Hong Kong film music from the 1990s to the present.

Cheng Ling Yan.Thesis submitted in: June 2004.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 86-90).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAbstract (Chinese) --- p.iiAcknowledgement --- p.iiiTable of Contents --- p.ivList of Figures --- p.viRomanization and Translation --- p.viiIntroduction --- p.1Chapter Chapter One --- Original Scoring 原創音樂： Compositional Practice in the Present-Day Hong Kong Film Music Industry --- p.6"How Original is “Original Scoring"" ？" --- p.8Originality in Previous Practice? --- p.9~Film Music from the 1960s to the 1990s --- p.9~“Chinese´ح Music in the Huang Mei Diao Film --- p.9~Canned Music in the 1960s and 1970s --- p.11~The Composer in 1970s Film Music --- p.12Film Music of the 2000s --- p.12Time Limitations --- p.13Budget --- p.15Technology in Use --- p.18"Close Relationships between the Director, Composer, and Mixer" --- p.21Chapter Chapter Two --- Film Music Functions and Formulaic Uses of Instruments --- p.24Function of Film Music --- p.25Formulaic Uses of Instruments --- p.26Re-Occurrence of Music in a Film --- p.30Chapter Chapter Three --- Imagined Scoring of Chinese Music --- p.33Chinese Instruments --- p.34Authenticity In Scene and Out of Scene --- p.35Imagined Scoring -- Creative Listening Experience --- p.36Cultural Correctness --- p.38Listening Experiences Formed in Daily Life --- p.39Music for the Elders in Hong Kong --- p.41Conclusion --- p.41Chapter Chapter Four --- Crossover of Pop Singers Into Films --- p.43Hong Kong Pop Singers as Film Actor/Actress or Vice Versa --- p.44Diegetic and Non-Diegetic Music --- p.50Popular Song In Film and Film Theme Song --- p.53The Crossover of Popular Music Composers Into Film Music --- p.54Pop Songs and Listening Experience --- p.56Change in the Practice - Problems of Overlapping Identities --- p.59Chapter Chapter Five --- Conclusion: Musically Illiterate in Pop but Fluent in Chinese? --- p.62The Hong Konger is Musically Not Chinese --- p.63The Hong Konger is Musically Fluent in Pop --- p.64Questions for Further Study --- p.64Appendix 1 (Wong Fook Ling ) --- p.66Appendix 2 ( Frankie Chan ) --- p.71"Appendix 3 (List of United States, Taiwan and Hong Kong Film Music Awards)" --- p.80Appendix 4 ( Film Titles ) --- p.81"Appendix 5 (Directors, Composers, Lyricists, Actors/Actresses and Singers )" --- p.84References Cited --- p.86Glossary --- p.9