Hammer Film Scores and the Musical Avant-Garde

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by David Huckvale

Type

Stories

Subject

Studio > Hammer

Keywords

Hammer, music

Publishing date

2008

Publisher

McFarland & Co

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 235 pages
6 x 9 inches (15 x 23 cm)

ISBN

978-0-7864-3456-5

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Book Presentation:
Music in film is often dismissed as having little cultural significance. While Hammer Film Productions is famous for such classic films as Dracula and The Curse of Frankenstein, few observers have noted the innovative music that Hammer distinctively incorporated into its horror films. This book tells how Hammer 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. According to these categories, chapters elaborate upon the visionary composers who made the horror film soundtrack a melting pot of opposing musical cultures.

About the Author:
David Huckvale has worked as a researcher, writer and presenter for BBC Radio and as a lecturer for various universities in England. He lives in rural Bedfordshire.

Press Reviews:
"a highly entertaining,meticulous examination" —Rue Morgue
"fascinating, informative, and illuminating reads"—Soundtrax

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