Style and Panache: How The Music Makes the Movie" is an introductory eTextbook designed to come alive with moving image and sound. The presentation of topics shifts the focus away from chronological study of film music and instead categorizes it into its various stylistic genres. The result is a book that promotes listening and analysis skills, as well as the appreciation of the history of the global world of film music. The textbook body incorporates actual film clips, engaging images, straightforward language, and interactive learning checkpoints. Over the course of 20 chapters, the most common styles of film music are dissected and explored through case studies of some of the most iconic films in history. The marvel of film music is that it is an ongoing global artistic phenomenon that continues to evolve every year. To study film music is to embrace the idea that the journey matters more than the destination. This eTextbook can be used as a springboard into that journey.
An accomplished performer, educator, narrator and author, Dr. Gustavo Camacho is dedicated to serving students and teachers through the power of the arts. Gustavo is Associate Professor of Music and the Brass Area Coordinator at Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA where he teaches courses on Film Music, Aural Skills, Chamber Music and Applied French Horn. He has previously held faculty positions at the Interlochen Arts Academy and at the Arizona School for the Arts.
Gustavo is a sought-after educator and has presented clinics, masterclasses and performances at conferences, festivals and institutions in the U.S., Canada, Cuba, China and Luxembourg. He maintains a regular collaboration with the WorldStrides Educational company as a preferred West Coast music adjudicator at their distinguished National Heritage Festivals.
Gustavo is the author of Style and Panache: How The Music Makes The Movie and is also an audiobook narrator for Touri Language Learning. As a French Horn performer, Gustavo’s engagements are wide and varied, and include solo concerto features, national chamber music series appearances, and major orchestral performances with The Phoenix Symphony and Phoenix Opera. As an artist sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation, Gustavo has performed exclusively on his custom Yamaha 867 French Horn for over two decades.