TY - BOOK AU - MacDonald,Laurence E. TI - The invisible art of film music: a comprehensive history SN - 188015756X U1 - 781.542 PY - 1998/// CY - New York PB - Ardsley KW - Motion picture music KW - History and criticism N1 - 1. The evolution of synchronized sound -- 2. The dawn of the golden age -- 3. World War 2 and its aftermath -- 4. The decline of the studio system -- 5. The changing of the guard -- 6. The revival of the symphonic film score -- 7. The influence of synthesised sound -- 8. Into the 1900s N2 - An historically structured account of the evolution of music in films, the book is arranged as a chronological survey and includes biographical sketches on many important film composers in addition to the development of the films themselves ER -