Terror Tracks

Terror Tracks
Author: Philip Hayward
Publisher: Equinox Publishing (UK)
Total Pages: 312
Release: 2009
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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.

Gothic Music

Gothic Music
Author: Isabella Van Elferen
Publisher: University of Wales Press
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2012-07-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1783165316

Gothic Music: The Sounds of the Uncanny traces sonic Gothic from the echoing footsteps in Gothic novels to the dark soundscapes of Goth club nights. This broad perspective importantly widens the scope of Gothic music from Goth subculture to literature, film, television and video games. This book also provides the musical and theoretical definition of Gothic music that lacks in current scholarship. Whether voicing the spectral beings of early cinema, announcing virtual terrors in video games, or intensifying the nocturnal rituals of Goth, Gothic music represents the sounds of the uncanny.

Film Music in the Sound Era

Film Music in the Sound Era
Author: Jonathan Rhodes Lee
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 1096
Release: 2020-03-10
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1000091287

Film Music in the Sound Era: A Research and Information Guide offers a comprehensive bibliography of scholarship on music in sound film (1927–2017). Thematically organized sections cover historical studies, studies of musicians and filmmakers, genre studies, theory and aesthetics, and other key aspects of film music studies. Broad coverage of works from around the globe, paired with robust indexes and thorough cross-referencing, make this research guide an invaluable tool for all scholars and students investigating the intersection of music and film. This guide is published in two volumes: Volume 1: Histories, Theories, and Genres covers overviews, historical surveys, theory and criticism, studies of film genres, and case studies of individual films. Volume 2: People, Cultures, and Contexts covers individual people, social and cultural studies, studies of musical genre, pedagogy, and the industry. A complete index is included in each volume.

Music in the Horror Film

Music in the Horror Film
Author: Neil Lerner
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2009-12-16
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1135280444

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."

A Companion to the Horror Film

A Companion to the Horror Film
Author: Harry M. Benshoff
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 613
Release: 2017-01-17
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1119335019

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

Understanding Video Game Music

Understanding Video Game Music
Author: Tim Summers
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2016-09-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1108107761

Understanding Video Game Music develops a musicology of video game music by providing methods and concepts for understanding music in this medium. From the practicalities of investigating the video game as a musical source to the critical perspectives on game music - using examples including Final Fantasy VII, Monkey Island 2, SSX Tricky and Silent Hill - these explorations not only illuminate aspects of game music, but also provide conceptual ideas valuable for future analysis. Music is not a redundant echo of other textual levels of the game, but central to the experience of interacting with video games. As the author likes to describe it, this book is about music for racing a rally car, music for evading zombies, music for dancing, music for solving puzzles, music for saving the Earth from aliens, music for managing a city, music for being a hero; in short, it is about music for playing.

Italian Horror Cinema

Italian Horror Cinema
Author: Stefano Baschiera
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-06-14
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 074869353X

This collection brings together for the first time a range of contributions aimed at a new understanding of the Italian horror cinema genre.

Film Music: A History

Film Music: A History
Author: James Wierzbicki
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2009-01-21
Genre: Art
ISBN: 1135851433

Film Music: A History explains the development of film music by considering large-scale aesthetic trends and structural developments alongside socioeconomic, technological, cultural, and philosophical circumstances. The book’s four large parts are given over to Music and the "Silent" Film (1894--1927), Music and the Early Sound Film (1895--1933), Music in the "Classical-Style" Hollywood Film (1933--1960), and Film Music in the Post-Classic Period (1958--2008). Whereas most treatments of the subject are simply chronicles of "great film scores" and their composers, this book offers a genuine history of film music in terms of societal changes and technological and economic developments within the film industry. Instead of celebrating film-music masterpieces, it deals—logically and thoroughly—with the complex ‘machine’ whose smooth running allowed those occasional masterpieces to happen and whose periodic adjustments prompted the large-scale twists and turns in film music’s path.

An Introduction to Film Scoring in Horror Movies

An Introduction to Film Scoring in Horror Movies
Author: Daniel Szelogowski
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2020-01-26
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1794899219

The horror movie genre is one of complexity, both in design and story. The style of screenwriting and use of visual and aural nuances has developed into a rich, exciting form of entertainment that plays on the viewer's mind, body, and morals. In terms of visuals, horror movies play on classic psychological fears and utilize them in ways that may be gruesome or traumatizing, yet impossible to look away from. However, one of the biggest tools used to create the sense of fear in the movies is of course the specific use of sound and music to build and develop tension and emphasize horrific scenes. From the usage of drums to imitate a pounding heartbeat to strings playing harsh, discordant and unexpected sounds meant to imitate the screams of frightened animals, and the crashing, staccato chords that strike into instinctive fears, the composer/film scorer of the horror genre plays an extremely important role in delivering the full effect of the film that often goes unnoticed.

The Cambridge Companion to Film Music

The Cambridge Companion to Film Music
Author: Mervyn Cooke
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 756
Release: 2016-12-08
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1108107672

This wide-ranging and thought-provoking collection of specially-commissioned essays provides a uniquely comprehensive overview of the many and various ways in which music functions in film soundtracks. Citing examples from a variety of historical periods, genres and film industries - including those of the USA, UK, France, Italy, India and Japan - the book's contributors are all leading scholars and practitioners in the field. They engage, sometimes provocatively, with numerous stimulating aspects of the history, theory and practice of film music in a series of lively discussions which will appeal as much to newcomers to this fascinating subject as to seasoned film music aficionados. Innovative research and fresh interpretative perspectives are offered alongside practice-based accounts of the film composer's distinctive art, with examples cited from genres as contrasting as animation, the screen musical, film noir, Hollywood melodrama, the pop music and jazz film, documentary, period drama, horror, science fiction and the Western.