LISTENING TO STANLEY KUBRICK

The Music in His Films, Christine Lee Gengaro provides an in-depth exploration of the music that was composed for Kubrick s films and places the pre-existent music he utilized into historical context. Gengaro discusses the music in every single work, from Kubrick s first films, including the documentary shorts The Flying Padre and Day of the Fight, through all of his feature films, from Fear and Desire to Eyes Wide Shut. No film is left out, no cue is ignored. Besides closely examining the scores composed by Gerald Fried for Kubrick s early works, Gengaro pays particular attention to five of the director s most provocative and acclaimed films--2001