Scored to Death

Conversations with Some of Horror's Greatest Composers /]C[interviews] by J. Blake Fichera

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de J. Blake Fichera

Type

Interviews

Sujet

Genre > Horror

Mots Clés

horror, music composer, music

Année d'édition

2016

Editeur

Silman-James Press

Langue

anglais

Taille du livre

Format

Paperback • 356 pages
6 x 8 ¾ inches (15 x 22.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-9352471-4-2

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Description de l'ouvrage:
Scored to Death collects 14 info-packed, terrifyingly entertaining interviews with renowned film composers who have provided music for some of the horror genre's greatest films and franchises, including Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Hellraiser, Maniac, The Fog, Prince of Darkness, Cujo, Dawn of the Dead, Deep Red, Suspiria, Santa Sangre, Zombie, The Beyond, Insidious, The Conjuring, Hostel, The Strangers, House of the Devil, and many more!

À propos de l'auteur :
J. Blake Fichera has taught film studies at the State University of New York at Purchase and has contributed as a writer and interviewer to several noteworthy film and music-related publications and websites, including Video Watchdog magazine, Fangoria.com, Dreadcentral.com, Podwits.com, and American Blues News. He has been a professional film/television editor and producer since 2001 and cohosts the film-themed podcast Saturday Night Movie Sleepovers. He is also a gigging musician in the New York City area and a New York Blues Hall of Fame inductee. He lives in Manhattan.

Revue de Presse:
This was music to my eyes! About time someone shined a light on the unsung heroes who compose many of the soundtracks of our nightmares. Great insight into their varied approaches to the craft. --Jeff Lieberman, director of Squirm, Blue Sunshine, and Just Before Dawn

This book is the best opportunity you will have to peek behind the curtains of those people who create the soundtrack of your life! The music they create provides the emotional road map to the narrative for the audience, and embeds those moments in your memory forever. I highly recommend this for any film or music buff! --Tom Holland, director of Fright Night, Child s Play, and Thinner

Try to imagine the shower scene in Psycho without the famous staccato strings of Bernard Herrmann, and you begin to realize how important music is in making your skin crawl while watching a horror film. In J. Blake Fichera s fascinating book, Scored to Death, he introduces you to some of the genre s greatest composers as they explain the process of creating unforgettable nightmares of sound. --Stuart Gordon, director of Re-Animator

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