ABSTRACT

Music in Television is a collection of essays examining television’s production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frameworks, broadcast practices, technologies, and aesthetics. It presents the reader with overviews of major genres and issues, as well as specific case studies of important television programs and events. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the essays range from historical-analytical surveys of TV sound and genre designations to studies of the music in individual programs, including South Park and Dr. Who.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

The “Problem” of Music in Television

part I|112 pages

Practices and Theories of Television Music

chapter 1|27 pages

A Discipline Emerges

Reading Writing about Listening to Television

chapter 2|22 pages

“Coperettas,” “Detecterns,” and Space Operas

Music and Genre Hybridization in American Television

part II|99 pages

Case Studies in Television Music

chapter 6|23 pages

“Bad Wolf”

chapter 7|22 pages

From Punk to the Musical

South Park, Music, and the Cartoon Format

chapter 8|17 pages

It's What's Happening, Baby!

Television Music and the Politics of the War on Poverty

chapter 9|15 pages

Channeling Glenn Gould

Masculinities in Television and New Hollywood

chapter 10|17 pages

“The Rock Man's Burden”

Consuming Canada at Live 8