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Almost since films were first shown to the public, music has played a critical component in their success. Film and Television Music: A Guide to Books, Articles, and Composer Interviews compiles over 100 years of writings devoted to the subject of film and television music and its practitioners, offering an awareness of the vast literature on film and television music to a larger audience. This indispensable resource tool includes bibliographic citations and supplementary information on books, academic dissertations, composer and songwriter biographies, music for the accompaniment of silent films, and a wide range of film, music, and general interest periodicals. Providing context, background, accuracy, and breadth of coverage, the entries in this book assist researchers with thoughtful and succinct synopses of the contents of books and articles from the silent era to the digital age.

The material is organized in 11 sections: books on film and television music; academic dissertations and theses; composer, songwriter, and lyricist biographies; books with material on film and television music; music for the accompaniment of silent films; film music periodicals; composer society journals and newsletters; film and media periodicals; music periodicals; and general interest and other periodicals. This authoritative reference is for anyone interested in the history of film music.

poser, songwriter, and lyricist biographies; books with material on film and television music; music for the accompaniment of silent films; film music periodicals; composer society journals and newsletters; film and media periodicals; music periodicals; and general interest and other periodicals. This authoritative reference is for anyone interested in the history of film music.poser, songwriter, and lyricist biographies; books with material on film and television music; music for the accompaniment of silent films; film music periodicals; composer society journals and newsletters; film and media periodicals; music periodicals; and general interest and other periodicals. This authoritative reference is for anyone interested in the history of film music.poser, songwriter, and lyricist biographies; books with material on film and television music; music for the accompaniment of silent films; film music periodicals; composer society journals and newsletters; film and media periodicals; music periodicals; and general interest and other periodicals. This authoritative reference is for anyone interested in the history of film music.

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Library Journal Review

In the introduction, we read that Film and Television Music: A Guide is to be an authoritative work representing a comprehensive listing of materials on the subject-and it very much is, though the listings can be a bit difficult to access. Sherk's (Margaret Herrick Lib., Acad. of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences) book is divided into 11 sections; in addition to materials listed in the title, it includes academic dissertations and theses, silent film music, and songwriter and lyricist biographies. Some sections have subject headings, making information easy to find, while others are alphabetical lists that require users to read through every entry until they find the information needed. The index appears to be incomplete; choosing an article at random from the text was not found by title or by author. The book is much more useful and easier to understand when used in tandem with A Research Guide to Film and Television Music in the United States by Pool (American Composer Zenobia Powell Perry: Race and Gender in the 20th Century) and Wright (librarian, Northern Illinois Univ.; Film Music at the Piano). The authors discuss how to conduct this type of research and where many special collections are held (also including contact information). They include sidebars with possible research topics, what the researcher needs to know when reviewing certain documents, and types of music. BOTTOM LINE Alone, Sherk's work could be overwhelming without prior subject research knowledge. Unless paired with Pool and Wright's book or a similar text, this is information overload for general researchers. Together, recommended for film and music reference collections.-Beth Bland, Milwaukee (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

CHOICE Review

This publication contributes substantially to the bibliographic control of books and articles on film and television music. Covering the century 1906-2005, it valuably augments Steven D. Wescott's A Comprehensive Bibliography of Music for Film and Television (1985). Moreover, it offers a significant amount of material that would be difficult or impossible to identify today with online searching. Included are English-language writings that have "some substantive" discussion of music, with "preference" given to composer interviews, biographies, and writings by composers. Excluded are newspaper articles, soundtrack reviews, book reviews, obituaries, concert programs, concert reviews, liner notes, electronic journals, oral histories, most general-interest articles, and news items. The volume is organized into 11 sections according to the document type: books, dissertations, film music periodicals, and more. Given this arrangement, the typical researcher (someone with a specific topic in mind) might well wish for a more detailed index; especially regrettable is the user-unfriendly decision to index by page rather than citation number. Despite this caveat, the book will be a welcome presence in any collection that caters to readers with a scholarly or practical interest in this very active field. Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates and above. K. D. Underwood New York University

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Warren M. Sherk is the Special Collections Database Archivist and Music Specialist at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' Margaret Herrick Library. He works extensively in the field of music preparation for film and has provided orchestrations for such films as Dragonheart . He is also the author of The Films of Mack Sennett (Scarecrow, 1997).