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.
Reviews
"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
Contents
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 Canade 8
Kip Pegley
Appendix: Generation X, South Park, and TV Music Composition: An Interview with Adam Berry
Conducted by Sean Nye
Author Bio
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.
