Theory of Film Music

The Author: Juraj Lexmann, born in 1941, is a Slovak musicologist, music composer, director of film and television productions. His scholarly orientation is located in musical awareness, musical culture in mass media and information society. He has composed music for about 120 documentary and animated films, for music-scenic programmes, as well as chamber music and songs. As film editor and music adviser he has collaborated in the production of about 1400 films. He is the author of a range of documentary films and television programmes devoted to musical life and has published several monographs on music in the media. At the Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava he is the founder and professional trainer of academic courses on sound composition for sound masters. He currently holds the post of the director at the Institute of Musicology, Slovak Academy of Sciences.

lt;i>Contents: Aesthetic Bond Between Visual Image and Music in Film - Semiotics of Film Music - Expressive Potential of Music in Film - Incorporation of Music into Structure of Film Expression - Formative Issues in Film Music.