5 The Dies Irae in Citizen Kane: Musical Hermeneutics Applied to Film Music

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Illustrations vii
4. Acknowledgements viii
5. Introduction: The Hidden Heritage of Film Music: History and Scholarship 1
6. 1 Analytical and Interpretive Approaches to Film Music (1): Analysing the Music 16
7. 2 Analytical and Interpretive Approaches to Film Music (II): Analysing Interactions of Music and Film 39
8. 3 'In the Mix': How Electrical Reproducers Facilitated the Transition to Sound in British Cinemas 62
9. 4 King Kong and Film on Music: Out of the Fog 88
10. 5 The Dies Irae in Citizen Kane: Musical Hermeneutics Applied to Film Music 103
11. 6 The Documentary Film Scores of Gail Kubik 117
12. 7 Embracing Kitsch: Werner Schroeter, Music and The Bomber Pilot 129
13. 8 Performance and the Composite Film Score 152
14. 9 Sound and Empathy: Subjectivity, Gender and the Cinematic Soundscape 167
15. 10 'Would You Like to Hear Some Music?' Music in-and-out-of-control in the Films of Quentin Tarantino 188
16. Contributors 206
17. Index 208