Music in the Horror Films of Val Lewton

by Michael Lee

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 concr te, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1474497020
• ISBN13: 9781474497022
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"