Music in the Horror Film : Listening to Fear (Paperback)

Series Foreword Preface: What About Horror’s Ear? Acknowledgements 1. Carnival of Souls and the Organs of Horror Julie Brown 2. Mischief Afoot: Supernatural Horror-comedies and the Diabolus in Musica Janet K. Halfyard 3. The Monster and the Music Box: Children and the Soundtrack of Horror Stan Link 4 . The Strange Case of Rouben Mamoulian’s Sound Stew: The Uncanny Soundtrack in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) Neil Lerner 5. Voices that Lie Within: The Heard and Unheard in Psycho Ross Fenimore 6. Pop Goes the Horror Score: Left Alone in The Last House on the Left Joe Tompkins 7. Ramblin’ Men and Piano Men: Crises of Music and Masculinity in The Exorcist Claire Sisco King 8. Rehearing The Shining: Musical Undercurrents in the Overlook Hotel David Code 9. Hearing Deep Seated Fears: John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980) K. J. Donnelly 10. Music and the Adult Ideal in A Nightmare on Elm Street James Buhler 11. The Beauty of Horror: Kilar, Coppola, and Dracula James Deaville 12. Quieting the Ghosts in The Sixth Sense and The Others Lloyd Whitesell List of Contributors Index