The Best Years of British Film Music, 1936-1958

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In the mid-1930s British film music scarcely existed yet within two years it had developed to such an extent that top British composers, like Arnold Bax and Vaughan Williams, were sound-tracking films. Jan Swynnoe shows how this happened, discusses the scores produced, and highlights the differences between British scores and their Hollywood counterparts. Valuable in its discussion of the practical aspects of film music.

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In the mid-1930s British film music scarcely existed yet within two years it had developed to such an extent that top British composers, like Arnold Bax and Vaughan Williams, were sound-tracking films. Jan Swynnoe shows how this happened, discusses the scores produced, and highlights the differences between British scores and their Hollywood counterparts. Valuable in its discussion of the practical aspects of film music.

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