{"product_id":"9783031787942","title":"Hearing Death at the Movies: Film Music and the Long History of the Dies Irae","description":"\u003ch1\u003eHearing Death at the Movies: Film Music and the Long History of the Dies Irae\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eLudwig, Alex\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cem\u003eDies Irae \u003c\/em\u003eis a melody that composers of film music have employed in hundreds of films, ranging from \u003cem\u003eMetropolis \u003c\/em\u003eto \u003cem\u003eThe Shining,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e. It\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eis a product of more than 800 years of musical transformation, finding purchase in a variety of musical environments, including the church, the concert hall, and the cinema. Based on a corpus of nearly 300 films, \u003cem\u003eHearing Death At the Movies\u003c\/em\u003e models two new ways of thinking about the \u003cem\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/em\u003e. First, it identifies three different versions of the melody, each of which signifies a different function of film music. Second, it traces the semantic shift of the \u003cem\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/em\u003e from its religious roots to its secular perception as a symbol of death. This study of the most widely-used theme in film music history will change how you listen to movies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Palgrave Macmillan\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2025-05-01\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9783031787942\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-3-031-78795-9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 210cm x148cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 239\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44317927768204,"sku":"9783031787942","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031787942.jpg?v=1778008146","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031787942","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}