The Music Of James Bond by Jon Burlingame (hardback)
By: FSWL team
Published:
2011-12-23
Our friend Jon Burlingame has informed us that his fourth book, The Music of James Bond, will be published in October 2012 by Oxford University Press in connection with the 50th Anniversary of the 007 movie franchise.
"I accepted the assignment in part because I wanted to pay homage to John Barry and his legacy. I think you'll all be very pleased."
Jon Burlingame writes about music for films and TV for Variety and teaches film-music history at the University of Southern California. He has lectured on music for films and TV in Los Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., Miami, and Switzerland.
Book details: (from
Amazon)
Hardcover: 320 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
ISBN-10: 019986330X
ISBN-13: 978-0199863303
Photo above:
The book cover of Jon Burlingame's The Music of James Bond. © 2012 Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.
When the great John Barry passed away in January 2011, Jon told the LA Times, "I think he's without a doubt one of the giants of film music of the last 50 years":
articles.latimes.com/2011/feb/01/local/la-me-john-barry-20110201
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