Between Sound and Images:

Handbook which covers audio issues from a technical, historical and artistic point of view. Among the topics examined:
– The function of the soundtrack: from Claudio Simonetti to Bruce Springsteen: music written specifically for a film, famous songs and songs conceived as screenplays.
– Cinema and video clips: The success of a film linked to the success of a video; when a music video becomes a further cinema trailer or mirror of society.
– From 7 Notes in Black to Scream: whispers, moans, unconscious voices, auditory solutions; how the use of sound has influenced and determined the plot of a film, changing the logic of fear, comedy and science fiction;
– Mod culture, Fender Stratocasters and distorters, politicization of musicals: the advent of Rock Operas.
– Technical, historical and artistic evolution of Sound and its protagonists: foleys, revoicing and sound engineers, from their origins to their secrets.
– Music on TV: from Mr. Fantasy to Discoring, from Red Ronnie to Dee-Jay Television, from VideoMusic to the MTV generation.