Film
has shaped modern society in part by changing its cultures of memory.
Film, Music, Memory reveals that this change has rested in no small
measure on the mnemonic powers of music. As films were consumed by
growing American and European audiences, their soundtracks became an
integral part of individual and collective memory. Berthold Hoeckner
analyzes three critical processes through which music influenced this
new culture of memory: storage, retrieval, and affect. Films store
memory through an archive of cinematic scores. In turn, a few bars from a
soundtrack instantly recall the image that accompanied them, and along
with it, the affective experience of the movie.Hoeckner examines films
that reflect directly on memory, whether by featuring an amnesic
character, a traumatic event, or a surge of nostalgia. As the history of
cinema unfolded, movies even began to recall their own history through
quotations, remakes, and stories about how cinema contributed to the
soundtrack of people's lives. Ultimately, Film, Music, Memory
demonstrates that music has transformed not only what we remember about
the cinematic experience, but also how we relate to memory itself.
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