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      A Bridge Too Far? Music in the British War Film, 1945–80
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      A Bridge Too Far? Music in the British War Film, 1945–80

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      A Bridge Too Far? Music in the British War Film, 1945–80

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      A Bridge Too Far? Music in the British War Film, 1945–80 book

      ByMervyn Cooke
      BookMusic, Collective Memory, Trauma, and Nostalgia in European Cinema after the Second World War

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      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2019
      Imprint Routledge
      Pages 22
      eBook ISBN 9781315298450
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      ABSTRACT

      This chapter assesses the scoring practices in British war movies from 1945 to 1980, charting the development of a martial idiom borrowed from military and ceremonial music, and the various ways in which specific national characteristics—including an eccentric spirit of comic-book adventuring—were emphasized musically. In the 1960s and 1970s, music helped the genre become a more thoughtful reflection on issues associated with war, yet the romanticized portrayal of resilience in the face of impossible odds could still, with a little musical help, turn some of the worst defeats in British military history into a source of fierce national pride.

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