{"product_id":"9781517913243-needle-the-lens","title":"The Needle and the Lens","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePop Goes to the Movies from Rock 'n' Roll to Synthwave\u003cbr\u003eHow the creative use of pop music in film has shaped and shifted music history since the 1960s. As Patrin surveys the scene—musical and cinematic—across the decades, expanding into the deeper origins, wider connections, and echoed histories that come into play, this book offers a new way of seeing, and hearing, these iconic soundtrack moments.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow the creative use of pop music in film—think \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Fever\u003c\/i\u003e or \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e—has shaped and shifted music history since the 1960s\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Quick: What movie do you think of when you hear \"The Sounds of Silence\"? Better yet, what song comes to mind when you think of \u003ci\u003eThe Graduate\u003c\/i\u003e? The link between film and song endures as more than a memory, Nate Patrin suggests with this wide-ranging and energetic book. It is, in fact, a sort of cultural symbiosis that has mutually influenced movies and pop music, a phenomenon Patrin tracks through the past fifty years, revealing the power of music in movies to move the needle in popular culture.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Rock 'n' roll, reggae, R\u0026amp;B, jazz, techno, and hip-hop: each had its moment—or many—as music deployed in movies emerged as a form of interpretive commentary, making way for the legitimization of pop and rock music as art forms worthy of serious consideration. These commentaries run the gamut from comedic irony to cheap-thrills excitement to deeply felt drama, all of which Patrin examines in pairings such as \u003ci\u003eAmerican Graffiti\u003c\/i\u003e and \"Do You Want to Dance?\";  \u003ci\u003eSaturday Night Fever\u003c\/i\u003e and \"Disco Inferno\"; \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/i\u003e and \"The End\"; \u003ci\u003eWayne's World\u003c\/i\u003e and \"Bohemian Rhapsody\"; and \u003ci\u003eJackie Brown \u003c\/i\u003eand \"Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time?\".  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e What gives power to these individual moments, and how have they shaped and shifted music history, recasting source material or even stirring wider interest in previously niche pop genres? As Patrin surveys the scene—musical and cinematic—across the decades, expanding into the deeper origins, wider connections, and echoed histories that come into play, \u003ci\u003eThe Needle and the Lens\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new way of seeing, and hearing, these iconic soundtrack moments. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41521256759393,"sku":"9781517913243","price":15.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_38242654_05e829f1-5ba6-495e-b267-240678665431.jpg?v=1763843999","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781517913243-needle-the-lens","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}