Music in Television ─ Channels of Listening

Music in Television is a collection of essays examining television’s production of meaning through music in terms of historical contexts, institutional frameworks, broadcast practices, technologies, and aesthetics. It presents the reader with overviews of major genres and issues, as well as specific case studies of important television programs and events. With contributions from a wide range of scholars, the essays range from historical-analytical surveys of TV sound and genre designations to studies of the music in individual programs, including South Park and Dr. Who.

James Deaville is a Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture: Music, at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. His interest in television music focuses on how music has played a role in the reporting of news, and has published articles on news music used for 9/11 and for the war in Iraq.

Series ForewordVolume Foreword Preface: Listening to the Small Screen Part I: Practices and Theories of Television Music1. A Discipline Emerges: Reading Writing About Listening to Television
James Deaville2. "Coperettas," "Detecterns," and Space Operas: Music and Genre Hybridization in American Television
Ron Rodman3. TV Music and the History of Television Sound
Shawn VanCour4. Rural Music on American Television, 1948-2010
Michael Saffle5. Music in the Golden Age of Television News Documentaries
Colin RoustPart II: Case Studies in Television Music6. "Bad Wolf": Leitmotiv and Musical Textures in Doctor Who (2005)
Robynn Stilwell7. From Punk to the Musical: South Park, Music, and the Cartoon FormatSean Nye8. It’s What’s Happening Baby! Television Music and the Politics of the WarOn Poverty
Norma Coates9. Channeling Glenn Gould: Masculinities from Television to New Hollywood
Julie Brown10. "The Rock Man’s Burden": Consuming Canada at Live 8
Kip Pegley
Appendix: Generation X, South Park, and TV Music Composition: An Interview with Adam Berry
Conducted by Sean Nye