New Charles Bernstein Book Now Available
News flash by Lukas Kendall
Film Music and Everything Else! Music, Creativity and Culture as
Seen by a Hollywood Film Composer is a collection of essays by Charles
Bernstein, the composer of the original Nightmare on Elm Street, Sadat,
Cujo and much more. Most of the essays originally appeared in The
Score, the quarterly journal of the Society
of Composers and Lyricists, and they are collected here in one volume
in a limited print run of 500 copies.
Much like we would print the track list for a new CD, here's the chapter
list for the book:
- Creativity and Inspiration
- Fashion and Film Music
- Limitations
- Junk Food and High Cuisine
- The Same Old Song
- Vitality
- The Composer as Architect
- Can Music Heal?
- Music and Magic
- Composers as Listeners
- Dancing the Tango of Film Music
- Sex, Lies and Film Music
- Musical Art vs. Science
- Music as Personal Communication
- Melodies
- The Shadows
- Music, Love and Money
- Originality
- Breaking Out and Breaking In
- Emotions
- The Mysteries of Teaching
- Scores and Words
- Humming and Hummers
- Music and Silence
- Music as Language
- Musical Panics
- Jazz, Faith and the Tao
- Henry Miller on Music
- Remembering Georges Delerue
- Beginnings
- Epilogue: Community
It's rare to find the kind of reflective writing on film music that
can be found for other art forms -- and especially from a practicioner
of the form itself. The book is 132 pages, softcover, 5 1/2" by 8
1/2", ISBN 0-9704273-0-1 and is published by Turnstyle Music Publishing
out of Beverly Hills, California. It's brand new and barely in circulation
yet...
What's more, as an added bonus, the 10 copies we have on hand TODAY
are signed by Charles Bernstein himself. We thank the author for his time
in doing this and hope some of our thoughtful readers are interested in
this first-look opportunity -- the price is $18.95 plus shipping.
Go here for
an ordering form.
MailBag@filmscoremonthly.com
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