Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton / / Michael Lee.
Examines how the music in Val Lewton's horror films enhanced the films' aesthetics and visual styleProvides a fine-grained analysis of each film’s original scoreExplores all examples of source music in each filmConsiders film music as a path to film analysisVal Lewton’s horror films revolu...
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Lee, Michael, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton / Michael Lee. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022] ©2022 1 online resource (224 p.) : 23 B/W illustrations 23 B&W images text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Music and the Moving Image : MMI Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “Happy Mood Over This, Roy”: Webb’s Score for Cat People as Film Analysis -- 2 Fractured Reasons and Fractured Reason in I Walked with a Zombie -- 3 The Leopard Man as Penitential Horror Film -- 4 Searching for Meaning in The Seventh Victim -- 5 A Wartime Fable in the Sounds of The Ghost Ship -- 6 Music for Amy and Her Friend: Webb’s Score for The Curse of the Cat People -- 7 Boris Karloff and the Soundtrack of The Body Snatcher -- 8 Validating Uncertainty on the Isle of the Dead -- 9 “Dainty Little Notes, Ain’t They?”: Roy Webb’s Age of Reason in Bedlam -- 10 A Closing Argument -- References -- List of Films Cited -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Examines how the music in Val Lewton's horror films enhanced the films' aesthetics and visual styleProvides a fine-grained analysis of each film’s original scoreExplores all examples of source music in each filmConsiders film music as a path to film analysisVal Lewton’s horror films revolutionized a popular genre through a much-studied and still widely emulated visual style emphasizing shadows and absences. By denying audiences visual confirmation of horror, his reforms placed a fresh burden on the soundtrack of his films. This book offers a fine-grained study of the Lewton unit's transformational sonic style which introduced the first jump scare," liberal use of pre-musique concrète, and an original orchestral score for every film in the series in violation of "B" movie norms. Their orchestral scores often exceed the conventions of film music as we hear the RKO Music Department ignoring instructions thus freeing their contributions to signpost the path toward each films’ essential themes. " Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Mai 2023) Film, Media & Cultural Studies. PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / Direction & Production. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts 2022 9783110992809 ZDB-23-DPK Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Arts, Architecture and Design 2022 English 9783110992816 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 English 9783110993899 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2022 9783110994810 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2022 9783110780390 print 9781474497022 https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474497046 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474497046 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9781474497046/original |
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Lee, Michael, Lee, Michael, Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton / Music and the Moving Image : MMI Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “Happy Mood Over This, Roy”: Webb’s Score for Cat People as Film Analysis -- 2 Fractured Reasons and Fractured Reason in I Walked with a Zombie -- 3 The Leopard Man as Penitential Horror Film -- 4 Searching for Meaning in The Seventh Victim -- 5 A Wartime Fable in the Sounds of The Ghost Ship -- 6 Music for Amy and Her Friend: Webb’s Score for The Curse of the Cat People -- 7 Boris Karloff and the Soundtrack of The Body Snatcher -- 8 Validating Uncertainty on the Isle of the Dead -- 9 “Dainty Little Notes, Ain’t They?”: Roy Webb’s Age of Reason in Bedlam -- 10 A Closing Argument -- References -- List of Films Cited -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “Happy Mood Over This, Roy”: Webb’s Score for Cat People as Film Analysis -- 2 Fractured Reasons and Fractured Reason in I Walked with a Zombie -- 3 The Leopard Man as Penitential Horror Film -- 4 Searching for Meaning in The Seventh Victim -- 5 A Wartime Fable in the Sounds of The Ghost Ship -- 6 Music for Amy and Her Friend: Webb’s Score for The Curse of the Cat People -- 7 Boris Karloff and the Soundtrack of The Body Snatcher -- 8 Validating Uncertainty on the Isle of the Dead -- 9 “Dainty Little Notes, Ain’t They?”: Roy Webb’s Age of Reason in Bedlam -- 10 A Closing Argument -- References -- List of Films Cited -- Index |
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 “Happy Mood Over This, Roy”: Webb’s Score for Cat People as Film Analysis -- 2 Fractured Reasons and Fractured Reason in I Walked with a Zombie -- 3 The Leopard Man as Penitential Horror Film -- 4 Searching for Meaning in The Seventh Victim -- 5 A Wartime Fable in the Sounds of The Ghost Ship -- 6 Music for Amy and Her Friend: Webb’s Score for The Curse of the Cat People -- 7 Boris Karloff and the Soundtrack of The Body Snatcher -- 8 Validating Uncertainty on the Isle of the Dead -- 9 “Dainty Little Notes, Ain’t They?”: Roy Webb’s Age of Reason in Bedlam -- 10 A Closing Argument -- References -- List of Films Cited -- Index |
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