SmalleyCall Number: MT40 .S8 2005
ISBN: 1599750317
Publication Date: 2005-09-01
The elements. The underscore ; Elements of music ; A peek at the past ; The rules of music ; Seven basic plots -- Composing the cue. Spotting the film ; Getting organized ; Constructing a theme ; Harmony ; Functional harmony ; Voicing : planing ; Modal harmony -- Writing a cue. Laying out a cue ; Blocking out the themes ; Adding the counter subject ; Finishing the cue -- Consonance and dissonance. Consonant scales ; Altered scales -- The 20th century. Bi-tonality ; Serial composition ; Minimalism.