Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music documents the lives and works of many of the individuals responsible for writing music for some of the most popular and well-known films, television shows, video games, and music videos ever created. Its 150 articles and 30 images, updated and expanded from The Grove Dictionary of American Music by film scholar Daniel Goldmark, cover key composers, sound engineers, and other figures in American film music history,and include in-depth articles on film music, musical film, production music, video game music, television music, television musicals, and music videos.This book is intended first and foremost as a musical primer for the student of American film, television, and video, whether you're a casual fan, a longtime listener, or someone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of those who have shaped the modern media soundtrack. Bibliographies are curated, not comprehensive, and are most detailed for the subject areas and composers who have been especially popular with historians.

Anyone foolish enough to believe that reference books have been supplanted by the Internet should browse this indispensable volume and tell me where one could find its equal online. Goldmark established his bona fides years ago in this field, and is the perfect person to have edited this dictionary of film and television composers. For each entry there is a biographical essay by a film music expert, a filmography (some complete, and often including radio, television and concert works), as well as a bibliography. I'm sure I will be consulting this often in years to come.", I can't imagine a more comprehensive single-volume reference guide to the vast subject of film and television composers. An impressive array of contributors has lent its knowledge and experience to the project with felicitous results. I know I will be consulting this book for years to come., The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music is a remarkable achievement. The scope is extensive, the commentaries are thoughtful, and the bibliographies and filmographies are thorough. For me, it is an essential reference, but it will also afford real pleasure to anyone who simply wants to browse., Comprehensive and authoritative, this Grove Music Guide provides a lucid orientation to the study of American Film Music with overviews on key topics in the field including recent developments such as television music, music videos, and video games. Biographical entries on practitioners balance the broad sweep of the overviews with the specific and the personal. A state-of-the-art reference.

Daniel Goldmark is Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He works on American popular music, film and cartoon music, and the history of the music industry. Goldmark is the author or editor of several books, including The Cartoon Music Book (A Cappella, 2001), Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (Univ. California, 2005) and Beyond theSoundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema (Univ. California, 2007).Goldmark also spent several years working in the animation and music industries. He was an archivist at Spümcø Animation in Hollywood, where he also worked as the music coordinator on the short cartoons "Boo-Boo Runs Wild" and "A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith." For five years Goldmark was research editor at Rhino Entertainment in Los Angeles, where he also produced or co-produced several collections and anthologies, including a two-CD set of the music of Tom & Jerry composerScott Bradley, and a two-CD anthology entitled Courage: the Complete Atlantic Recordings of Rufus Harley.