Andrei Tarkovsky's sounding cinema : music and meaning from Solaris to The Sacrifice /
Tobias Pontara.
- 194 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm.
- Music and sound on the international screen .
- Music and sound on the international screen. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
'Andrei Tarkovsky's Sounding Cinema' adds a new dimension to our understanding and appreciation of the work of Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky (1932-1986) through an exploration of the presence of music and sound in his films. Concentrating on the soundtrack in Tarkovsky's cinema, this book reveals how Tarkovsky's use of electronic music, electronically manipulated sound, traditional folk songs and fragments of canonized works of Western art music plays into the philosophical, existential and ethical themes recurring throughout his work.