The film music of John Williams : reviving Hollywood's classical style /

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Originally published under the title John Williams's Film Music : Jaws, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and the return of the classical Hollywood music style, copyright ©2014.Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-363) and index.Part I. The rise and demise of the classical Hollywood music style. A chronicle of classical Hollywood music -- The style of classical Hollywood music -- The modern Hollywood music style -- Part II. John Williams and the classical Hollywood music style. Star Wars: an oppositional score -- The saga of the Star Wars music -- Williams's early years: spotting the first traces of neoclassicism -- Jaws: Williams's neoclassicism floats up to the surface -- Williams's neoclassisicm: style and habits -- Raiders of the Lost Ark background: a neoclassical film -- Raiders of the Lost Ark analysis: the return of Max Steiner -- Dark neoclassicism: the "sublime" score to Dracula -- Reviving the Hollywood music classics beyond the films: conductor John Williams -- Closing remarks on Neoclassicism and today's Hollywood music.