James Bernard, Composer to Count Dracula

A Critical Biography

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

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Composers give a unique and powerful voice to stories on the big screen. Those who work principally with one genre may leave a unique imprint. James Bernard was one such composer. From 1952 to the late 1990s, he was one of horror's definitive and distinctive voices, scoring many of Hammer's best-known films, including Dracula.This is a critical biography of James Bernard. It is also a thorough and meticulous examination of his music, including its intricate mechanisms and the many sources of Bernard's inspiration. Movie scores examined include The Quatermass Experiment, Quatermass 2, X--The Unknown, The Curse of Frankenstein, Dracula, The Hound of the Baskervilles, The Kiss of the Vampire, She, and many others. A foreword by Ingrid Pitt, a glossary, a filmography, notes, bibliography and index complete the work.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-11-03
Mått178 x 254 x 16 mm
Vikt544 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor311
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786466139

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Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Foreword by Ingrid Pitt Preface 1. The Long Shadow of Castle Bernard 2. “Virtutis Fortuna Comes” 3. Amanuensis in Aldeburgh 4. Trilogy of Terror 5. Things Rank and Gross 6. Hounded 7. Serial Killers 8. Virtue and Danger 9. Femmes Fatales 10. Back from the Dead 11. Black and White Music 12. Assorted Aristocrats 13. Kapellmeister to Count Dracula 14. Sunset in the East 15. Danger in Paradise 16. Resurrection In Memoriam: A Personal Postscript by the Author Glossary of Musical Terms James Bernard Filmography Notes Select Bibliography Index

“valuable...thoroughly researched”—Little Shoppe of Horrors; “McFarland scores another winner with this tribute to the man who created so many memorable scores for the Hammer classics...well-deserved...A ‘must’”—Cinema Retro; “outstanding...fascinating...thorough...detailed”—Journal of British Cinema and Television; “one of the best in recent years...critical”—Mania.com; “this is clearly the book of the year for students of film scoring”—Video Watchdog.