Music in the Western

Kathryn Kalinak is Professor of English and Film Studies at Rhode Island College. She is the author of Settling the Score: Music in the Classical Hollywood Film (1992), How the West Was Sung: Music in the Westerns of John Ford (2007), and Film Music: A Very Short Introduction (2010). In 2011, she received RIC's Thorp Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Creative Activity.

• Introduction Kathryn KalinakPart I: Music in the Classical Hollywood Studio Film 1. The Cowboy Chorus: Narrative and Cultural Functions of the Western Title Song Corey K. Creekmur 2. “A Cowboy Has to Sing”: Walt Disney, John Ford, and Sons of the Pioneers Ross Care 3. Reinventing the Western Film Score: Jerome Moross and The Big CountryMariana Whitmer 4. Silencing the Truth: Music and Identity in The UnforgivenBen Winters 5. A Tale of Two Cowgirls: Song, Western Novelty Acts, and 1950s Hollywood Caryl FlinnPart 2: Westerns Outside Hollywood 6. Innovation and Imitation: An Analysis of the Soundscape of Akira Kurosawa’s Chambara Westerns Yuna de Lannoy 7. The Dollars Trilogy: “There are two kinds of western heroes, my friend!” Charles Leinberger 8. Europe Cannibalizes the Western: RavenousK.J. Donnelly 9. “How . . . were we going to make a picture that’s better than this?”: Crossing Borders from East to West in Rashomon and The OutrageKathryn KalinakPart 3: The Contemporary Western 10. From the Barroom Floor: American Song, Saloon Culture, and Wild Bill, or “Did you touch my hat?” Peter Stanfield 11. Musical Worlds of the Millennial Western: Dead Man and The Three Burials of Melquiades EstradaClaudia Gorbman 12. Mountains, Music, and Murder: Scoring the American West in There Will Be Blood and No Country for Old MenMatthew McDonald

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