Cochran, Timothy B.

Musical Sincerity and Transcendence in Film : Reflexive Fictions / Timothy B. Cochran. - 1st ed. - New York : Routledge, 2023. - 204 p. ; 24 cm. - Ashgate screen music series .

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Examining a wide range of movies from the last thirty-five years, Timothy Cochran traces two recurring assumptions implied by self-conscious music-making in recent cinema: that music is a potent means of expressing sincerity and experiencing humanistic depth, and that music can provide varied forms of transcendence and psychological escape.

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Motion pictures--Music supervision.
Music--History and criticism--20th century.
Music--History and criticism--21st century.

ML68 / .C634 2023