The Music of Fantasy Cinema - Janet K. Halfyard
Superconductors: Music, Fantasy and Science in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
The Music of Fantasy Cinema - Janet K. Halfyard
Janet K. Halfyard [+]
Birmingham Conservatoire
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Janet K. Halfyard is a Senior Academic in Music at Birmingham Conservatoire. She has published widely on film and television music, particularly in relation to horror and fantasy genres. Her publications include Danny Elfman’s Batman: a film score guide (Scarecrow, 2004) and Music, Sound and Silence in Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Ashgate, 2010).
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The chapter looks at the most recent film under discussion and reflects another contemporary trend with the hybrid pop/orchestral soundtrack of The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (John Turteltaub, 2010). This film continues Jerry Bruckheimer’s successful relationship with that other stalwart of fantasy-film production, Disney, a relationship that has also given us the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.