1st Edition

Music in Television Channels of Listening

Edited By James Deaville Copyright 2011
    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    256 Pages
    by Routledge

    Music in Television is a collection of essays examining television’s production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frameworks, broadcast practices, technologies, and aesthetics. It presents the reader with overviews of major genres and issues, as well as specific case studies of important television programs and events. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the essays range from historical-analytical surveys of TV sound and genre designations to studies of the music in individual programs, including South Park and Dr. Who.

    Series Foreword
    Volume Foreword
    Preface: Listening to the Small Screen

    Part I: Practices and Theories of Television Music
    1. A Discipline Emerges: Reading Writing About Listening to Television

    James Deaville
    2. "Coperettas," "Detecterns," and Space Operas: Music and Genre Hybridization in American Television

    Ron Rodman
    3. TV Music and the History of Television Sound

    Shawn VanCour
    4. Rural Music on American Television, 1948-2010

    Michael Saffle
    5. Music in the Golden Age of Television News Documentaries

    Colin Roust

    Part II: Case Studies in Television Music
    6. "Bad Wolf": Leitmotiv and Musical Textures in Doctor Who (2005)

    Robynn Stilwell
    7. From Punk to the Musical: South Park, Music, and the Cartoon Format
    Sean Nye
    8. It’s What’s Happening Baby! Television Music and the Politics of the War
    On Poverty

    Norma Coates
    9. Channeling Glenn Gould: Masculinities from Television to New Hollywood

    Julie Brown
    10. "The Rock Man’s Burden": Consuming Canada at Live 8

    Kip Pegley

    Appendix: Generation X, South Park, and TV Music Composition: An Interview with Adam Berry

    Conducted by Sean Nye

    Biography

    James Deaville is a Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture: Music, at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. His interest in television music focuses on how music has played a role in the reporting of news, and has published articles on news music used for 9/11 and for the war in Iraq.

    "A worthy contribution to the field, and I would strongly recommend that music libraries and individuals wishing to learn more about television music purchase this book for their collections." - Lisa Scoggin, Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association