BOOK

Music and sound in the films of Dennis Hopper

Naish, Stephen Lee, author

2024

Overview

\"In his directorial films, American filmmaker Dennis Hopper used music and sound to propel the narrative of his work and to signpost the era in which the films were made and the characters' place within American culture. This book explores five of Hopper's films to show how this deep engagement with music to build character and setting continued throughout his career, as Hopper used folk, punk, hip-hop, and jazz to shape the worlds of his films in ways that influenced other filmmakers and foreshadowed the advent of the music video format. In Easy Rider, Hopper was one of the first filmmakers to include popular rock, pop, and folk music on a soundtrack. In his sophomore film The Last Movie, Hopper blended diegetic performances of folk and traditional Peruvian indigenous music to create a textured piece of sound art. In Out of the Blue, Hopper used punk rock as a vibrant shock, but also as a reaction to the failed ethos of the past. In 1988's Colors he incorporated hip-hop and rap music to soundtrack the lives of the gang members who rule the streets of Los Angeles. Finally, in his 1990 film The Hot Spot, Hopper commissioned a hybrid soundtrack of jazz/blues by Miles Davis and John Lee Hooker to accompany his steamy neo-noir. Using case studies of five of Hopper's directorial films, this book aims to uncover the film soundtrack as a vital piece of the narrative, not only in Dennis Hopper's films but in film as a whole. This concise and accessible book offers insights for academic readers in music and film studies, as well as all those interested in Hopper's work\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Routledge
• Subject: Hopper, Dennis, 1936-2010 Criticism and interpretation. / Motion picture music History and criticism. / Popular music in motion pictures. / Film soundtracks History and criticism.
• ISBN: 9781032737690, 9781032737683

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
ML2075 .N34 2024	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE