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The Development of Popular Music Function in Film

From the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll to the Death of Disco

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Authors:
  1. Anthony Hogg

    1. Newton Abbot, UK

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  • Marks the first book-length study to address the history of the development of popular music function in film directly
  • Recognises the importance of a largely overlooked 13-year period in the 1960s and 1970s of developing popular music functionality
  • Examines a variety of important films in-depth while also offering a historical analysis of the period

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture (PSAVC)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 1-22

  3. The Classic American Musical Phase: The Films of Elvis Presley

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 23-56

  4. The British Invasion Phase: A Hard Day’s Night

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 57-87

  5. The New Hollywood Alienation Phase: The Graduate

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 89-122

  6. The Disco Phase: Saturday Night Fever

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 123-150

  7. The Conservative Post-Disco Phase: Footloose and Flashdance

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 151-161

  8. Afterword

    • Anthony Hogg
    Pages 163-170

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 171-174
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About this book

This book offers a unique examination of the development of popular music function in film. It assesses the contribution of popular music to the interpretation of the most significant films, covering the period from rock ‘n’ roll’s initial introduction at the opening of Blackboard Jungle, to the backlash against disco, which followed soon after the release of Saturday Night Fever. By dividing this period into five phases—The Classical American Musical Phase, The British Invasion Phase, The New Hollywood Alienation Phase, The Disco Phase and The Post-Disco Conservative Phase—the book pinpoints key moments at which individual developments occurred and lays out a path of expansion in popular music function. Each chapter offers close analyses of this period’s most innovative films; examines the cultural, historical, technical and industrial factors peculiar to each phase and considers the influence of these upon the specific timing of functional advances. 

Reviews

“Anthony Hogg’s illuminating study of pop music movies from the rock era is essential reading for anyone interested in the evolution of cinematic form, and the mercurial relation between music and moving images in particular.  Moreover, Hogg’s engaging and richly informed historical accounts of the origins of rock and disco, and the moral backlash accompanying their rise, will appeal to scholars and music lovers alike.” (Barry J. Faulk, Professor of English, Florida State University)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Newton Abbot, UK

    Anthony Hogg

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Anthony Hogg, Independent Scholar, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Development of Popular Music Function in Film

  • Book Subtitle: From the Birth of Rock ‘n’ Roll to the Death of Disco

  • Authors: Anthony Hogg

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21458-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: Literature, Cultural and Media Studies, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21457-9Published: 09 December 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-21460-9Published: 04 January 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-21458-6Published: 27 November 2019

  • Series ISSN: 2634-6354

  • Series E-ISSN: 2634-6362

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 174

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Audio-Visual Culture, Music

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