From Stage to Screen

The first book investigating the current popular and previously under-examined aspects of Chinese film Explores the soundtracks of Chinese martial arts films from its experimental phase to its present form Guides an interdisciplinary conversation about the audio discourse of Chinese cinema from a non-Eurocentric perspective

Autorentext
Dr. Shuang Wang is Lecturer at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). She received her PhD in musicology from HKU in 2015. Her research is interdisciplinary, including film music, Chinese musical culture, and Chinese theatre. Dr. Shuang Wang was awarded the HKU Teaching Innovation Award in 2020. She is also active in Hong Kong and mainland China as a guzheng (Chinese zither) performer.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Chapter 1: Musicking The Chinese Martial Arts Cinema.- Chapter 2: Hearing the Theatre Through Four Moods.- Chapter 3: The Politics of Bodily Rhythm in Raining in the Mountain.- Chapter 4: The Drum Beat and its Diegetic Contextualization in Red Cliff II.- Chapter 5: Music and Slow Motion in the Banquet.- Chapter 6: Conclusion.