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The Film Music of John Williams: Reviving Hollywood's Classical Style (Wisconsin Film Studies) Paperback – July 6, 2021

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From the triumphant “Main Title” in Star Wars to the ominous bass line of Jaws, John Williams has penned some of the most unforgettable film scores—while netting more than fifty Academy Award nominations. This updated and revised edition of Emilio Audissino’s groundbreaking volume takes stock of Williams’s creative process and achievements in music composition, including the most recent sequels in the film franchises that made him famous. Audissino discusses Williams’s unique approach to writing by examining his neoclassical style in context, demonstrating how he revived and revised classical Hollywood music. This volume details Williams’s lasting impact on the industry and cements his legacy as one of the most important composers in movie history. A must for fans and film-music lovers alike.
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    Wisconsin Film Studies
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    376 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Publisher
    University of Wisconsin Press
  5. Publication date
    July 6, 2021
  6. Dimensions
    6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    0299332349
  8. ISBN-13
    978-0299332341
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“A compelling, well-researched investigation of John Williams’s role in the Hollywood film music industry.”—Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association

“Whether you’re at all interested in film scores—their history, their changing styles, their reception over the years—or in the music of John Williams in particular, you will find much to enjoy in this new book.”—Film Music Notes

“An in-depth examination of how the legendary film composer restored the classical Hollywood music style and became a pivotal figure [in] the history of film music.”—Publishers Weekly

“Audissino should be commended for his passion and research of such a stellar composer as John Williams.”—Larry Timm, author of The Soul of Cinema: An Appreciation of Film Music

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Emilio Audissino is a senior lecturer in audiovisual production at Linnaeus University. He is the author of Film/Music Analysis: A Film Studies Approach.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Wisconsin Press; 2nd edition (July 6, 2021)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 376 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0299332349
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0299332341
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.22 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.1 x 9 inches
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Emilio Audissino is an Associate Professor at Linnaeus University, Sweden. He is a film scholar and a film musicologist. He holds an M.A. in Film Studies from the University of Turin (IT), one PhD in History of Visual and Performing Arts from the University of Pisa (IT), and one PhD in Film Studies from the University of Southampton (UK). He spent research and study periods in Boston (USA), Paris (FR), and was Visiting Scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA). He has taught film history and analysis at the Universities of Genoa (IT), Southampton, West London (UK), UNINT Rome (IT), and Utrecht (NL).

Dr Audissino’s areas of expertise are mainly Hollywood and Italian cinema, and his interests are formalist audiovisual analysis, screenwriting, film style and technique, comedy, horror, and film sound and music. He has published journal articles, book chapters, and encyclopaedia entries on the history and analysis of films, spanning from the silent era to contemporary cinema. He is the author of the monograph *John Williams's Film Music: 'Jaws', 'Star Wars', 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and the Return of the Classical Hollywood Music Style* (University of Wisconsin Press, 2014, 2nd ed. 2021), the first book-length study in English on the composer, and the editor of the collection of essays *John Williams. Music for Films, Television and the Concert Stage* (Brepols, 2018). His book *Film/Music Analysis. A Film Studies Approach* (Palgrave MacMillan, 2017) concerns a method for audiovisual analysis that blends Neoformalism and Gestalt Psychology. He co-edited, with Emile Wennekes, the volume *Cinema Changes: Incorporations of Jazz in the Film Soundtrack* (Brepols, 2019).

Web Page: https://www.emilioaudissino.eu

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