Download or read book Danny Elfman Piano Quartet written by Danny Elfman and published by Faber & Faber. This book was released on 2022-03-04 with total page 999 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny Elfman's Piano Quartet comprises thematic variations for piano and string trio cast in five movements: Ein Ding", "Kinderspott", "Duett für Vier", "Ruhig" and "Die Wolfsjungen". The idea behind the work stems from a familiar children's playground taunt which can be heard in the second movement. The work playfully cycles through a variety of moods and textures, from the agitated intensity of the first movement so reminiscent of the composer's iconic film music, through to the delicate adagio, all culminating in Elfman's energetic and impassioned finale."
Download or read book Danny Elfman s Batman written by Janet K. Halfyard and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004-09-07 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Danny Elfman is recognized as one of the most successful, interesting, and innovative figures in recent film music composition. He came to the fore in the late 1980s in connection with his collaboration with Tim Burton on his films including Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985), Beetlejuice (1988), Batman (1989), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare before Christmas (1993), and Sleepy Hollow (1999). In addition to this, Elfman has composed music for more than 40 other films, including Somersby (1993), Dolores Claibourne (1995), Good Will Hunting (1997), Men in Black (1997), and Spiderman (2002). Beetlejuice was the first mainstream commercial success of the collaboration, but Batman was the film which marked Tim Burton's arrival as a major figure in Hollywood film direction, and equally established Danny Elfman as a film score composer, particularly in relation to action and fantasy genres. The score for Batman won a Grammy in 1989 and is an outstanding example of his collaboration with Burton as well as admirably demonstrating his particular talents and distinctive compositional voice. In particular, it displays the characteristic "darkness" of his orchestration in this genre and the means he uses to create a full length film score from what is often a relatively small amount of musical material, in this case the famous Batman theme. This book examines Elfman's scoring technique and provides a detailed analysis and commentary on the Batman score. The film is discussed in the context of its comic-book origins and the fantasy-action genre, setting it and its score against the late 1970s and early 1980s equivalents such as Star Wars and Superman, and revealing how Burton and Elfman between them changed the cinematic idea of what a superhero is. The book also explores Elfman's musical background, his place within the film music industry and the controversy that sprang up following the release of B
Download or read book The Movie TV Music of Danny Elfman written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano Solo Composer Collection). This collection features 17 piano solo arrangements of favorite Elfman movie and TV themes including: Batman Theme * Corpse Bride (Main Title from The Nightmare Before Christmas ) * Desperate Housewives Main Title * Heroes (from Avengers: Age of Ultron ) * M.I.B. Main Theme * Theme from the Simpsons * Spider-Man 2 (Main Title) * What's This? (from The Nightmare Before Christmas ) * Wonka's Welcome Song (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ) * and more.
Download or read book Music as Dream written by Franco Sciannameo and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-08-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music as Dream: Essays on Giacinto Scelsi showcases recent scholarly criticism on the music and philosophy of the brilliantly original composer Giacinto Scelsi. In this collection, Franco Sciannameo and Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini select and translate into English for the first time essays that reflect the evolution of recent scholarship on Scelsi’s musical compositions. Music as Dream opens with “The Scelsi Case,” which erupted shortly after Scelsi’s death in 1988 when composer Vieri Tosatti claimed ownership of his works. This quarrel reached its zenith in the pages of PianoTime’s March 1989 issue, where musicologist Guido Zaccagnini questioned a group of noted composers, writers, and arts managers about whether a composer can claim sole authorship for a work accomplished in collaboration with others. The essays are wide-ranging in scope. French musicologist Michelle Biget-Mainfroy, a specialist in “gestural” piano writing, offers an in-depth study of Scelsi’s complex piano output; Gianmario Borio looks at Scelsi’s “Sound as Compositional Process”; Alessandra Montali examines and details Scelsi’s theoretical and literary writings; Luciano Martinis and Franco Sciannameo explore the lives and whereabouts of obscure composers Giacinto Sallustio, Walther Klein, and Richard Falk, who were Scelsi’s collaborators until the early 1940s when Tosatti took sole charge; Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini elaborates on Scelsi’s most important composition of his first period, presenting a tour-de-force that pieces together its complex story through research at the newly organized Scelsi Archive at the Fondazione Isabella Scelsi in Rome; and Friedrich Jaecker’s and Sandro Marrocu’s essays also draw on research conducted at the archive of Fondazione. Finally, an updated bibliography and discography conclude the book
Download or read book Flex Ability More Pops Solo Duet Trio Quartet with Optional Accompaniment written by and published by Alfred Music Publishing. This book was released on 2008-04 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Flex-Ability series is ideal for solos, duets, trios, quartets, or any size ensemble, including woodwinds, brass, strings, percussion, and optional rhythm section, and includes an optional play-along CD. It is meant to be usable by all levels of ability for fun at home, in school or around the community. The Four-Line Score Includes: Line 1: Melody; Level 2 1⁄2 - 3; intermediate range; sixteenth-note combinations; rock/jazz syncopation Line 2: Harmony; Level 2 -- 2 1⁄2; wide range; sixteenth notes; easy syncopation Line 3: Harmony; Level 1 1⁄2; limited range; dotted rhythms; some eighth-quarter-eighth syncopation Line 4 (Bass): Harmony; Level 1; narrow range; simple rhythms (eighth notes); alternate note suggestions The CD accompaniment is available separately and includes two tracks for each song: a performance track with the full demonstration recording, and an accompaniment track with only the rhythm section for you to play along with in solos, duets, trios, quartets, or larger ensembles. Titles are: Alegria (from Alegria) * American Idiot * Because of You * Boulevard of Broken Dreams * Gonna Fly Now (Theme from Rocky) * Hedwig's Theme (from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) * Hips Don't Lie * Jumpin' Jack Flash * The New Girl in Town (from Hairspray) * We Are Family * Wonka's Welcome Song (from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory).
Download or read book The Simpsons Songbook written by and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2006-12-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). The longest-running animated primetime series in history and the longest-running comedy on television, "The Simpsons" is a cultural institution. This book contains 26 songs from the award-winning show, including the instantly recognizable theme song by Danny Elfman, and Emmy Award-winning originals by Alf Clausen, such as "We Put the Spring in Springfield" and "You're Checkin' In." It also features four new songs in print for the first time ("He's the Man," "Ode to Branson," "Testify" and "The Very Reason That I Live"), and pages of beautiful full-color artwork from the show!
Download or read book Chopin s Prophet written by Edward Blickstein and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vladimir de Pachmann was perhaps history’s most notorious pianist. Widely regarded as the greatest player of Chopin’s works, Pachmann embedded comedic elements—be it fiddling with his piano bench or flirting with the audience—within his classic piano recitals to alleviate his own anxiety over performing. But this wunderkind, whose admirers included Franz Liszt and music critic James Gibbons Huneker (who cheekily nicknamed Pachmann the “Chopinzee”), would by the turn of the century find his antics on the concert stage scorned by critics and out of fashion with listeners, burying his pianistic legacy. In Chopin’s Prophet: The Life of Pianist Vladimir de Pachmann, the first biography ever of this remarkable figure, Edward Blickstein and Gregor Benko explore the private and public lives of this master pianist, surveying his achievements within the context of contemporary critical opinion and preserving his legacy as one of the last great Romantic pianists of his time. Chopin’s Prophet paints a colorful portrait of classical piano performance and celebrity at the turn of the 20th century while also documenting Pachmann’s attraction to men, which ultimately ended his marriage but was overlooked by his audiences. As the authors illustrate, Pachmann lived in a radically different world of music making, one in which eccentric personality and behavior fit into a much more flexible, and sometimes mysterious, musical community, one where standards were set not by certified experts with degrees but by the musicians themselves. Detailing the evolution of concert piano playing style from the era of Chopin until World War I, Chopin’s Prophet tells the fantastic and true story of an artist of and after his time.
Download or read book Debussy s Paris written by Catherine Kautsky and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-09-15 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes. Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key works reflect not only the most appealing and innocent aspects of Paris but also more disquieting attitudes of the time such as racism, colonial domination, and nationalistic hostility. Debussy left no avenue unexplored, and his piano works present a sweeping overview of the passions, vices, and obsessions of the era. Pianist Catherine Kautsky reveals little-known elements of Parisian culture and weaves the music, the man, the city, and the era into an indissoluble whole. Her portrait will delight anyone who has ever been entranced by Debussy’s music or the city that inspired it.
Download or read book Understanding the Leitmotif written by Matthew Bribitzer-Stull and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through analysis, Matthew Bribitzer-Stull explores the legacy of the leitmotif, from Wagner's Ring cycle to present-day Hollywood film music.
Download or read book I Want to Take You Higher written by Jeff Kaliss and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From his anthemic early hits (“I Want to Take You Higher,” “Family Affair,” “Dance to the Music”), through the moody meditations of “There's a Riot Going On” and beyond, Sly & the Family Stone left an indelible stamp on rock, funk, pop, and hip hop, and their enigmatic frontman in particular continues to inspire fascination and speculation. This fully updated edition fills in the gaps since the book’s original 2008 publication, including Sly’s successful legal action against his former manager, the death of band member (and mother of a child with Sly) Cynthia Robinson, and the new projects undertaken by family and former collaborators.
Download or read book Beautiful Piano Instrumentals written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2016-07-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano Solo Songbook). This collection needs no words to express beauty. 24 piano solo arrangements of relaxing piano music, and as a bonus, one arrangement includes the cello part (Arwen's Vigil)! Featuring: Back to Life (Giovanni Allevi) * Beyond (William Joseph) * Chariots of Fire (Vangelis) * A Day Without Rain (Enya) * The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano ) * I Giorni (Ludovico Einaudi) * If You Believe (Jim Brickman) * La Valse d'Amalie (from Amelie ) * Leaves on the Seine (David Lanz) * One Man's Dream (Yanni) * Zanarkand (Nobuo Uematsu) * and more!
Download or read book Ad Nauseam written by Michael Gingold and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-07 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BRAND NEW & EXPANDED EDITION! Now with 125 additional pages of film ads from the 1970s and a new foreword by director Joe Dante! As featured in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fangoria, and more. Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, Michael Gingold became obsessed with horror movies, and his love of the genre led him to become a Fangoria writer and editor for over 30 years, as well as a contributor to Rue Morgue and others. But before all that, he took his scissors to local newspapers, collecting countless ads for horror movies, big and small. Ad Nauseam: Newsprint Nightmares from the '70s and '80s is a year-by-year deep dive into the Gingold archive, with more than 700 ads! Within these pages you'll see rare alternate art for film franchises such as Halloween, Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Child's Play, Jaws, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Exorcist. You'll also revel in oddities including Invasion of the Blood Farmers, Psycho from Texas, Dracula Blows His Cool, Zombie Island Massacre, Twitch of the Death Nerve, and many more. Gingold also provides personal recollections and commentary, and unearths vintage reviews to reveal what critics of the time were saying about these films. Steel yourselves, genre junkies: Ad Nauseam is an unmatched journey into the wild world of 1970s and 1980s horror movies!
Download or read book The Clarinet written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wonderful World of Percussion written by Emil Richards and published by . This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During a span of 55 years, Emil Richards has been a renowned presence in Hollywood soundstages, recording studios, jazz clubs and international touring venues. Considered a supreme artist on the vibraphone, marimba and xylophone, as well as a master of his world-famous collection of percussion instruments, Richards is renowned throughout the world for his versatility. This book's lifetime of insightful and hilarious experiences include years with Frank Sinatra and George Harrison, as well as many anecdotes involving Burt Bacharach, Elvis Presley and Ravi Shankar, as well as most major recording artists. Richards' chronology roughly categories the book's chapters into decades, with the 1960s mainly involving album recording, television shows in the '70s and films in the '80s and '90s. A parallel career means stories emanating through playing with George Shearing, Paul Horn, Stan Kenton and Roger Kellaway, as well as Igor Stravinsky and Richards' own group Calamari. There are warm recollections of the great film composers, including Henry Mancini, Alex North, Jerry Goldsmith and John Williams, who all collaborated at finding a unique sound at Richards' warehouse before composing. Salad bowls used in "Planet Of The Apes," gongs lowered into fluid for space movies and many other unusual sonic effects will flash readers back to decades of favorite movies. From an astonishing family history and grim days growing up in Hartford, Connecticut, through wild tours with Sinatra to Europe, Japan and Egypt, and visits to the Maharishi in India, Richards' entertaining, direct style perfectly complements this wealth of inside experiences. ________________________________________ "Throughout the many years of his long and distinguished career, Emil Richards consistently brought adventure, joy and discovery to all of his music making. His new book is a valuable addition to the documentation of a period of great creativity in American music." - John Williams "I have no doubt that if you have even the slightest interest in movies or music, you will find that Emil's stories are as inspirational as they are funny, and most importantly, you will discover one of the greatest souls ever to grace the music industry." - Michael Giacchino "Emil has played on .... I have no idea, maybe 60 or 70 scores of mine. He never disappoints and continues to amaze me. When it comes to percussion, Emil has always and always will be an irreplaceable original. ...The Man! ....The One and Only." - Danny Elfman
Download or read book Reminiscences of an American Composer and Pianist written by George Walker and published by . This book was released on 2009-07-09 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first black American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for music (for his composition Lilacs), George Walker recounts the most significant events in his life and distinguished career as a composer and a musician.
Download or read book The James Horner Collection written by and published by Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation. This book was released on 2016-12-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (P/V/G Composer Collection). The late James Horner composed music for over 100 films, winning two Academy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards. This collection features over 20 themes from iconic movies arranged for piano, voice and guitar: Becoming Spider-Man * Cocoon (Theme) * Courage Under Fire (Theme) * Theme from Field of Dreams * I See You (Theme from Avatar ) * The Land Before Time End Credits * My Heart Will Go on (Love Theme from Titanic ) * Somewhere Out There * Star Trek II - the Wrath of Khan * Then You Look at Me * Where Are You Christmas? * and more.
Download or read book Gothic Charm School written by Jillian Venters and published by William Morrow Paperbacks. This book was released on 2009-06-23 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential, fully illustrated guidebook to day-to-day Goth living There's more to being a Goth than throwing on some black velvet, dyeing your hair, and calling it a day (or a night). How do you dress with morbid flair when going to a job interview? Is there such a thing as growing too old to be a Goth? How do you explain to your grandma that it's not just a phase? Jillian Venters, a.k.a. "the Lady of the Manners," knows how to be strange and unusual without sacrificing politeness and etiquette. In Gothic Charm School, she offers the quintessential guide to dark decorum for all those who have ever searched for beauty in dark, unexpected places, embraced their individuality, and reveled in decadence . . . and for families and friends who just don't understand.
