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Mark Kermode's Surround Sound - The Stories of Movie Music (Signed Copy)

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RELEASE DATE - 11 SEPTEMBER 2025

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How can a film score make you cheer, shiver, cry or punch the air?
How do directors communicate their musical vision to composers?
And when does a soundtrack take on a life of its own?


'Fascinating, enjoyable and amusing . . . opens a window into the art of filmscoring' Rachel Portman, Oscar winning composer for Emma
'Brims with enthusiasm and joyful insight' Richard Ayoade

In 
Mark Kermode's Surround Sound the award-winning film critic, together with radio producer Jenny Nelson, embarks on a full-throttle trip down the glorious rabbit hole of film composition.

Celebrating the emotional connection that audiences form with film music, exploring the evolution of film scoring from silent films to the present day, and examining how what we hear has an impact on what we see, Mark talks to some of his favourite composers and delves into the movie music he loves.

Including interviews with extraordinary talents from Radiohead’s Jonny Greenwood to Oscar-winning composers Rachel Portman and Howard Shore, and telling the stories behind iconic soundtracks such as Jocelyn Pook’s 
Eyes Wide Shut, Michael Kamen’s Brazil and Vangelis’s Blade RunnerMark Kermode’s Surround Sound is a thrilling take on how great scores are brought to life on the silver screen.

 

Author Mark Kermode
Format Hardback
Pages 384
ISBN 9781447230564


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