Music meanings in movies
The case of the crime-plus-jazz genre
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2165679 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Morris B Holbrook (0000-0002-5452-9773, Columbia University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 307-327 |
| Publication date | 2008-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Consumption Markets & Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1025-3866 • E-ISSN: 1477-223X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10253860802391326 |
| OpenAlex | W2009382708 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
This paper explores the role of film music in creating meanings of concern to those with an interest in consumption, markets, and culture. Specifically, the paper examines ways in which the significance of ambi‐diegetic cinemusical moments – that is, music performed on‐screen (diegetic) in a manner that advances the dramatic development of plot, character, and other themes (non‐diegetic) – enrich our interpretation of three key exemplars from the crime‐plus‐jazz motion‐picture genre: Pete Kelly's Blues (Citation1955), The Cotton Club (Citation1984), and Kansas City (Citation1996). Key homologous parallels and contrasts among these three films touch on various consumption‐, markets‐, and culture‐related themes in general and on the contrast or tension between commerce (crime) and art (jazz) in particular
Advertising · Aesthetics · Art · Business · Jazz · Literature · Sociology · Visual arts · Music History and Culture · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Theater, Performance, and Music History
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2010 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |