Music in the Horror Film : Listening to Fear

SUMARIO. 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