MUSIC IN TV-SERIES "THE THAW" : ON THE MUSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF THE EPOCH
Abstract
The article deals with the analysis of the music material for Valery Todorovsky’s TV-series The Thaw. The score of the series includes both the original music of the late 1950s — early 60s and the compositions by Konstantin Meladze (and others) written specially for the film. The analysis of music enables the authors to draw the following conclusions. According to V. Todorovsky, the multiplicity of the TV-series music genres combines an industrial melodrama, a comedy, a musical, and a criminal film. But it includes also the polystylism of music elements, such as jazz, rock-n-roll, bossa nova, "mass songs", lyrical songs, guitar tunes, bard songs, etc. Presented in music elements of the serial mediatext, the music stylization makes it possible to draw the parallels with film music written in the late 50s — early 60s, including Lepin’s music for the Carnival Night and some Rota’s filmmusic compositions. At the same time, the entire melodic system of the TV-series is not limited to a mere stylization. It serves to mythologize the epoch of The Khrushchev Thaw and its heroes by imparting them a romantic color.
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