Music in the Horror Film
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Music in the Horror Film

Listening to Fear

  1. 244 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Music in the Horror Film

Listening to Fear

About this book

Music in Horror Film is a collection of essays that examine the effects of music and its ability to provoke or intensify fear in this particular genre of film. Frightening images and ideas can be made even more intense when accompanied with frightening musical sounds, and music in horror film frequently makes its audience feel threatened and uncomfortable through its sudden stinger chords and other shock effects. The essays in this collection address the presence of music in horror films and their potency within them. With contributions from scholars across the disciplines of music and film studies, these essays delve into blockbusters like The Exorcist, The Shining, and The Sixth Sense together with lesser known but still important films like Carnival of Souls and The Last House on the Left. By leading us with the ear to hear these films in new ways, these essays allow us to see horror films with fresh eyes.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2009
Print ISBN
9780415992039

Table of contents

  1. Routledge Music and Screen Media Series
  2. Contents
  3. Foreword
  4. Preface
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Chapter 1 Carnival of Souls and the Organs of Horror
  7. Chapter 2 Mischief Afoot
  8. Chapter 3 The Monster and the Music Box
  9. Chapter 4 The Strange Case of Rouben Mamoulian’s Sound Stew
  10. Chapter 5 Voices That Lie Within
  11. Chapter 6 Pop Goes the Horror Score
  12. Chapter 7 Ramblin’ Men and Piano Men
  13. Chapter 8 Rehearing The Shining
  14. Chapter 9 Hearing Deep Seated Fears
  15. Chapter 10 Music and the Adult Ideal in A Nightmare on Elm Street
  16. Chapter 11 The Beauty of Horror
  17. Chapter 12 Quieting the Ghosts in The Sixth Sense and The Others
  18. Contributors
  19. Index