Synthesizers And Saxophones Montage Pop And Musical Movies Of The 1980s

Author : Michael J. Heagle
Publisher : Tape-Era Travesties
ISBN 13 : 9781797886817
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Synthesizers and Saxophones: Montage Pop and Musical Movies of the 1980s written by Michael J. Heagle and published by Tape-Era Travesties. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and, like, totally incomplete guide to the place where '80's music and '80's movies collide. Join filmmaker and author Michael J. Heagle for the story behind great movie songs, hit soundtrack albums, and musical movies of the 1980's.Synthesizers and Saxophones tackles everything from movie musicals like Purple Rain and Streets of Fire, to cult movies with a musical bent like The Last Dragon and Howard the Duck. Rock band Queen and their work for such films as Flash Gordon and Highlander is explored, along with the complete 80s film output of everyone from Prince to Alex (Repo Man) Cox. Animated films, heavy metal horror films, punk movies, breakdancing movies, movies where the dancing is dirty, and a whole lot more gets the treatment here. With movie reviews, behind the scenes stories, and chart-busting hits galore, Synthesizers and Saxophones poses the question "did MTV ruin movies?" And just what are the greatest soundtrack songs of the VHS generation?About the Author: Michael J. Heagle has been making movies since 1980, back when you shot it on Super8, processed it at K-Mart, and projected it on a bed sheet. He has produced and directed a number of low-budget independent feature films, including Troma's Go To Hell (1999), a sci-fi spaghetti western (Planetfall, 2005), and the puppet comedy Transylvania Television.

Author : Michael J. Heagle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781715282080
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Class of 1988 - Fright Film Annual written by Michael J. Heagle and published by . This book was released on 2020-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of SYNTHESIZERS AND SAXOPHONES: MONTAGE POP AND MUSICAL MOVIES OF THE 1980s comes a celebration of late-1980s horror: CLASS OF 1988: FRIGHT FILM ANNUAL!When you mention 80s horror films, the mind conjures up images of noisy home video transfers, or a title sequence drenched with skippy dropouts that send the soundtrack into a buzzy frenzy. Shock cuts of rubber heads frozen in a scream, neon blue floodlights masquerading as moonlight - junk food for some, but for some a cinematic delicacy. The 80s was such a seminal decade for horror films that it'd take more than one book, and so Big Retro Video has started with one of the biggest years for scary cinema, 1988.By the end of the 1980s, big-screen horror had gone mainstream, with popular franchises churning out numbered sequels with bigger-than-ever budgets. But by the early 1990s, computer graphics spectacle moved in to take over the multiplex, and we never went back. CLASS OF 1988: FRIGHT FILM ANNUAL captures that magic moment when horror flicks got the popular attention they deserved, and the technology of prosthetics, animatronics, and gore make-up had reached a kind of zenith where makeup artists and horror actors alike could gain name recognition and a rock-star like following.Included in the book are articles on almost 40 different movies, with capsule reviews, synopses, budgets and box office and behind-the-scenes facts! Not content with a simple rating system, the book uses a seven-stage evaluation that lets fans hone in on the exact type of movie they like the most - with categories like Rubber, Raunch, and Rock and Roll!

Author : Michael J. Heagle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781715184254
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Class of 1988 - Fright Film Annual written by Michael J. Heagle and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of SYNTHESIZERS AND SAXOPHONES: MONTAGE POP AND MUSICAL MOVIES OF THE 1980s comes a celebration of late-1980s horror: CLASS OF 1988: FRIGHT FILM ANNUAL!When you mention 80s horror films, the mind conjures up images of noisy home video transfers, or a title sequence drenched with skippy dropouts that send the soundtrack into a buzzy frenzy. Shock cuts of rubber heads frozen in a scream, neon blue floodlights masquerading as moonlight - junk food for some, but for some a cinematic delicacy. The 80s was such a seminal decade for horror films that it'd take more than one book, and so Big Retro Video has started with one of the biggest years for scary cinema, 1988.By the end of the 1980s, big-screen horror had gone mainstream, with popular franchises churning out numbered sequels with bigger-than-ever budgets. But by the early 1990s, computer graphics spectacle moved in to take over the multiplex, and we never went back. CLASS OF 1988: FRIGHT FILM ANNUAL captures that magic moment when horror flicks got the popular attention they deserved, and the technology of prosthetics, animatronics, and gore make-up had reached a kind of zenith where makeup artists and horror actors alike could gain name recognition and a rock-star like following.Included in the book are articles on almost 40 different movies, with capsule reviews, synopses, budgets and box office and behind-the-scenes facts! Not content with a simple rating system, the book uses a seven-stage evaluation that lets fans hone in on the exact type of movie they like the most - with categories like Rubber, Raunch, and Rock and Roll!

Author : Michael J. Heagle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780464142867
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Synthesizers and Saxophones written by Michael J. Heagle and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and, like, totally incomplete guide to the place where '80's music and '80's movies collide. Animated films, heavy metal horror films, punk movies, breakdancing movies, movies where the dancing is dirty, and a whole lot more gets the treatment here. Join filmmaker and author Michael J. Heagle for the story behind great movie songs, hit soundtrack albums, and musical movies of the 1980's. Synthesizers and Saxophones tackles everything from movie musicals like Purple Rain and Streets of Fire, to cult movies with a musical bent like The Last Dragon and Howard the Duck. With movie reviews, behind the scenes stories, and chart-busting hits galore!

Author : Mervyn Cooke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107094518
Total Pages : 439 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Film Music written by Mervyn Cooke and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-12-08 with total page 439 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A stimulating and unusually wide-ranging collection of essays overviewing ways in which music functions in film soundtracks.

Author : Joel Chadabe
Publisher : Pearson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Electric Sound written by Joel Chadabe and published by Pearson. This book was released on 1997 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author covers the development of the electronic musical instrument from Thaddeus Cahill's Telharmonium at the turn of the last century to the MIDI synthesizers of the 1990s. --book cover.

Author : Mark Jenkins
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 113612277X
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analog Synthesizers written by Mark Jenkins and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2009-10-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the technical explanation of the nature of analog sound creation is followed by the story of its birth and its subsequent development by various designers, manufacturers and performers. The individual components of analog sound creation are then examined in detail, with step by step examples of sound creation techniques. Then the modern imitative analog instruments are examined, again with detailed instructions for programming and using them, and the book is completed with appendices listing the major instrument lines available, hints on values and purchasing, other sources of information, and a discography of readily available recordings which give good examples of analog sound synthesis. The CD which accompanies the book gives many examples of analog sound creation basics as well as more advanced techniques, and of the abilities of the individual instruments associated with classical and with imitative analog sound synthesis.

Author : T. J PINCH
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674042166
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analog Days written by T. J PINCH and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tracing the development of the Moog synthesizer from its initial conception to its ascension to stardom in 'Switched-on Bach', this text conveys the consequences of a technology that would provide the soundtrack for a chapter in cultural history.

Author : Eric Enno Tamm
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 9780306806490
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brian Eno written by Eric Enno Tamm and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 1995-08-22 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musician, composer, producer: Brian Eno is unique in contemporary music. Best known in recent years for producing U2's sensational albums, Eno began his career as a synthesizer player for Roxy Music. He has since released many solo albums, both rock and ambient, written music for film and television soundtracks, and collaborated with David Bowie, David Byrne, Robert Fripp, and classical and experimental composers. His pioneering ambient sound has been enormously influential, and without him today's rock would have a decidedly different sound. Drawing on Eno's own words to examine his influences and ideas, this book—featuring a new afterword and an updated discography and bibliography—will long remain provocative and definitive.

Author : Ennio Morricone
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810892421
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Composing for the Cinema written by Ennio Morricone and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-10-10 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for such films as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission; The Untouchables; Malèna; and Cinema Paradiso leave moviegoers with the conviction that something special was achieved—a conviction shared by composers, scholars, and fans alike. In Composing for the Cinema: The Theory and Praxis of Music in Film, Morricone and musicologist Sergio Miceli present a series of lectures on the composition and analysis of film music. Adapted from several lectures and seminars, these lessons show how sound design can be analyzed and offer a variety of musical solutions to many different kinds of film. Though aimed at composers, Morricone’s expositions are easy to understand and fascinating even to those without any musical training. Drawing upon scores by himself and others, the composer also provides insight into his relationships with many of the directors with whom he has collaborated, including Sergio Leone, Giuseppe Tornatore, Franco Zeffirelli, Warren Beatty, Ridley Scott, Roland Joffé, the Taviani Brothers, and others. Translated and edited by Gillian B. Anderson, an orchestral conductor and musicologist, these lessons reveal Morricone’s passion about musical expression. Delivered in a conversational mode that is both comprehensible and interesting, this groundbreaking work intertwines analysis with practical details of film music composition. Aimed at a wide audience of composers, musicians, film historians, and fans, Composing for the Cinema contains a treasure trove of practical information and observations from a distinguished musicologist and one of the most accomplished composers on the international film scene.