The development of popular music function in film : from the birth of rock 'n roll to the death of disco / Anthony Hogg.

This book offers a unique examination of the development of popular music function in film. It assesses the contribution of popular music to the interpretation of the most significant films, covering the period from rock 'n rolls initial introduction at the opening of Blackboard Jungle, to the...

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Main Author: Hogg, Anthony, 1962 or 1963- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2019]
Series:Palgrave studies in audio-visual culture.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Classic American Musical Phase: The Films of Elvis Presley
  • 3. The British Invasion Phase: A Hard Day's Night
  • 4. The New Hollywood Alienation Phase: The Graduate
  • 5. The Disco Phase: Saturday Night Fever
  • 6. The Conservative Post-Disco Phase: Footloose and Flashdance
  • 7. Afterword.