Bollywood Sounds: The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song by Jayson Beast

Description: Bollywood Sounds by Jayson Beaster-Jones Bollywood Sounds surveys seventy years of Hindi film song as a cosmopolitan and overwhelmingly popular music of India. Author Jayson Beaster-Jones analyzes more than twenty landmark songs and provides insights into song production practices and influential music makers. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Bollywood Sounds focuses on the songs of Indian films in their historical, social, commercial, and cinematic contexts. Author Jayson Beaster-Jones takes readers through the highly collaborative compositional process, highlighting the contributions of film directors, music directors (composers), lyricists, musicians, and singers in song production. Through close musical and multimedia analysis of more than twenty landmark compositions, Bollywood Soundsillustrates how the producers of Indian film songs have long mediated a variety of musical styles, instruments, and performance practices to create a uniquely cosmopolitan music genre. As an exploration of the musicof seventy years of Hindi films, Bollywood Sounds provides long-term historical insights into film songs and their musical and cinematic conventions in ways that will appeal both to scholars and to newcomers to Indian cinema. Author Biography Jayson Beaster-Jones is an assistant professor of ethnomusicology at the University of California, Merced. Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1: Bollywood Sounds Chapter 2: Film Songs at the End of the Colonial Era and the Emergence of Filmi Style Chapter 3: But My Heart is Still Indian: Film Songs of the Early Post-Colonial Era Chapter 4: The Language and Lyrics of Hindi Films Chapter 5: Songs in the Key of the Angry Young Man and the Cabaret Woman Chapter 6: Liberalization, Family Films, and the Rise of Bollywood Chapter 7: Film Songs in the Era of the Multiplex and YouTube Chapter 8: Concluding Thoughts on the Art and Commerce of Hindi Film Songs Appendix A: Timelines of Key Figures Appendix B: Recommended Listening and Viewing Glossary Bibliography Filmography Discography Review "Bollywood Sounds is an exciting addition to the literature on Hindi film song. Beaster-Jones deftly weaves together song analysis, biography, and socio-political context to provide insights about meaning and style on every page." --Anna Schultz, Stanford University"This work is destined to become a core text for the study of Indian popular music. It introduces readers to a wealth of carefully analyzed Hindi film hits, accompanied by considerations of the roles of central musical figures and historical/cultural context. It will be an indispensable starting point for scholars and students interested in the Hindi cinema and its music. It is both fascinatingly detailed and ambitiously comprehensive in scope." --GregoryBooth, co-editor of More than Bollywood (2013)"Beaster-Jones has given the first broad historical sweep of Hindi film songs from the beginning of sound film and the birth of the Indian film song in 1931 to the present day of programming, Internet and cellphones. The books deft and articulate interweaving of analysis of the musical sounds, styles and techniques of Hindi film songs with social, economic and political change greatly enriches our understanding of this sometimes bewilderingly dynamicphenomenon." --Anna Morcom, author of Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema (2007) Long Description Bollywood Sounds focuses on the songs of Indian films in their historical, social, commercial, and cinematic contexts. Author Jayson Beaster-Jones takes readers through the highly collaborative compositional process, highlighting the contributions of film directors, music directors (composers), lyricists, musicians, and singers in song production. Through close musical and multimedia analysis of more than twenty landmark compositions, Bollywood Soundsillustrates how the producers of Indian film songs have long mediated a variety of musical styles, instruments, and performance practices to create a uniquely cosmopolitan music genre. As an exploration of the music of seventy years of Hindi films, Bollywood Sounds provides long-term historical insights into filmsongs and their musical and cinematic conventions in ways that will appeal both to scholars and to newcomers to Indian cinema. Review Text "Bollywood Sounds is an exciting addition to the literature on Hindi film song. Beaster-Jones deftly weaves together song analysis, biography, and socio-political context to provide insights about meaning and style on every page." --Anna Schultz, Stanford University"This work is destined to become a core text for the study of Indian popular music. It introduces readers to a wealth of carefully analyzed Hindi film hits, accompanied by considerations of the roles of central musical figures and historical/cultural context. It will be an indispensable starting point for scholars and students interested in the Hindi cinema and its music. It is both fascinatingly detailed and ambitiously comprehensive in scope." --GregoryBooth, co-editor of More than Bollywood (2013)"Beaster-Jones has given the first broad historical sweep of Hindi film songs from the beginning of sound film and the birth of the Indian film song in 1931 to the present day of programming, Internet and cellphones. The books deft and articulate interweaving of analysis of the musical sounds, styles and techniques of Hindi film songs with social, economic and political change greatly enriches our understanding of this sometimes bewilderingly dynamicphenomenon." --Anna Morcom, author of Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema (2007) Review Quote "Bollywood Sounds is an exciting addition to the literature on Hindi film song. Beaster-Jones deftly weaves together song analysis, biography, and socio-political context to provide insights about meaning and style on every page." --Anna Schultz, Stanford University "This work is destined to become a core text for the study of Indian popular music. It introduces readers to a wealth of carefully analyzed Hindi film hits, accompanied by considerations of the roles of central musical figures and historical/cultural context. It will be an indispensable starting point for scholars and students interested in the Hindi cinema and its music. It is both fascinatingly detailed and ambitiously comprehensive in scope." --Gregory Booth, co-editor of More than Bollywood (2013) "Beaster-Jones has given the first broad historical sweep of Hindi film songs from the beginning of sound film and the birth of the Indian film song in 1931 to the present day of programming, Internet and cellphones. The books deft and articulate interweaving of analysis of the musical sounds, styles and techniques of Hindi film songs with social, economic and political change greatly enriches our understanding of this sometimes bewilderingly dynamic phenomenon." --Anna Morcom, author of Hindi Film Songs and the Cinema (2007) Feature JournalsEthnomusicologyJournal of Popular Music StudiesAsian MusicMusic and the Moving ImageSouth Asian Popular CultureGlobal Media and CommunicationContinuum: Journal of Media and Cultural StudiesInternational Journal of Cultural StudiesJournal of Popular CultureMedia, Culture, SocietyConferences(Conferences author regularly attends)Society for Ethnomusicology annual meetingUniversity of Wisconsin annual conference on South AsiaInternationalAssociation for the Study of Popular Music annual conferenceAmerican Anthropological Association annual conference(Other Conferences)Asian Studies Association annual conferenceSociety for Cinema & Media Studies annual conferenceNational Communication Association national/international conferencesAmerican Musicological Association annual conferenceOrganizationsSociety for EthnomusicologyAmerican Musicological SocietyAsian Studies AssociationSociety forFilm and Media StudiesBritish Forum for EthnomusicologyInternational Association for the Study of Popular MusicNational Communication AssociationSelling point: Long-term (1943-2013) survey of musical and cinematic practices of Hindi filmSelling point: Multimedia analyses addressing musical, narrative, and historical significance of key songsSelling point: Develops a theory of stylistic mediation that can be used across the film studies fieldSelling point: Recommended listening/viewing list of 175 songsSelling point: Companion website displaying clips of key films Details ISBN0199862540 Author Jayson Beaster-Jones Pages 240 Year 2015 ISBN-10 0199862540 ISBN-13 9780199862542 Format Paperback Publication Date 2015-01-08 Media Book Subtitle The Cosmopolitan Mediations of Hindi Film Song Short Title BOLLYWOOD SOUNDS Language English DEWEY 781.542 Illustrations Yes Publisher Oxford University Press USA Imprint Oxford University Press USA Audience Professional and Scholarly Position Assistant Professor of Music and Performance Studies Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Assistant Professor of Music and Performance Studies, Texas A&M University UK Release Date 2014-12-11 AU Release Date 2014-12-11 NZ Release Date 2014-12-11 US Release Date 2014-12-11 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. 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