Music as a Career

Updated June 12, 2026
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Composing for the cinema the theory and praxis of music in film
Morricone, Ennio.
Paper Book
With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for such films as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The...
Settling the score music and the classical Hollywood film
Kalinak, Kathryn Marie
Paper Book
Beginning with the earliest experiments in musical accompaniment carried out in the Edison Laboratories, Kathryn Kalinak uses archival material to outline the history of American music and film. Focusing on the scores of several key composers of the sound era, including Erich Wolfgang...
Guerrilla film scoring practical advice from Hollywood composers
Borum, Jeremy
Ebook
As the movie and music industries have changed, film scoring has become an overwhelmingly independent process. Film composers have more responsibilities than ever before, and they must fulfill them with smaller budgets and shorter schedules. As a result, composers are increasingly becoming armies...
Music and sound in documentary film
Rogers, Holly (Professor of music)
Ebook
This collection of fourteen essays provides a rich and detailed history of the relationship between and music and image in documentary films, exploring the often overlooked role of music in the genre and its subsequent impact on an audience's perception of reality and fiction. Exploring examples...
Music and game [electronic resource] perspectives on a popular alliance
Moormann, Peter.
Ebook
This anthology examines the various facets of video game music. Contributors from the fields of science and practice document its historical development, discuss the music's composition techniques, interactivity and function as well as attending to its performative aspects.
On the track a guide to contemporary film scoring
Karlin, Fred.
Ebook
On the Track offers a comprehensive guide to scoring for film and television. Covering all styles and genres, the authors, both noted film composers, cover everything from the nuts-and-bolts of timing, cuing, and recording through balancing the composer's aesthetic vision with the needs of the film...
Beyond talent creating a successful career in music
Beeching, Angela Myles.
Ebook
This guide is a gold mine of detailed advice, real life examples and options for any musician serious about a career as a performing artist. Offering an entrepreneurial approach, this book covers artist management, publicity, recordings, websites, fundraising, and freelancing, plus how to manage...
On the Record Music Journalists on Their Lives, Craft, and Careers
Hilleary, Mike
Ebook
Rolling Stone, Creem, the Village Voice, SPIN, Billboard, Stereogum, Pitchfork. How did the music journalists who write for these popular publications break into the business? How have they honed their writing and interviewing techniques? How have they...
Sound in motion : a performer's guide to greater musical expression
McGill, David (Bassoonist)
Paper Book
David McGill has assembled an exhaustive study that uses the musical concepts of the legendary Marcel Tabuteau as a starting point from which to develop musical thought. McGill methodically explains the frequently misunderstood "Tabuteau number system" and its relationship to note grouping-the...
Transforming music education
Jorgensen, Estelle R.
Paper Book
This quintet of essays examines the reasons why music education should be transformed, investigates the nature of education and musical transformation, and suggests alternative educational models and strategies. Estelle Jorgensen frames her argument for new approaches against the backdrop of...
The music of film [electronic resource] collaborations and conversations
Saltzman, Steve,
Ebook
The Music of Film opens up the world of film music from the inside. Through a series of interviews and conversations with professional composers, music supervisors, music editors, and picture editors, this book shows how music for film and television works according to insiders in the industry.<...
Teaching Living Legends [electronic resource] Professional Development and Lessons for the 21st Century Music Educator
Lum, Chee Hoo
Ebook
This book traces the research on the design, implementation and outcomes of a professional development program for in-service primary and secondary school teachers aimed at enhancing their understanding of living music traditions in Singapore and how these could be taught in the 21st century...
Music video games performance, politics, and play
Austin, Michael (Professor of media),
Paper Book
Music Video Games takes a look (and listen) at the popular genre of music games - video games in which music is at the forefront of player interaction and gameplay. With chapters on a wide variety of music games, ranging from well-known console games such as Guitar Hero and Rock...
Shakespeare as cultural catalyst
Holland, Peter
Ebook
Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, the Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of Shakespeare criticism. Each volume is devoted to a theme, or play, or group of plays; each also...
The Routledge research companion to popular music education
Smith, Gareth Dylan.
Ebook
Popular music is a growing presence in education, formal and otherwise, from primary school to postgraduate study. Programmes, courses and modules in popular music studies, popular music performance, songwriting and areas of music technology are becoming commonplace across higher education....
Anxiety muted : American film music in a suburban age
Pelkey, Stanley C.
Paper Book
The most familiar entertainment icons and storylines from the 1950s and 60s remain potent signs that continue to resonate within contemporary American society and culture. Both the political Left and Right invoke the events and memories of those decades, celebrating or condemning the competing...
David Shire's The conversation [electronic resource] a film score guide
Chattah, Juan
Ebook
Nominated for three Academy Awards in 1974, including Best Picture and Best Sound, Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is regarded as the archetypal achievement in weaving together a balanced blend of dialogue, cinematography, sound effects, and music. For the film, composer David Shire created...
Peer to peer and the music industry the criminalization of sharing
David, Matthew.
Ebook
Have the music and movie industries lost the battle to criminalize downloading? This penetrating and informative book provides readers with the perfect systematic critical guide to the file-sharing phenomenon. Combining inter-disciplinary resources from sociology, history, media and communication...
Film music [electronic resource] the basics
Lampl, Kenneth, 1964- author.
Ebook
A comprehensive introduction to film music, this book provides a concise and illuminating summary of the process of film scoring, as well as a succinct overview of the rich history of contemporary film music. Written in a non-technical style, this book begins by presenting a brief history...
The Palgrave handbook of sound design and music in screen media [electronic resource] integrated soundtracks
Greene, Liz (Sound designer)
Ebook
Sound souvenirs audio technologies, memory and cultural practices
Bijsterveld, Karin
Ebook
In recent decades, the importance of sound for remembering the past and for creating a sense of belonging has been increasingly acknowledged. We keep "sound souvenirs" such as cassette tapes and long play albums in our attics because we want to be able to recreate the music and everyday sounds we...
Music business and the experience economy [electronic resource] the Australasian case
Tschmuck, Peter.
Ebook
Music Business and the Experience Economy is the first book on the music business in Australasia from an academic perspective. In a cross-disciplinary approach, the contributions deal with a wide-range of topics concerning the production, distribution and consumption of music in the digital...

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