{"product_id":"anonymous-sounds-library-music-and-screen-cultures-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-9798765109861","title":"Anonymous Sounds: Library Music and Screen Cultures in the 1960s and 1970s","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis cross-disciplinary collection provides the first comprehensive study of library music practices in the 1960s and 1970s.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Library music was inexpensive, off-the-shelf music available to license for a small fee. It was widely used in television and film as a cheaper alternative to commissioned soundtracks. The book pays attention to the different individuals, groups, organisations and institutions involved in making library music, as well as to its transnational sites of production (from continental recording studios to regional cutting rooms). It addresses questions of distributed creativity, collective authorship, and agency. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Combining empirical and theoretical research, the book unveils the modus operandi of a highly secretive yet enduringly significant cultural industry. By drawing attention to the cultural ubiquity and intersectionality of library music, the collection also shifts emphasis from individual film and TV composers to the invisible community of music publishers, writers, and session musicians. It argues that the latter were collectively responsible for fashioning much of the sonic identity of 1960s and 1970s film and television. As well as providing a nuanced understanding of historical library music cultures, the collection shows how they continue to inform contemporary audiovisual cultures.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNessa Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e is Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Liverpool, UK and author of \u003ci\u003eThe Commitments: Youth, Music and Authenticity in 1990s Ireland \u003c\/i\u003e(2021). Her research is in sound and music in screen media, cult cinema, media technologies, and media industries. She is co-investigator on the Leverhulme funded research project 'Anonymous Creativity: Library Music and Screen Cultures in the 1960s and 1970s' and a 2020 Fellow of the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas (Austin). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJamie Sexton \u003c\/b\u003eis Associate Professor in Film and Television Studies at Northumbria University, UK with research interests in music and media, and cult cinema. Recent publications include \u003ci\u003eFreak Scenes: American Indie Cinema and Indie Music Scenes \u003c\/i\u003e(2022). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElodie A. Roy\u003c\/b\u003e is a media and material culture theorist with a specialism in the history of recorded sound. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eMedia, Materiality and Memory: Grounding the Groove\u003c\/i\u003e (2015) and (with Eva Moreda Rodríguez) the edited collection \u003ci\u003ePhonographic Encounters: Mapping Transnational Cultures of Sound, 1890-1945\u003c\/i\u003e (2021).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51384437408018,"sku":"9798765109861","price":131.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_855d19cb-eeee-4c49-92c2-b85e16d6730d.jpg?v=1750173935","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/anonymous-sounds-library-music-and-screen-cultures-in-the-1960s-and-1970s-9798765109861","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}