The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

Editor-in-chief: Prof. Daniel Goldmark

Presents the latest, authoritative information on the breadth of American film music and musicians
Seven conceptual articles and 143 composer biographies newly updated from The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition
Includes extensive bibliographies and 30 images illustrating key concepts and composers
The premiere resource for students, scholars, and readers interested in the development of American film music

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

Editor-in-chief: Prof. Daniel Goldmark

Description

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music documents the lives and works of many of the individuals responsible for writing music for some of the most popular and well-known films, television shows, video games, and music videos ever created. Its 150 articles and 30 images, updated and expanded from The Grove Dictionary of American Music by film scholar Daniel Goldmark, cover key composers, sound engineers, and other figures in American film music history, and include in-depth articles on film music, musical film, production music, video game music, television music, television musicals, and music videos.

This book is intended first and foremost as a musical primer for the student of American film, television, and video, whether you're a casual fan, a longtime listener, or someone wanting to gain a deeper understanding of those who have shaped the modern media soundtrack. Bibliographies are curated, not comprehensive, and are most detailed for the subject areas and composers who have been especially popular with historians.

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

Editor-in-chief: Prof. Daniel Goldmark

Acknowledgements
About the Editor
Contributors
A Note on the Use of this Book
Abbreviations

Concepts in American Film Music
Film music
Musical film
Music in video games
Production music
Television music
Television musical
Video [music video]

Biographies
Amfitheatrof, Daniele
Applebaum, Louis
Arnold, David
Axt, William L.
Barber, Lesley
Barry, John
Bassman, George
Beck, Christophe
Bernstein, Elmer
Blanchard, Terence
Bradford, James C.
Bradley, Scott
Breil, Joseph Carl
Broughton, Bruce
Bruns, George
Burwell, Carter
Buttolph, David
Chihara, Paul
Churchill, Frank
Clausen, Alf Heiberg
Conti, Bill
Copland, Aaron
Courage, Alexander
Cutler, Miriam
Danna, Jeff
Danna, Mychael
Darby, Ken
David, Mack
Davis, Don
Debney, John
De Packh, Maurice
Deutsch, Adolph
De Vol, Frank
Dolan, Robert Emmett
Elfman, Danny
Farnon, Robert
Fielding, Jerry
Finston, Nat W.
Forbes, Lou
Forbstein, Leo
Friedhofer, Hugo
Gershenson, Joseph
Giacchino, Michael
Glass, Philip
Gold, Ernest
Goldenthal, Elliot
Goldsmith, Jerry
Gottschalk, Louis F.
Grusin, Dave
Hagen, Earle
Hajos, Karl T.
Hamlisch, Marvin
Hancock, Herbie
Harline, Leigh
Hayman, Richard
Hayton, Lennie
Heindorf, Ray
Herrmann, Bernard
Holdridge, Lee
Hopkins, Kenyon
Horner, James
Howard, James Newton
Isham, Mark
Jackson, Howard
Jarre, Maurice
Jones, Quincy
Kamen, Michael
Kanno, Yoko
Kaper, Bronislaw
Karlin, Fred
Karpman, Laura
Kaun, Bernhard Theodor Ludwig
Korngold, Erich Wolfgang
Lange, Arthur
Lava, William
Legrand, Michel
Leipold, John
Lipstone, Louis
Luz, Ernst J.
Malotte, Albert Hay
Mancini, Henry
Marquardt, Paul A.
McBride, Robert
McCarthy, Dennis
Mendoza, David
Millar, Cynthia
Mizzy, Vic
Moross, Jerome
Morricone, Ennio
Morros, Boris
Muskett, Jennie
Newman, Alfred
Newman, David
Newman, Lionel
Newman, Randy
Newman, Thomas
North, Alex
Portman, Rachel
Post, Mike
Powell, Edward
Raksin, David
Rapee, Erno
Riesenfeld, Hugo
Ritmanis, Lolita
Robbins, Richard
Roemheld, Heinz
Rose, David
Rosenman, Leonard
Rosenthal, Laurence
Rota, Nino
Rózsa, Miklós
Salinger, Conrad
Salter, Hans
Sawtell, Paul
Scharf, Walter
Schumann, Walter
Shaiman, Marc
Sherman, Richard M.
Shire, David
Shore, Howard
Silvers, Louis
Silvestri, Alan
Simon, Walter Cleveland
Skinner, Frank
Snow, Mark
Spencer, Herbert
Stalling, Carl
Steiner, Fred
Steiner, Max
Stoloff, Morris
Stothart, Herbert
Tiomkin, Dmitri
Walden, W. G.
Walker, Shirley
Wallace, Oliver
Waxman, Franz
Williams, John
Williams, Patrick M.
Wilson, Mortimer
Young, Christopher
Young, Victor
Zamecnik, John Stephan
Zimmer, Hans Florian

Index

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

Editor-in-chief: Prof. Daniel Goldmark

Author Information

Daniel Goldmark is Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He works on American popular music, film and cartoon music, and the history of the music industry. Goldmark is the author or editor of several books, including The Cartoon Music Book (A Cappella, 2001), Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (Univ. California, 2005) and Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema (Univ. California, 2007).

Goldmark also spent several years working in the animation and music industries. He was an archivist at Spümcø Animation in Hollywood, where he also worked as the music coordinator on the short cartoons "Boo-Boo Runs Wild" and "A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith." For five years Goldmark was research editor at Rhino Entertainment in Los Angeles, where he also produced or co-produced several collections and anthologies, including a two-CD set of the music of Tom & Jerry composer Scott Bradley, and a two-CD anthology entitled Courage: the Complete Atlantic Recordings of Rufus Harley.

Contributors:

David Ades, The Robert Farnon Society
Mike Alleyne, Middle Tennessee State University
Dan Blim, Denison University
Geoffrey Block, University of Puget Sound
Durrell Bowman, Independent Scholar
Janet B. Bradford, Brigham Young University
Mark Brill, University of Texas, San Antonio
Philip Brophy, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology
Jon Burlingame, University of Southern California, Thorton School of Music
Ross Care, Independent Scholar
Brendan G. Carroll, International Korngold Society
Karen Collins, University of Waterloo
David Cooper, University of Leeds
Timothy M. Crain, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Kate Daubney, University of Leeds
James Deaville, Carleton University
Bill Dobbins, Eastman School of Music
Paul C. Echols, Mannes School of Music
Tristian Evans, Bangor University
William A. Everett, University of Missouri-Kansas City
George J. Ferencz, University of Wisconsin Whitewater
Thomas L. Gayda, Independent Scholar
Jessica Getman, University of Michigan
Steven E. Gilbert, California State University, Fresno
Daniel Goldmark, Case Western Reserve University
Peter Graff, Case Western Reserve University
Thomas S. Hischak, SUNY Cortland
Julie Hubbert, University of South Carolina
Preston Neal Jones, Independent author
David Kershaw, University of York Heslington York
Randall D. Larson, Independent author
Neil Lerner, Davidson College
Mary Jo Lodge, Lafayette College
Barry Long, Bucknell University
Richard C. Lynch, Franklin and Marshall College
Martin Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jennifer Matthews, University of Notre Dame
Clifford McCarty, The Film Music Society
Michael Meckna, Texas Christian University
Steve Metcalf, University of Hartford
Sergio Miceli, Universidade de São Paulo
Giordano Montecchi, Conservatorio di Musica Arrigo Boito di Parma
David Neumeyer, University of Texas at Austin
Louis Niebur, University of Nevada, Reno
Christopher Palmer, Independent writer, producer, orchestrator and arranger
Jon Pareles, The New York Times
Nathan Platte, The University of Iowa
Howard Pollack, University of Houston
Jeannie Gayle Pool, Paramount Pictures
John Richardson, University of Turku
Ronald W. Rodman, Carleton College
William Rosar, University of California, San Diego
Daniel Sheridan, McMaster University and Carleton University
Warren M. Sherk, Margaret Herrick Library
John Snelson, Royal Opera House
Lee Snook, University of Exeter
Fred Steiner, Independent composer
Edward Strickland, Independent author
Richard Swift, University of California, Davis
Matthew Alan Thomas, University of Southern California
Steven D. Wescott, Independent scholar
James Wierzbicki, The University of Sydney
Kenneth Winters, Independent musician, editor, and author
Mary A. Wischusen, Wayne State University

The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music

Editor-in-chief: Prof. Daniel Goldmark

Reviews and Awards

"Anyone foolish enough to believe that reference books have been supplanted by the Internet should browse this indispensable volume and tell me where one could find its equal online. Goldmark established his bona fides years ago in this field, and is the perfect person to have edited this dictionary of film and television composers. For each entry there is a biographical essay by a film music expert, a filmography (some complete, and often including radio, television and concert works), as well as a bibliography. I'm sure I will be consulting this often in years to come." -- Leonard Maltin

"I can't imagine a more comprehensive single-volume reference guide to the vast subject of film and television composers. An impressive array of contributors has lent its knowledge and experience to the project with felicitous results. I know I will be consulting this book for years to come." --Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian

"The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music is a remarkable achievement. The scope is extensive, the commentaries are thoughtful, and the bibliographies and filmographies are thorough. For me, it is an essential reference, but it will also afford real pleasure to anyone who simply wants to browse." --Krin Gabbard, author of Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the American Cinema (Chicago, 1996) and Better Git It in Your Soul: An Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus (U. California, 2016)

"Comprehensive and authoritative, this Grove Music Guide provides a lucid orientation to the study of American Film Music with overviews on key topics in the field including recent developments such as television music, music videos, and video games. Biographical entries on practitioners balance the broad sweep of the overviews with the specific and the personal. A state-of-the-art reference." --Kathryn Kalinak, Professor of Film Studies, Rhode Island College