SCORING THE SCREEN: The Secret Language of Film Music

A project in Chicago, IL by Andy Hill
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Film music is a cryptic language of signs that take the shape of notes, figures, motives and phrases. This book is an immersion course.
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Dates: Jan 5th -> Feb 4th (30 days)
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