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SOUNDTRACKY, SOCIOKULTURNÍ FENOMÉN NA POMEZÍ HUDEBNÍHO A FILMOVÉHO PRŮMYSLU
SOUNDTRACKS, SOCIO-CULTURAL PHENOMENON ON THE BORDER OF MUSIC AND FILM INDUSTRY

FILM MUSIC FOR POPULAR GENRES IN ITALIAN CINEMA OF 60'S - 70'S

Author(s): Jan Švábenický
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Music, Sociology of Culture, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Sociology of Art
Published by: Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV
Keywords: filmová hudba; soundtracky; populární žánry; populární kultura; italská kinematografie; filmový průmysl; hudební průmysl; western all‘italiana (western po italsku); hudební styly a žánry;

Summary/Abstract: This study analyzes and examines film music and soundtracks on example of selected categories of popular genres of Italian cinema in the period of 60‘s – 70‘s. In the middle of interpretative interest there are trans-genre, sociocultural and industrial meanings and discourses of Italian film music as a firm part of popculture where had soundtracks new importance during the transformation of popular Italian culture in this period. Text interprets new compositional methods of Italian film composers, cultural and industrial relations among music labels, film production companies and especially popcultural connections of film music with particular popular genres of Italian cinema of 60‘s – 70‘s with taking into account the periods of 50‘s, 80‘s and 90‘s. Study puts emphasis on categories of popular genres that were in main industrial discourse of Italian cinema in 60‘s – 70‘s as western all‘italiana (western in Italian style), erotico all‘italiana (erotic film in Italian style), musicarello all‘italiana (musical films in Italian style) etc.

  • Issue Year: 62/2014
  • Issue No: 04
  • Page Range: 409-421
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Slovak
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