Hammer film scores and the musical avant-garde /
Huckvale, David.
Hammer film scores and the musical avant-garde / David Huckvale. - Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co., c2008. - ix, 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214), discography (p. 211), and index.
Maestros : John Hollingsworth, Marcus Dodds and Philip Martell The horror from Vienna : Arnold Schoenberg Serial killer : Benjamin Frankel Modified modernism : Humphrey Searle and Elisabeth Lutyens The uncanny : Richard Rodney Bennett Romantics : Harry Robinson and James Bernard Prehistoric modernism : Mario Nascimbene and Tristram Cary Australian menace : Don Banks and Malcolm Williamson Modern gothic : Mike Vickers and John Cacavas Catching up with the future : Paul Glass Television terror : John McCabe, Paul Patterson and David Bedford.
"This book tells how Hammer Films commissioned composers at the cutting edge of European musical modernism to write their movie scores, introducing the avant-garde into popular culture via the enormously successful venue of horror film. Each chapter addresses a specific category of the avant-garde musical movement"-- Provided by publisher.
9780786434565 (pbk.) : No price
2008016260
GBA887145 bnb
Hammer Film Productions.
Motion picture music--History and criticism.
Avant-garde (Music)
Horror films--History and criticism
ML2075 / .H83 2008
781.542
Hammer film scores and the musical avant-garde / David Huckvale. - Jefferson, N.C. ; London : McFarland & Co., c2008. - ix, 225 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214), discography (p. 211), and index.
Maestros : John Hollingsworth, Marcus Dodds and Philip Martell The horror from Vienna : Arnold Schoenberg Serial killer : Benjamin Frankel Modified modernism : Humphrey Searle and Elisabeth Lutyens The uncanny : Richard Rodney Bennett Romantics : Harry Robinson and James Bernard Prehistoric modernism : Mario Nascimbene and Tristram Cary Australian menace : Don Banks and Malcolm Williamson Modern gothic : Mike Vickers and John Cacavas Catching up with the future : Paul Glass Television terror : John McCabe, Paul Patterson and David Bedford.
"This book tells how Hammer Films commissioned composers at the cutting edge of European musical modernism to write their movie scores, introducing the avant-garde into popular culture via the enormously successful venue of horror film. Each chapter addresses a specific category of the avant-garde musical movement"-- Provided by publisher.
9780786434565 (pbk.) : No price
2008016260
GBA887145 bnb
Hammer Film Productions.
Motion picture music--History and criticism.
Avant-garde (Music)
Horror films--History and criticism
ML2075 / .H83 2008
781.542