Books in the Film Score Guides series

This examination of Max Steiner's Academy Award winning score for the 1942 film "Now, Voyager" combines a full and detailed analysis of the score with critical and historical perspectives on the film. The study also discusses Steiner's musical background and his technique of film scoring.

This in-depth musicological and critical study examines how Bernard Herrmann's score for Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo plays a crucial role in the articulation and development of the film's narrative and how it affects readings of the film.