Music Professor Releases Book on Filmmaker Ingmar Bergman
Alexis Luko, Assistant Professor of Music in the School for Studies in Art and Culture, cross-appointed to the College of the Humanities, has recently released a book on the life and work of famed Swedish auteur filmmaker Ingmar Bergman titled .
Prof. Luko’s book is the first musical examination of Bergman鈥檚 career. The work, which has just been published by Routledge, explores “all three aspects (music, sound effects, and voice) of Bergman鈥檚 signature soundtrack-style… and argues that Bergman鈥檚 soundtracks are as superbly developed as his psychological narratives and breathtaking cinematography. Interdisciplinary in nature, this book bridges the fields of music, sound, and film” (Routledge).
Luko has also been awarded a research residency at the on the Island of F氓r枚 off the coast of Gotland where Ingmar Bergman created many of his films.