Daniel Goldmark is Professor of Music and Director of the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland. He works on American popular music, film and cartoon music, and the history of the music industry. Goldmark is the author or editor of several books, including The Cartoon Music Book (A Cappella, 2001), Tunes for 'Toons: Music and the Hollywood Cartoon (Univ. California, 2005) and Beyond the Soundtrack: Representing Music in Cinema (Univ. California, 2007). Goldmark also spent several years working in the animation and music industries. He was an archivist at Spümcø Animation in Hollywood, where he also worked as the music coordinator on the short cartoons "Boo-Boo Runs Wild" and "A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith." For five years Goldmark was research editor at Rhino Entertainment in Los Angeles, where he also produced or co-produced several collections and anthologies, including a two-CD set of the music of Tom & Jerry composer Scott Bradley, and a two-CD anthology entitled Courage: the Complete Atlantic Recordings of Rufus Harley.
Anyone foolish enough to believe that reference books have been
supplanted by the Internet should browse this indispensable volume
and tell me where one could find its equal online. Goldmark
established his bona fides years ago in this field, and is the
perfect person to have edited this dictionary of film and
television composers. For each entry there is a biographical essay
by a film music expert, a filmography (some complete, and often
including radio, television and concert works), as well as a
bibliography. I'm sure I will be consulting this often in years to
come."
*Leonard Maltin*
I can't imagine a more comprehensive single-volume reference guide
to the vast subject of film and television composers. An impressive
array of contributors has lent its knowledge and experience to the
project with felicitous results. I know I will be consulting this
book for years to come.
*Leonard Maltin, film critic and historian *
The Grove Music Guide to American Film Music is a remarkable
achievement. The scope is extensive, the commentaries are
thoughtful, and the bibliographies and filmographies are thorough.
For me, it is an essential reference, but it will also afford real
pleasure to anyone who simply wants to browse.
*Krin Gabbard, author of Jammin' at the Margins: Jazz and the
American Cinema (Chicago, 1996) and Better Git It in Your Soul: An
Interpretive Biography of Charles Mingus (U. California, 2016)
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Comprehensive and authoritative, this Grove Music Guide provides a
lucid orientation to the study of American Film Music with
overviews on key topics in the field including recent developments
such as television music, music videos, and video games.
Biographical entries on practitioners balance the broad sweep of
the overviews with the specific and the personal. A
state-of-the-art reference.
*Kathryn Kalinak, Professor of Film Studies, Rhode Island College*
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