AFTER THE SILENTS/ HOLLYWOOD FILM MUSIC IN THE EARLY SOUND ERA, 1926

Many believe Max Steiner's score for King Kong (1933) was the first important attempt at integrating background music into sound fil m, but a closer look at the industry's early sound era (1926-1934) reveals a more extended and fascinating story. Viewing more than two hundred films from the period, Michael Slowik launches the first comprehensive study of a long-neglected phase in Hollywood's in itial development, recasting the history of film sound and its relationship to the Golden Age of film music (1935-1950).Slowik follo ws filmma...[Read more]