Edinburgh University Press
Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton
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- Michael Lee
- Edinburgh University Press
- Hardcover
- 9781474497022
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- Performing Arts > Individual Director
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
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.
Author Bio
Professor Michael Lee teaches international relations and international political economy at Hunter College the City University of New York.
Professor Lee graduated with Bachelor's degree from University of Toronto and Ph D from Indiana University.
Research Interests
International Relations
International Political Economy (politics of financial crises, political economy of foreign policy)
International Security (causes of war, geography and war)
Quantitative Research Methodology
Education
Ph.D., Indiana University, 2012
B.A., University of Toronto, 2006
Source: The City University of New York - Hunter College - Department of Political Science
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