MUSIVISUAL LANGUAGE, Semiotics and Aesthetics of Film Music (2008 )
Does the music a language? If so, is there own unique language of film music ?
In this work, Alejandro Román suggests giving justification content and the presence of this and not so new musical language, which has been aptly termed "Musivisual Language", in a total integration of the sound elements with visual specifically. The book explores the semiotics and significant aspects of this language in relation to the elements always present in the image, to develop later, after the semiotic approach, the existence also own original aesthetics of film music that, with their strengths and weaknesses, must always raise new challenges in creating new forms of aesthetic expression abandoning stereotypes in favor of more musical originality, but never losing the justification in the image itself. To do this, the author includes many charts, summary tables, pictures, scores and examples that make it more attractive and straightforward approach to this complex and difficult subject. Through the analysis of four film music scores (" The Others" by Alejandro Amenábar, "Vertigo" by Alfred Hitchcock, "The Bridges of Madison County", Clint Eastwood, and "The Draughtsman's Contract" by Peter Greenaway) exemplified the issues, approaching the composer, scholar and amateur film music , this exciting topic.