In An Eye for Music, author John Richardson navigates key areas of current thought - from music theory to film theory to cultural theory - to explore whatit means that the experience of music is now cinematic, spatial, and visual as much as it is auditory. The music we hear is always inhabited by voices of previous performances. Because listening is now so often accompanied by moving images, this process is more complex than ever. Music videos, television and film music, interactive video games, and social media are now part of the contemporary listening experience. In An Eye for Music, author John Richardson navigates key areas of current thought - from music theory to film theory to cultural theory - to explore what itmeans that the experience of music is now cinematic, spatial, and visual as much as it is auditory. Richardson maps out the terrain of recent audiovisual production over a wide array of styles and practices, and sketches out a set ofcommon structures that inform how we experience sound and vision. Whetherexamining Philip Glass or The Gorillaz, Richard Linklater's Waking Life or Michel Gondry's Be Kind Rewind, Richardson's arguments are both fascinating and provocative. This book unveils the 'audiovisual surreal,' a key emerging tendency in digital audiovisual culture. In zeroing in on his subject in ways bothexacting and generous, John Richardson invites the reader to participate in the heady pleasures of theorizing with a bustling crowd that includes Sigmund Freud and Simon Frith, Michel Gondry and Tsai Ming-Liang, Susan Sontag and Georges Bataille, T.W. Adorno and Madonna. A breathtakingly interdisciplinary study of contemporary media-music forms. Using the lens of neo-surrealism, Richardson guides us through digital culture, music video, online mashups, and films that reroute traditional musical meaning, function and sense. Required readingfor anyone interested in tapping the rich potential of contemporary audiovisual culture. This book opens up an exciting area for audiovisual analysis. It abounds with original perspectives that will sustain the attention of scholars who have an eye for contemporary and popular forms of musical expression. INDICE: Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Navigating the Neosurreal: Background and Premises 3. Neosurrealist Tendencies in Recent Films: Waking Life and Be Kind Rewind 4. Neosurrealist Metamusicals, Camp and Reparation: Yes and The Wayward Cloud 5. Rescoring the Moving Image: La Belle et la Bete, Mashups and (Mis)syncing 6. The Surrealism of Virtual Band Gorillaz: "Clint Eastwood" and "Feel Good Inc." 7. Performing Acoustic Music in the Digital Age, or a Surreal Twist of Fate 8. Concluding Thoughts: Of Liquid Days and Going Gaga Bibliography Index
- ISBN: 978-0-19-536737-9
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Rústica
- Páginas: 320
- Fecha Publicación: 15/12/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés