Lights, Camera, Soundtracks: The Ultimate Guide to Popular Music in the Movies
Martin Strong
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Description for Lights, Camera, Soundtracks: The Ultimate Guide to Popular Music in the Movies
Paperback. Surveys over 50 years of rock 'n' roll movies, musicals and performance films. This book identifies the top guns involved in each film, provides a storyline, rates the film, and reviews its soundtrack. Num Pages: 896 pages, Three full colour plate sections. BIC Classification: APF; AVG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Lights, Camera, Soundtracks surveys over 50 years of rock 'n' roll movies, musicals and performance films. The book identifies the top guns involved in each film, provides a storyline, rates the film, and reviews its soundtrack. From pop and rock musicals, like the classic Elvis Presley vehicle Jailhouse Rock and the recent Tenacious D showpiece The Pick of Destiny, to performance films and documentaries like Woodstock and Dig!, and the bumping bootilicious jams of the blaxploitation genre, all manner of rock and popular music film is here. And special mention is made of the rock and ... Read more
Lights, Camera, Soundtracks surveys over 50 years of rock 'n' roll movies, musicals and performance films. The book identifies the top guns involved in each film, provides a storyline, rates the film, and reviews its soundtrack. From pop and rock musicals, like the classic Elvis Presley vehicle Jailhouse Rock and the recent Tenacious D showpiece The Pick of Destiny, to performance films and documentaries like Woodstock and Dig!, and the bumping bootilicious jams of the blaxploitation genre, all manner of rock and popular music film is here. And special mention is made of the rock and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
1268g
Number of Pages
896
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847670038
SKU
V9781847670038
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-26
About Martin Strong
MARTIN C. STRONG has been researching and compiling discographies for around 25 years, among them The Great Metal Discography, The Great Alternative and Indie Discography, The Great Psychedelic Discography and, of course, The Great Rock Discography and The Essential Rock Discography. He is currently working on the second installment of Lights, Camera, Soundtracks which focuses on classical soundtracks and film ... Read more
Reviews for Lights, Camera, Soundtracks: The Ultimate Guide to Popular Music in the Movies
Strong is rock's Leslie Halliwell.
Scotland On Sunday
An extraordinary work of scholarship.
John Peel on The Great Rock Discography
The last word in rock 'n' roll trainspotting, there isn't a better guide on the market.
Guardian on The Great Rock Discography
... Read more
Scotland On Sunday
An extraordinary work of scholarship.
John Peel on The Great Rock Discography
The last word in rock 'n' roll trainspotting, there isn't a better guide on the market.
Guardian on The Great Rock Discography
... Read more