ISBN 9780757922664. With instructional text and musical examples. Movies. 9x12 inches.
In this text, designed as a tool for the college classroom, the reader gains insight to the creative process of master film composer Henry Mancini. Edited Roy Phillippe, the book shows 16 musical examples, and has a CD with recordings from the original soundtrack. The text provides detailed analysis of the ideology and technique behind Mancini's creation of music to be paired with the story and its images. A must for any aspiring film composer, film music buff, or Mancini fan!