Jerry Goldsmith: Music Scoring for American Movies. E-book. Formato EPUB Mauricio Dupuis   -  Dmg Edizioni, 2017  - 

This essay represents the first organic study about Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), an emblematic American film composer from the second half of 20th century. His personality is examined within the cinematic production system in which he operated for about fifty years, collaborating with directors like John Huston, John Frankenheimer, Franklin J.Schaffner, Roman Polanski, Joe Dante, Richard Donner, Paul Verhoeven and many others. He won the Academy Award in 1976 for "The Omen". Revised edition.

Musica e cinema nel dopoguerra americano: Minimalismo e Postminimalismo. E-book. Formato EPUB Cristina Cano   -  Gremese, 2016  - 

Il volume approfondisce innanzitutto il contesto storico-culturale in cui si sviluppa, tra gli anni '60 e '70, quella corrente muscale americana del secondo dopoguerra detta 'minimalismo'. La prima parte ne mette in luce i molteplici nessi che la collegano alla poetica e all'opera del compositore John Cage, nonché la più ampia rete di relazioni con i contesti culturali ed estetici di quel periodo - analisi che lascia emergere tutta la radicalità delle scelte linguistiche del minimalismo americano e il suo messaggio di rottura e di alternativa in rapporto alle neoavanguardie europee. La seconda parte del volume è dedicata alla produzione di colonne sonore per il cinema dei compositori postminimalisti, nonché all'analisi di scene o sequenze esemplari tratte da testi filmici ove proprio la colonna sonora realizzata da compositori come Philip Glass o Michael Nyman ha contribuito in modo decisivo a determinare non solo l'esito estetico del film, ma in alcuni casi - primo fra tutti il celebre Lezioni di piano di Jane Campion - anche il loro successo presso il largo pubblico.

Jerry Goldsmith music scoring for american movies. E-book. Formato Mobipocket Mauricio Dupuis   -  Robin Edizioni, 2013  - 

This essay represents the first organic study about Jerry Goldsmith (1929-2004), emblematic American film composer in the second half of the 20th century. Goldsmith was also a brilliant conductor. He conducted his music, but also of other composers, such as those of his mentor Alex North. He has worked with several great orchestras, first of all the London Symphony Orchestra. His personality is framed within the cinematic production system in which he worked on about fifty years, collaborating with directors like John Huston, John Frankenheimer, Franklin J.Schaffner, Roman Polanski, Joe Dante, Richard Donner, Paul Verhoeven and many others. He was under contract with the major Studios in Hollywood, in particular Universal and 20th Century-Fox. Many times nominated for an Academy Award, he won once, in 1976, for “The Omen” score. The study examines some aspects of film music composition (orchestration, relationship with directors) in relation to such movies as “Planet of the Apes”, “Patton”, “Chinatown”, “The Wind and the Lion”, “The Omen”, “Logan’s Run”, “Alien”, “Star Trek: The Motion Picture”, “Poltergeist”, “Gremlins”, “Legend”, “Total Recall”, “Basic Instinct”, “L.A.Confidential”, “Hollow Man”. In appendix: an overview on the “rejected scores” case and the composer’s catalog of works. Translated by Cecilia Martini - Best Essay – Sonora International Award 2012 - The author: Mauricio Dupuis was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1974. He has a degree in Musicology in Cremona, a branch of the University of Pavia, Italy. He also works as a literary curator for Italian publishers. Among his works: the Italian editions of “Mr Arkadin” by Orson Welles, “Porgy” by Dubose Heyward, “Rebecca and Rowena” by Thackeray and “A Start in Life” by Balzac. He is currently preparing an essay on music in film noir.