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Mychael Danna's "The Ice Storm"
Miguel Mera
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Description for Mychael Danna's "The Ice Storm"
Paperback. This book studies the music and sound in Ang Lee's film The Ice Storm, providing a unique insight into the collaborative processes that influenced the development and evolution of the score, and illustrating how the politics of filmmaking interacts with creativity. Series: Film Score Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; AVQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 317.
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America. For the film, composer Mychael Danna created one of the most distinctive scores of the 1990s, one that constantly challenges perceptions of the form and function of film music. In Mychael Danna's The Ice Storm: A Film Score Guide, Miguel Mera explores the music and sound Danna uses in his score, investigating the narrative, structural, and aesthetic themes of the film and illustrating the techniques and stylistic features central ... Read more
Ang Lee's The Ice Storm is a film of striking significance, which achieved widespread critical acclaim for its well crafted and superbly acted study of suburban morality in 1970s America. For the film, composer Mychael Danna created one of the most distinctive scores of the 1990s, one that constantly challenges perceptions of the form and function of film music. In Mychael Danna's The Ice Storm: A Film Score Guide, Miguel Mera explores the music and sound Danna uses in his score, investigating the narrative, structural, and aesthetic themes of the film and illustrating the techniques and stylistic features central ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Film Score Guides
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780810859418
SKU
V9780810859418
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Ref
99-15
About Miguel Mera
Miguel Mera is senior lecturer at the Royal College of Music, London and is co-editor of European Film Music. He composes for film and television and is widely published in film music studies.
Reviews for Mychael Danna's "The Ice Storm"
...this guide offers a detailed examination of the score created by Mychael Danna for Ang Lee's critically acclaimed The Ice Storm (1997). Mera (Royal College of Music, London) begins by discussing Danna's musical background and highlighting some of his main techniques and stylistic features. He then provides a brief overview of the film and describes the score's evolution through subsequent ... Read more