Behind the curtain: making music in Mumbai's film studios/

Booth, Gregory D.

Behind the curtain: making music in Mumbai's film studios/ Gregory D. Booth. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - viii, 321 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-303) and index.

History, technology, and a determinist milieu for Hindi film song. Popular music as film music ; Musicians and technology in the Mumbai film music industry ; Changing structures in the Mumbai film industry -- The life of music in the Mumbai film industry. Origins, training, and "joining the line" ; Roles, relations, and the creative process ; Rehearsals, recordings, and economics -- Music, instruments, and meaning from musicians' perspectives. Orchestras and orchestral procedures, instrumental change, arranging, and programming ; Issues of style, genre, and value in Mumbai film music -- Conclusion : oral history, change, and accounts of human agency.

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Motion picture music--Production and direction--History.--India--Mumbai
Motion picture music--History and criticism.--India--Mumbai
Motion picture industry--History.--India--Mumbai

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