%0 Journal Article
%T Post in the 'modern': Greek film music and the work of Nikos Mamangakis
%A Pulakis Nik
%J Muzikologija
%D 2008
%I Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
%R 10.2298/muz0808077p
%X This article is focused on Nikos Mamangakis, one of the most ambiguous art-popular composers in Greece. His compositions for cinema are also quite provocative. Mamangakis' cooperation with Finos Film (the major Greek film production company in post-war era) and, on the contrary, his collaboration with Nikos Perakis (one of the most well-known contemporary film directors) vividly illustrate the transformation of film music from the so-called Old to the New Greek Cinema. Through an overall analysis of two of Mamangakis' most important film scores, I hope to reveal the transition process from a realistic modernist perspective to a postmodern one. A second goal is to present critically the general ideological shift in Greek socio-cultural sphere following the seventies change of polity. This paper underlines the perception of Greek music culture as a special case of Western music, which however holds its very distinct stylistic idioms, cultural practices and ideological functions.
%K Nikos Mamangakis
%K Greek film music
%K art-popular music
%K ethnomusicology
%K anthropology
%U http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/1450-9814/2008/1450-98140808077P.pdf