Week 12 - Nov 29, Dec 1, 3 - Worlds of film music
- Mon, Wed, Fri: Lectures (case studies: India, Nigeria)
Readings:
Assigned reading:
Booth, Greg. “That Bollywood sound.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Global soundtracks: worlds of film music. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008.
Additional reading:
Getter, Joseph & B. Balasubrahmaniyan. “Tamil film music: sound and significance.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Global soundtracks: worlds of film music. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008.
Further reading:
Adamu, Abdalla Uba. “The influence of Hindi film music on Hausa videofilm soundtrack music.” In Mark Slobin (ed.) Global soundtracks: worlds of film music. Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, 2008.
Powerpoint presentation for this week
YouTube links for this week:
EXAMPLE 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc5OyXmHD0w (Music director: A.R. Rahman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwxM-OUK12A
EXAMPLE 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5RCNJ2LJDs (Music director: Ilayaraja)
EXAMPLE 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDhFSsEVX3o&playnext=1&list=PL1EBA007BF2EBA1B3&index=11
EXAMPLE 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUtH1hjW3mE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSb89o69zto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVukRzUfMFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyo3xP3F1P0 (Music directors: Shankar & Jaikishan)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp8G2PN9yhM (Music directors: Laxmikant & Pyarelal)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wCmHxgcaekI (Music director: A.R. Rahman)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nikw8HG8J8I (Music director: A.R. Rahman)