{"product_id":"hearing-death-at-the-movies-von-alex-ludwig","title":"Hearing Death at the Movies","description":"\n                                \n                \u003cp\u003e\n                                        The \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDies Irae \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        is a melody that composers of film music have employed in hundreds of films, ranging from \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eMetropolis \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        to \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eThe Shining,\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         and \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        . It\n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        is 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, \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eHearing Death At the Movies\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         models two new ways of thinking about the \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                        . 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 \n                    \n                    \u003cem\u003eDies Irae\u003c\/em\u003e\n                                         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.\n                \n                \u003c\/p\u003e\n                            \n            \u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783031787942\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFilm Music and the Long History of the Dies Irae\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783031787973\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFilm Music and the Long History of the Dies Irae\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover - 9783031787942","offer_id":54704353313093,"sku":"9783031787942","price":149.79,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Softcover - 9783031787973","offer_id":58344357167429,"sku":"9783031787973","price":149.79,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/06b11b34-bba6-442d-a577-7c273b9047fc.jpg?v=1782189550","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/hearing-death-at-the-movies-von-alex-ludwig","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}