Sounding Funny

Sound and Comedy Cinema ISBN: 9781781790991 (hb) edited by Mark Evans and Philip Hayward 9781845536749 (pb)

DESCRIPTION: PRICE: Comedy has been a feature of cinema since its inception. From mickey-moused accompaniments to $29.95 (hb) slapstick scenes, ironic musical statements, clever musical allusions and jokes, well-worn sound $29.95 (pb) effects, and even laugh tracks, sound has been integral to the development of the comedy on screen. This volume covers all aspects of sound (including dialogue) and music as they have been PUBLICATION DATE: utilised in comedy film. The volume looks at various subsets of the 'comedy film' from the post-War 25 January 2016 (hb) period, including black comedy, romantic comedy, slapstick, dialogue comedy, parody and spoofs. 25 January 2016 (pb) This volume aims to explore the way in which music and sound articulate humour, create comedic situations and direct comedic identifications for viewer/listeners. BINDING: Hardback & Paperback TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Sounding Funny: The Importance of Hearing the Joke Liz Giuffre, Independent scholar, and Mark SIZE: Evans 2. The Soundtrack as Appropriate Incongruity Marshall Heiser, PhD student, Griffith 6 x9 University 3. Trading Places with Mozart Ben Winters, The Open University 4. Parody, Self-Parody and Genre-Parody: Music in The Magnificent Seven and ¡Three Amigos! Erik Heine, Oklahoma City PAGES: University 5. Austin Powers: Intentional Music Man Liz Giuffre and Mark Evans 6. Paranormal 224 Product: The Music and Promotion of Ghostbusters Jon Fitzgerald, Southern Cross University, and Philip Hayward 7. Red In Tooth And Lipstick: Music and Sound Design in Lesbian Vampire Killers PUBLISHER: Claire Butkus, Independent Scholar, and Jon Fitzgerald 8. 'Be a Clown' and 'Make 'Em Laugh': Equinox Publishing Comic Timing, Rhythm, and Donald O'Connor's Face Jonas Westover, Independent scholar 9. Sound, Comedy and Cinematic Modernism: Kaasua, komisario Palmu! Kimmo Laine and Anu Juva, IMPRINT: University of Oulu 10. Spanish film music in the 1940s: Comedy, subversion, and dissident rhythms Equinox Publishing in the films of Manuel Parada Laura Miranda, Independent scholar 11. An Okinawan Romance: Lyrical Dialogue, Comedy and Music in Nabbie's Love Philip Hayward 12. A Special Flavour: Comic SERIES: Song Scenes in the Hindi Cinema Gregory D. Booth, University of Auckland 13. Humour Between Genre, Music and Sound The Keys: A Detailed Analysis of The Cat Concerto Peter Morris, University of Surrey READER INTERESTS: CONTRIBUTORS BIOGRAPHIES: Music Mark Evans is Head of the Department of Contemporary Music Studies at Macquarie University and Theater, Film and Dance is co-editor of Perfect Beat - The Pacific Journal of Research into Contemporary Music and Popular Culture.

Philip Hayward has taught film and popular music studies in Australia and the United Kingdom and is Professor and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at Southern Cross University, Australia.