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.
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.