Musical Classicism in Film: Hollywood’s Golden Age
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CaixaForum Barcelona Av. de Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia 6-8, 08038 Barcelona
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In the early 1940s, two musicians expanded the pantheon of the first generation of film composers: Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane) and Miklós Rózsa (The Thief of Bagdad). Victor Young (Around the World in 80 Days) would later join their ranks. During these years, another genre also contributed a wealth of musical talent: the Western. Many films became associated with distinctive theme songs by composers such as Dimitri Tiomkin (High Noon), Alfred Newman (How the West Was Won) and Max Steiner (The Searchers).
At the same time, two composers cultivated jazz as an expressive force in film scoring — Alex North (A Streetcar Named Desire) and Elmer Bernstein (The Man with the Golden Arm) — developing careers that would later include major blockbuster films. This second lecture in the series will discuss and feature some of the music that shaped our emotional development during Hollywood’s golden age.
Don’t miss a conference by Albert Beorlegui, journalist and popularizer of film history, who will delve into the nuances of these great composers’ works.
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CaixaForum, photo by Vicente Zambrano González courtesy of Ajuntament de Barcelona (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0).
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