The Development of Popular Music Function in Film

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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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. 

• cinema
• rock n roll
• disco
• Classical American
• British
• Hollywood
• Post-Disco
• 1960s
• 1970s
• sound
• cultural factors
• function
• process

“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)

• Newton Abbot, UK

  Anthony Hogg

Anthony Hogg, Independent Scholar, UK.

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