The best years of British film music, 1936-1958

Abstract

Differences between British aand American films - a historical perspective formulae in the classical Hollywood score a comparison between British and American composers in their approach to film scoring British composers' use of themes for narrative development Arnold Bax's musico-dramatic treatment of Oliver Twist three other first attempts at feature film scoring - 49th Parallel, The Halfway House and Blue Scar dialogue scoring of British films of the 1930s the impact of the Second World War on British films, and developments in dialogue scoring in the 1940s a look at some British films scored by foreign composers the decline of British cinema in the 1950s and the consequences for British film scores.