Flowing Shadow, Echoing Sound - A Global Appreciation of Classic Movie Music (A Global Appreciation of Classic Movie Music)

Author: Tian Yimei
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: The development of Chinese cinema over a century vividly records the significant contributions of contemporary Chinese composers. This book selects representative film music works from the historical development of film music, presenting them in a lively and well-organized manner, balancing professionalism and entertainment. These unforgettable film scores once again evoke shared memories of a generation. The time when the author wrote this book was incredibly busy—writing a doctoral dissertation, completing graduation projects, teaching at work, and searching for suitable new job opportunities, among other things. Frantically spinning, doing bewildered and helpless efforts. Yet, the authorly agreed to write this book and spent the following months happily watching movies day and night, losing sleep, feeling stomachaches, living like a god. Music, writing, and film—these unrealistic aspects of life were almost the entirety of the author's life and work, so the author has always felt like a very lucky person. The author is a musician, but for how long they studied music, they've forgotten. They only remember that when they were in school, they always felt inexplicably uncomfortable, until one day they entered the conservatory, where they began to become a happier and more confident person. Watching movies was also an innate hobby. When the author was young, every time they went to the movies with adults, they would come home and sing every line of the movie's songs to their father without missing a word. It was from that time that their father decided to let the author study music. For the author's small-town childhood and poor parents, studying this aristocratic art was not understood. The content of this book is concise, vivid, and well-organized. The author provides a comprehensive overview of film music, with each chapter's title serving as a brilliant distillation of the fundamental characteristics of film music. For every piece of film music, the author attempts to approach it directly from an appropriate angle, using minimal words but full of fresh and clever insights.