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Music in the Horror Film

Author : Neil Lerner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135280437

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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.

Blood on Black Wax (RSD Edition)

Author : Aaron Lupton,Jeff Szpirglas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 194822108X

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Blood on Black Wax (RSD Edition) by Aaron Lupton,Jeff Szpirglas Pdf

RECORD STORE DAY EDITION: Signed book + exclusive red-colored 7-inch containing unreleased music from the 1980 cult slasher Prom Night._____Are you obsessed with John Carpenter's iconic music for the Halloween series? Do you thrill to the unforgettable stabs of the Psycho score, or the pounding synth of Goblin's soundtrack to Suspiria? Do you find yourself being pulled into the hair-raising modern scores for the likes of Get Out, Hereditary, and The Witch? You're not alone. Blood on Black Wax is a defining horror soundtrack volume that spotlights iconic franchises such as A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Jaws, The Exorcist, and George A. Romero's Dead films, highlighting both the music and the amazing - often rare - artwork that graces the record sleeves. It also tells the stories behind the soundtrack, from the mouths of the musicians who made them, including John Carpenter, Fabio Frizzi, Christopher Young, Harry Manfredini, Charles Bernstein, Pino Donaggio, John Harrison, and more. Aaron Lupton and Jeff Szpirglas, both of Rue Morgue magazine, have curated Blood on Black Wax to reflect their own passion for the darkest slabs of soundtrack music. Their journey into the fascinating history of horror movie scores contains reviews, release details, and wild stories about both renown and unusual releases - everything from the orchestral sounds of Hammer and Universal horror, to the truly experimental albums for The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Eraserhead, to the outlandish punk and metal songs of '80s soundtrack albums like The Return of the Living Dead and Shocker. Go back to your favorite horror films one more time, through the jaw-dropping, spine-tingling music that helped solidify their place in cinematic history!

Music in the Horror Film

Author : Neil Lerner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135280444

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Collects the essays that examine the effects of music and its ability to provoke or intensify fear in the genre of horror film, address the presence of music in horror films and their potency within them, and delve into the films like "The Exorcist", "The Shining", "The Sixth Sense", "Carnival of Souls" and "The Last House on the Left."

Terror Tracks

Author : Philip Hayward
Publisher : Equinox Publishing (UK)
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015080895322

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Terror Tracks is an anthology that analyses the use of music and sound in the popular genre of Horror cinema. Focusing on the post-War period, contributors analyse the role of music and sound in establishing and enhancing the senses of unease, suspense and shock crucial to the genre.

Musique Fantastique

Author : Randall D. Larson
Publisher : Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015009623664

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Musique Fantastique by Randall D. Larson Pdf

This book discusses the use of scores in horror, science fiction and fantasy films, covering the 1930's to the 1980's, with chapters on Herrmann, Goldsmith, Rózsa, Japanese monster movies, Hammer horror movies, John Williams, electronic music and how classical music has been integrated into these film genres.

A Companion to the Horror Film

Author : Harry M. Benshoff
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2017-01-17
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781119335016

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A Companion to the Horror Film by Harry M. Benshoff Pdf

This cutting-edge collection features original essays by eminent scholars on one of cinema's most dynamic and enduringly popular genres, covering everything from the history of horror movies to the latest critical approaches. Contributors include many of the finest academics working in the field, as well as exciting younger scholars Varied and comprehensive coverage, from the history of horror to broader issues of censorship, gender, and sexuality Covers both English-language and non-English horror film traditions Key topics include horror film aesthetics, theoretical approaches, distribution, art house cinema, ethnographic surrealism, and horror's relation to documentary film practice A thorough treatment of this dynamic film genre suited to scholars and enthusiasts alike

Horror Film

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1617034118

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Horror Film by Anonim Pdf

Essays on the rise of the horror film and on how moviemakers package and promote fright

The Spectre of Sound

Author : Kevin Donnelly
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781839020629

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This book is a major new study - dealing with notions of film music as a device that desires to control its audience, using a most powerful thing: emotion. The author emphasises the manipulative and ephemeral character of film music dealing not only with traditional orchestral film music, but also looks at film music's colonisation of television, and discusses pop music in relation to films, and the historical dimensions to ability to possess audiences that have so many important cultural and aesthetic effects. It challenges the dominant but limited conception of film music as restricted to film by looking at its use in television and influence in the world of pop music and the traditional restriction of analysis to 'valued' film music, either from 'name' composers' or from the 'golden era' of Classical Hollywood. Focusing on areas as diverse as horror, pop music in film, ethnic signposting, television drama and the soundtrack without a film- this is an original study which expands the range of writing on the subject.

Horror Film Aesthetics

Author : Thomas M. Sipos
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-01-10
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786458349

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Horror Film Aesthetics by Thomas M. Sipos Pdf

This richly informed study analyzes how various cinematic tools and techniques have been used to create horror on screen--the aesthetic elements, sometimes not consciously noticed, that help to unnerve, frighten, shock or entertain an audience. The first two chapters define the genre and describe the use of pragmatic aesthetics (when filmmakers put technical and budgetary compromises to artistic effect). Subsequent chapters cover mise-en-scene, framing, photography, lighting, editing and sound, and a final chapter is devoted to the aesthetic appeals of horror cinema. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Music from the House of Hammer

Author : Randall D. Larson
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996-06-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781461669845

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Music from the House of Hammer by Randall D. Larson Pdf

In the 1950s, Hammer Film Productions, a small British filmmaking company, introduced the world to a new genre of motion picture. Referred to by some as "horror," by others as "fantasy," Hammer films had a unique look and feel that many other studios would later attempt—and fail—to capture. Hammer films also had a unique sound. For although the studio was small and the budgets limited, those involved in making the Hammer films recognized that the musical score was just as important as the set, the actors, and the script in telling the story. Consequently, Hammer Films Productions recruited the best musical talent to make its films come alive. Those artists and the work they did are chronicled here in careful detail by Randall D. Larson. From the studio's fledging days, through its great successes of the 60s and early 70s, Music from the House of Hammer offers an inside look at how the "Hammer sound" was developed and nurtured.

Film Music: a Very Short Introduction

Author : Kathryn Kalinak
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Motion picture music
ISBN : 9780197628034

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Film Music: a Very Short Introduction by Kathryn Kalinak Pdf

"Film Music: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the most central issues in the practice of film music. What is film music? How is it composed? How does film music work? Why does film music work? The rich and deeply moving sounds of film music are as old as cinema. The very first projected moving images were accompanied by music around the globe as a variety of performers-from single piano players to small orchestras-brought images to life. Film music has since become its own industry, an aesthetic platform for expressing creative visions, and a commercial vehicle for generating increased revenue. The second edition updates coverage to 2022 and includes attention to recent developments in global film music, women in film music, and African -American and minority composers"--

The Horror Film

Author : Stephen Prince
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-09
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780813542577

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The Horror Film by Stephen Prince Pdf

In this volume, Stephen Prince has collected essays reviewing the history of the horror film and the psychological reasons for its persistent appeal, as well as discussions of the developmental responses of young adult viewers and children to the genre. The book focuses on recent postmodern examples such as The Blair Witch Project. In a daring move, the volume also examines Holocaust films in relation to horror. Part One features essays on the silent and classical Hollywood eras. Part Two covers the postWorld War II era and discusses the historical, aesthetic, and psychological characteristics of contemporary horror films. In contrast to horror during the classical Hollywood period, contemporary horror features more graphic and prolonged visualizations of disturbing and horrific imagery, as well as other distinguishing characteristics. Princes introduction provides an overview of the genre, contextualizing the readings that follow. Stephen Prince is professor of communications at Virginia Tech. He has written many film books, including Classical Film Violence: Designing and Regulating Brutality in Hollywood Cinema, 19301968, and has edited Screening Violence, also in the Depth of Field Series.

Voicing the Cinema

Author : James Buhler,Hannah Lewis
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 461 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780252051869

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Voicing the Cinema by James Buhler,Hannah Lewis Pdf

Theorists of the soundtrack have helped us understand how the voice and music in the cinema impact a spectator's experience. James Buhler and Hannah Lewis edit in-depth essays from many of film music's most influential scholars in order to explore fascinating issues around vococentrism, the voice in cinema, and music’s role in the integrated soundtrack. The collection is divided into four sections. The first explores historical approaches to technology in the silent film, French cinema during the transition era, the films of the so-called New Hollywood, and the post-production sound business. The second investigates the practice of the singing voice in diverse repertories such as Bergman's films, Eighties teen films, and girls' voices in Brave and Frozen. The third considers the auteuristic voice of the soundtrack in works by Kurosawa, Weir, and others. A last section on narrative and vococentrism moves from The Martian and horror film to the importance of background music and the state of the soundtrack at the end of vococentrism. Contributors: Julie Brown, James Buhler, Marcia Citron, Eric Dienstfrey, Erik Heine, Julie Hubbert, Hannah Lewis, Brooke McCorkle, Cari McDonnell, David Neumeyer, Nathan Platte, Katie Quanz, Jeff Smith, Janet Staiger, and Robynn Stilwell

Global Soundtracks

Author : Mark Slobin
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2008-09-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 0819568821

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The first volume focusing on film music as a worldwide phenomenon

Recreational Terror

Author : Isabel Cristina Pinedo
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438416168

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Recreational Terror by Isabel Cristina Pinedo Pdf

In Recreational Terror, Isabel Cristina Pinedo analyzes how the contemporary horror film produces recreational terror as a pleasurable encounter with violence and danger for female spectators. She challenges the conventional wisdom that violent horror films can only degrade women and incite violence, and contends instead that the contemporary horror film speaks to the cultural need to express rage and terror in the midst of social upheaval.