Music in Television

James Deaville is a Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture: Music, at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. His interest in television music focuses on how music has played a role in the reporting of news, and has published articles on news music used for 9/11 and for the war in Iraq.

• Part 1: Practices and Theories of Television Music 1. A Discipline Emerges: Reading Writing About Listening to Television, James Deaville 2. "Coperettas," "Detecterns," and Space Operas: Music and Genre Hybridization in American Television, Ron Rodman 3. TV Music and the History of Television Sound, Shawn VanCour 4. Rural Music on American Television, 1948-2010, Michael Saffle 5. Music in the Golden Age of Television News Documentaries, Colin Roust Part 2: Case Studies in Television Music 6. "Bad Wolf": Leitmotiv and Musical Textures in Doctor Who (2005), Robynn Stilwell 7. From Punk to the Musical: South Park, Music, and the Cartoon Format, Sean Nye 8. It’s What’s Happening Baby! Television Music and the Politics of the War On Poverty, Norma Coates 9. Channeling Glenn Gould: Masculinities from Television to New Hollywood, Julie Brown 10. "The Rock Man’s Burden": Consuming Canada at Live 8, Kip Pegley Appendix: Generation X, South Park, and TV Music Composition: An Interview with Adam Berry, Conducted by Sean Nye

"A worthy contribution to the field, and I would strongly recommend that music libraries and individuals wishing to learn more about television music purchase this book for their collections." - Lisa Scoggin, Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association