{"product_id":"music-in-the-horror-films-of-val-lewton-9781474497039","title":"Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003eVal Lewton's horror films revolutionized the genre by emphasizing shadows and absences, placing a fresh burden on the soundtrack. This book offers a fine-grained study of the Lewton unit's transformational sonic style, introducing the first jump scare, pre-musique concrete, and original orchestral scores. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 31 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Edinburgh University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVal 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 concrete, 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 film's essential themes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVal 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 concrete, 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 film's essential themes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 348g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 155 x 233 x 18 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781474497039\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael Lee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46163795771642,"sku":"9781474497039","price":16.23,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1717152304448_book.jpg?v=1717230728","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/music-in-the-horror-films-of-val-lewton-9781474497039","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}