Name: Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton
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Author: Lee, Michael
ISBN: 9781474497039

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Physical Book

Author

Michael Lee

Publisher

Edinburgh University Press

Language

English

Pages

224

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

23.4 x 15.6 x 1.2 cm

Weight

0.32 kg.

ISBN13

9781474497039

Synopsis "Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton"

Val 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.

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