History of the Film Score

This course introduces students to an important element in the history and development of the recording arts. While the record industry was in its infancy the fledgling film companies worked to bring sound to film, develop and improve synchronization techniques, and gain higher fidelity sound reproduction in order to enhance the viewing experience. In so doing, filmmakers stretched the limits of sound recording and began the initial stage of multimedia development. With their successes, visual and aural communication was at last able to be controlled by their creators for optimal impact on an audience. This class will look at the sound and scores of several landmark films.

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