Kompositionen für den Film
Zu Theorie und Praxis von Hanns Eislers Filmmusik - Eisler-Studien vol. 3 ed. by Peter Schweinhardt
Hanns Eisler's film music has been a subject of increasing interest in recent years, in the context of significant new source materials and DVD editions as well as innovative scholarly approaches to music and film. Whereas Eisler's reputation as a film composer was previously defined by the book "Composing for the Films", written in collaboration with Theodor W. Adorno, it is now his 40-odd film scores themselves which are the object of detailed investigation. The present collection of essays covers a wide range of films, from "Niemandsland" (1931) to "Esther" (1962). The twelve authors from Germany, Great Britain, Mexico, Spain, and the USA employ wide-ranging approaches to film music analysis in their treatment of the subject, while also considering the question of the extent to which Eisler actually fulfilled his own theoretical demands. It is not surprising that the authors of the third "Eisler Studien" have come up with refreshingly diverse and highly rewarding results.
| Author | Title |
|---|---|
| Ahrend, Thomas | ‚Wir werden ihnen unser Gesicht nicht zeigen …’. Eislers Musik zum Fernsehfilm Esther |
| Dahin, Oliver | An Embedded Narrative: Hanns Eisler’s Score for Council of the Gods |
| Faßhauer, Tobias | Film – Musik – Montage. Beobachtungen in Niemandsland |
| Gall, Johannes C. | A Rediscovered Way to Describe Rain: New Paths to an Elusive Sound Version |
| Heldt, Guido | Grenzgänge: Filmisches Erzählen und Hanns Eislers Musik |
| Kolb, Roberto | Four Ways of Describing Death: Painting, Filming, Narrating and Scoring Mexican Funeral Scenes |
| Neumeyer, David & Buhler, James | Composing for the Films, Modern Soundtrack Theory, and the Difficult Case of A Scandal in Paris |
| Salmon, Barry | [RE]Composing for the Films: The Problem of Praxis |
| Schweinhardt, Peter | Ein guter Filmkomponist? Überlegungen zur Spielfilmmusik Hanns Eislers |
| Viejo, Breixo | Neue Musik für einen befreiten Film. Giovanni Fuscos Filmmusik zu Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima mon amour |
| Wlodarski, Amy Lynn | Excavating Eisler: Relocating the Memorial Voice in Nuit et Brouillard |