Undergraduate Course: Film Music post-1950 (MUSI10072)
Course Outline
| School | Edinburgh College of Art |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | This course combines historical, theoretical and analytical approaches to music in films from the second half of the twentieth century. The course is organized around a series of films and key readings, with each class focusing on a particular idea or issue, supported by suggestions for follow-up viewing, listening, and reading. Throughout the course, students will be encouraged to explore how the role of music in film may be viewed in political terms. Examples of class topics might include music and the films of the French New Wave, interrelations between the music industry and the film industry, the pop performer on screen, the aesthetics of surround sound.
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| Course description |
Classes will include an introduction to the historical and industrial context of a series of key moments in the period 1950-2010, and the close-reading of a series of set films and their scores/soundtracks. The first classes will introduce the landscape of film scoring and source music in Hollywood filmmaking at the point of divorcement - the point at which the major studios were forced to sell off their theatres, signalling the end to a 20+ year period of vertical integration and explore the aesthetic impact on film music of this industrial/economic shift. Other key moments to be explored will likely include: the interface between Hollywood and the French Nouvelle Vague in the 1960s; the rise of Film Studies as a discipline and its impact on filmmaking/scoring; music and political filmmaking, energised by developments in technology; the impact of other platforms/formats on film scoring (e.g., television, video games, music video).
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Visiting students should normally be undertaking Music as a major component of their degree programme. Visiting students of Film taking music as a minor component should contact the Course Organiser for the course to seek their permission to enrol in the course, then send that written confirmation to the Visiting Student Office for consideration. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 20,
External Visit Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
156 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
1. One Analysis Report c.3,000 words (40%).
2. One Essay c.3,000 words (50%).
3. Contribution to course blog (10%). |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Develop an awareness and understanding of academic approaches to film music, drawing on both musicology and film studies.
- Discuss and analyse the use of music in films, drawing on the range of approaches set out in LO1 above.
- Develop analytical skills and critical awareness through the ability to read critically and to evaluate arguments and articulate their conclusions in a variety of written formats.
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
www.music.ed.ac.uk |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Special Arrangements |
The course is supported by a weekly film screening. Students should ensure that they can attend both the class and the screening. |
| Study Abroad |
Only available to students who will be present for the semester in which the course is taught. |
| Keywords | Film film music |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Conor Power
Tel:
Email: cpower2@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Rowan Paton
Tel:
Email: rpaton5@ed.ac.uk |
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