FILM AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES

Studying Croatian film music

The author describes the experiences of her ground-breaking studies of the work of the Croatian film music composers. It took her long and hard research to get from the state of a complete neglect in terms of music studies, music books and sound recording media publishing, to a book with detailed photographs and complete scores, although a basis was set in the Film Encyclopaedia published by the Miroslav Krle`a Lexicographic Institute and in the professional magazine Hrvatski filmski ljetopis which dedicated attention to this aspect of filmmaking as well. After introductory research set out in the author's book Screen Music, further research should be much easier.

Irena Paulus