How and why is pre-existing music used in films? What effects can its use have on films and
their audiences? And what lasting impact can appropriation have on the music? Reeled In is …

My research question analyses the financial and subsequent ethical implications of music
generated by modern technological systems, commonly known as Artificial Intelligence (AI) …

Intersecting Film, Music, and Queerness uses musicology and queer theory to uncover
meaning and message in canonical American cinema. This study considers how queer …

The climax of Pixar's feature Ratatouille is almost literally a Proustian moment. While tasting
a steaming forkful of the film's eponymous dish, restaurant critic Anton Ego instantaneously …

While film-music studies have explored the interactions between film and music at the local
level of the scene, large-scale film-music analysis is a rare and under-researched …

Recent technological advancements, strong competition and targeted marketing strategies
by virtual instrument merchants have established virtual instruments and digital instrument …

1. Introduction Film composers often cite the 'story'as a key source of inspiration for their
scores. Michael Giacchino, for instance, speaks of fellow composer John Williams as a 'great …

Abstract Animating the Voice: An Industrial Analysis of the Vocal Performance in Disney and
Pixar Animation examines the historical, industrial, transnational, and gendered dynamics of …

The music of Alfred Hitchcock and David O. Selznick's Rebecca flows from many sources. In
addition to Franz Waxman's original music, eighteen passages are drawn from nine other …

Many contemporary Hollywood film scores differ greatly from the symphonic, neo-Romantic
style that is a trademark of the Golden Era of Hollywood. Instead, scores nowadays often …