Music, Ideology, and Commerce in European Popular Cinema (eBook)

Introduction

Ewelina Boczkowska

PART I

Ideology and Music in Genre Cinema

1 Film Music in East and West Germany between 1946 and 1989: A Comparative Study

Wolfgang Thiel

2 Power Chords: The West German Schlagerfilm of the 1950s and the New World Order

Guido Heldt

3 "Yugoslav Antithesis" and Serbian Film Music

Vesna Mikic

4 Z Music: The 1970s French Political Thriller

Phil Powrie

PART II

Synergies between Popular Cinema and Media Industries

5 "With-It" and "Far-Out" Music for "Swinging London" Films between 1965 and 1970

K. J. Donnelly

6 The Dark Side of the Boom: Post-Thematic Scoring, Popular Styles, and Urban Space in the Italian Poliziottesco of the 1970s

Alessandro Bratus

7 Music, Generational Change, and Ideology in Italian Actor-Writer-Director Comedy Films of the 1980s

Alessandro Cecchi

8 Musically Powered "Suspension Points" in France's Cinéma du Look

James Wierzbicki