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Epic Sound

Epic Sound Music in Postwar Hollywood Biblical Films

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Publisher's Synopsis

Lavish musical soundtracks contributed a special grandeur to the new widescreen, stereophonic sound movie experience of postwar biblical epics such as Samson and Delilah, Ben-Hur, and Quo Vadis. In Epic Sound, Stephen C. Meyer shows how music was utilized for various effects, sometimes serving as a vehicle for narrative plot and at times complicating biblical and cinematic interpretation. In this way, the soundscapes of these films reflected the ideological and aesthetic tensions within the genre, and more generally, within postwar American society. By examining key biblical films, Meyer adeptly engages musicology with film studies to explore cinematic interpretations of the Bible during the 1940s through the 1960s.

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Book information

ISBN: 9780253014511
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Imprint: Indiana University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 781.5420973
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 284
Weight: 408g
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Spine width: 19mm