Epic sound : music in postwar Hollywood biblical films /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Meyer, Stephen C., 1963- (Author)
Corporate Author:	Ebook Library
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Motion picture music > History and criticism. Bible films > United States. Film composers. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

A biblical story for the post-World War II generation? : Victor Young's music for DeMille's Samson and Delilah
Turning away from "concocted spectacle" : Alfred Newman's score for David and Bathsheba
Spectacle and authenticity in Miklós Rózsa's Quo vadis score
Novel and film, music and miracle : Alfred Newman's score to The robe
Spirit and empire : Elmer Bernstein's score to The Ten Commandments
The law of genre and the music for Ben-Hur
King of kings and the problem of repetition
Suoni nuovi, suoni antich i: the soundscapes of Barabbas
Universality, transcendence, and collapse : music and the greatest story ever told.