Research Paper On Gone With The Wind

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Gone With the Wind is one of the most recognizable themes in film history and classic of Golden Age Hollywood. Gone With the Wind is a romantic drama set in South America during the Civil War. Released in 1939, the film score was composed by Max Steiner, commonly recognised as the ‘father of film music’. Born in Vienna (1888), Steiner was declared a child prodigy, composing and conducting many operas through his teenage years. Steiner’s approach to film score composition was deeply rooted in 19th century orchestral style, adopting musical techniques he learnt as a child in Vienna, most noticeably the ‘leitmotif’, associated specifically with German composer Richard Wagner. The ‘leitmotif’ is a short, reoccurring, memorable musical phrase,