| With nearly 400 scores to his credit, Ennio Morricone is one of the most prolific and influential film composers working today. He has collaborated with many significant directors, and his scores for such films as The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly; Once Upon a Time in America; Days of Heaven; The Mission; The Untouchables; Malèna; and Cinema Paradiso leave moviegoers with the conviction that something special was achieved—a conviction shared by composers, scholars, and fans alike.
In Composing for the Cinema: The Theory and Praxis of Music in Film, Morricone and musicologist Sergio Miceli present a series of lectures on the composition and analysis of film music.
Adapted from several lectures and seminars, these lessons show how sound design can be analyzed and offer a variety of musical solutions to many different kinds of film. Though aimed at composers, Morricone’s expositions are easy to understand and fascinating even to those without any musical training. Drawing upon scores by himself and others, the composer also provides insight into his relationships with many of the directors with whom he has collaborated, including Sergio Leone, Giuseppe Tornatore, Franco Zeffirelli, Warren Beatty, Ridley Scott, Roland Joffé, the Taviani Brothers, and others.
Translated and edited by Gillian B. Anderson, an orchestral conductor and musicologist, these lessons reveal Morricone’s passion about musical expression. Delivered in a conversational mode that is both comprehensible and interesting, this groundbreaking work intertwines analysis with practical details of film music composition. Aimed at a wide audience of composers, musicians, film historians, and fans, Composing for the Cinema contains a treasure trove of practical information and observations from a distinguished musicologist and one of the most accomplished composers on the international film scene. |
（简译） 凭借近400部电影配乐的成就，莫里康内已成为当今作品最多产和最有影响力的电影作曲家之一。他曾与许多著名的导演合作，在诸如黄金三镖客;美国往事;天堂之日;教会;铁面无私;玛莲娜和天堂电影院等等电影中配乐，给观众留下深刻的印象，他的特殊的成就已获得作曲家，学者和爱好者的一致好评。
在这本书中，莫里康内和音乐学家塞尔乔 米塞利通过大量的实践，以讲座的方式提供了系列的对于电影音乐创作和分析的研讨。通过他们的经验教训，告诉人们怎样去分析声音，为许多不同类型的电影提供各种各样的音乐解决方案。甚至那些没有经过任何音乐训练的人，作曲家的论述也很容易得到理解。通过他自己以及其他作曲家的音乐作品，莫里康内阐述了他和很多导演的合作关系，包括塞尔乔 莱昂内，朱塞佩 托纳托雷，佛朗哥 泽菲雷，沃伦 比蒂，雷德利 斯科特，罗兰·洛菲，塔维亚尼兄弟等等。
此书由管弦乐指挥和音乐学者吉里安 B 安德森翻译和编辑。这些讲座以对话的方式揭示了莫里康内的有关音乐表现的激情。既容易理解又引起兴趣。他的创造性的工作把电影音乐的创作和具体细节的分析紧密联系在一起。其目标是作曲家的广大听众，音乐家，电影史学家和普通的爱好者，它来自一位杰出的音乐家和在国际影坛上最有成就的作曲家之一的言论，是一座实用的信息和资源宝库。 |
