A Streetcar Named Desire (film score)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (film score) is Alex North’s groundbreaking jazz-influenced orchestral soundtrack for the 1951 film adaptation of Tennessee Williams’ play, widely regarded as a landmark in modern film music.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film adaptation) | 1 |
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
film score
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soundtrack album ⓘ |
| associatedLocation | New Orleans (setting of the film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPerson |
Elia Kazan
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Tennessee Williams NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork | A Streetcar Named Desire (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn |
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film)
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A Streetcar Named Desire (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | Alex North NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
groundbreaking
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jazz-influenced ⓘ landmark in modern film music ⓘ orchestral ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
development of modern dramatic film scoring conventions
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later jazz-influenced Hollywood film scores ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfInstrumentation |
full orchestra
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jazz ensemble elements ⓘ |
| inFilmMusicHistory | considered a turning point toward modern psychological scoring ⓘ |
| influencedByGenre | jazz ⓘ |
| language | instrumental ⓘ |
| medium | cinema ⓘ |
| musicGenre | orchestral music ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on later film noir and dramatic film scoring
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integration of jazz idioms into a dramatic orchestral film score ⓘ |
| originallyComposedFor | black-and-white drama film ⓘ |
| partOf | A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1951 ⓘ |
| style | late Romantic orchestration with jazz elements ⓘ |
| usedFor |
characterization through musical themes
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underscoring dramatic tension ⓘ |
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A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film adaptation)