MUSC 375 - Music and Film

Fall (4) Preston (GER 5)

An introduction to the world of sound and music as utilized in film. Materials introduced chronologically, with units on late 19th-century musical theatre, music of ìsilentî films, early sound films (1930s), the studio system, compilation scores, electronic techniques, reintroduction of orchestral scores (1970s), and developments since the 1980s. Course content is primarily non-technical, but students should be familiar with film-studies and music-studies terms and concepts. (Crosslisted with AMST 350 and FILM 401)