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ON THE TRACK This page intentionally left blank. ON THE TRACK A GUIDE TO CONTEMPORARY FILM SCORING Second Edition Fred Karlin and Rayburn Wright Revised by Fred Karlin Foreword by John Williams New music examples engraved by Doug LeBow Routledge New York • London Published in 2004 by Routledge 29 West 35th Street New York, NY 10001 www.routledge-ny.com Published in Great Britain by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane London EC4P 4EE www.routledge.co.uk Copyright © 2004, 1990 by Fred Karlin and Rayburn Wright. Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group. This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2005. To purchase your own copy of this or any of Taylor & Francis or Routledge’s collection of thousands of eBooks please go to www.eBookstore.tandf.co.uk. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilized in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system without permission in writing from the publisher. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Karlin, Fred. On the track: a guide to contemporary film scoring/Fred Karlin and Rayburn Wright; revised by Fred Karlin; foreword by John Williams.— 2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-415-94135-0 (alk. paper)—ISBN 0-415-94136-9 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. Motion picture music—Instruction and study. 2. Composition (Music) I. Wright, Rayburn. II. Title. MT64.M65K3 2003 781.5′4213–dc21 2003011579 ISBN 0-203-64390-9 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-68122-3 (Adobe eReader Format) ISBN 0-415-94136-9 (Print Edition) To Doris, my wife and fellow artist RW To my wife, Megan, who brings so much vision and insight to everything I do FK This page intentionally left blank. CONTENTS Foreword xvii by John Williams Preface to the First Edition xix Preface to the Second Edition xxi Acknowledgments for the First Edition xxiii Acknowledgments for the Second Edition xxiii Introduction 3 How to Use This Book 10 I PRELIMINARIES II CONCEPTUALIZING III TIMINGS IV COMPOSING V RECORDING VI ELECTRONIC AND CONTEMPORARY SCORING VII SONGS VIII THE BUSINESS Epilogue: On the Track 730 The Interviewees and Authors 734 Appendix A. Study Assignments 755 Appendix B. Footage/Timing Conversions 763 Appendix C. Calculator Method for Timings 766 Appendix D. Drop-Frame 769 Glossary 772 End Notes 781 Bibliography 787 Web Sites 791 Music Excerpts 794 Index 802 This page intentionally left blank.
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