Film Music Themes
Analysis and Corpus Study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4390848 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mark Richard (0000-0002-8630-9097, Florida State University), Mark Richards (0000-0002-2023-8177, Florida State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2016-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Music Theory Online (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-3040 • E-ISSN: 1067-3040 |
| Publisher | Society for Music Theory (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.30535/mto.22.1.3 |
| OpenAlex | W2314311647 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 28 |
The phrase structure of film music themes remains virtually unexplored in scholarly literature. This article proposes an analytical system that expands and adapts Caplin 1998 in order to categorize the gamut of film music themes in some detail. This system is then applied to a cross-section of 482 themes from Oscar-nominated scores ranging from the early 1930s to the present day. In doing so, notable divisions appear around 1960 and 1990, times that coincide with trends that drastically affected the composition of film music in general
Art · Categorization · Gamut · Linguistics · Literature · Phrase · Visual arts · Computer Science · Music and Audio Processing · Musicology and Musical Analysis · Philosophy · Theater, Performance, and Music History · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |