Stephan Eicke, que fuera editor de la revista de música de cine Cinema Musica y que en la actualidad dirige el prestigioso sello Caldera Records, acaba de publicar un libro que, con el título The Struggle Behind the Soundtrack: Inside the Discordant New World of Film Scoring (McFarland, 227 páginas. 42 €) desgrana, a partir de sus propias investigaciones y de treinta entrevistas que ha hecho a compositores, el a menudo pedregoso camino que existe entre la escritura de la partitura a su aplicación en la película, y más allá. Según indica el autor:

From the Westerns of the 1960s to current blockbusters, composers for both film and television have faced new challenges--evermore elaborate sound design, temp tracks, test audiences and working with companies that invest in film score recordings all have led to creative sparks, as well as frustrations. The Struggle Behind the Soundtrack discusses the current film music landscape and examines the working conditions of composers in Hollywood and beyond. Included in the text about temp tracks, test screenings, digital editing and Hans Zimmer are interviews I conducted with over 30 composers working in film such as Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, Gabriel Yared, Carter Burwell and Angelo Badalamenti as well as sound designers/editors such as Walter Murch and Randy Thom.

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