Making Music in Selznick's Hollywood

Through the rise and fall of the Hollywood studio system, David O. Selznick reigned as Hollywood''s preeminent producer. His reputation depended in large part on music. The orchestral cacophony of King Kong, the pulsing electronic sonorities of Spellbound, and the Tara theme from Gone with the Wind made music a distinguishing feature of the Selznick experience. By flaunting music''s role in film a...