Score - A Film Music Documentary

An acoustic treat for all film fans! Music is an essential part of most films, lending them emotion and nuance, yet it often remains invisible to the audience. Matt Schrader sheds light on the underrated art of film music. The book features contributions from some of the most influential figures in the genre, as well as prominent directors: John Williams, Dany Elfman, Hans Zimmer, James Cameron, Quincy Jones, Rachel Portman, Trent Reznor, Marco Beltrami, Howard Shore, Bernard Herrmann, and many more. SCORE provides insights into the creative process behind film music in a dazzling flood of images and sound, traces the most important developments in this special art form, and explores some of the most iconic soundtracks in film history. “SCORE is a must for film music fans and a long-overdue documentation of the highlights of the genre.” - Film tip on BR Klassik "Schrader visited nearly 50 composers in their studios to let them tell him what moves them and how they move us. This could quickly become tiresome, at least for viewers who are not film music aficionados. But the director has the ultimate secret weapon: a seemingly endless treasure trove of great melodies that he can draw on at will and, thanks to the appropriate rights, present with the corresponding excerpts from the films. [...] The archive recordings of early sessions by the “dream team” of Steven Spielberg and John Williams alone, as well as the lavish emphasis that seasoned film composers indulge in when talking about “Jaws,” “E.T.,” or “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” make “Score” a worthwhile and relatable endeavor for all film and music lovers. Because at its core, it's always about sharing emotions that have been experienced, about an associative compilation of the most beautiful moments in film music and thus about the mysterious power of this ‘auxiliary art’ within the film experience." (Jörg Gerle, on: filmdienst.de)