Music in the Horror Film

Neil Lerner is Associate Professor of Music at Davidson College, with his Ph.D. in Musicology from Duke University. He has several published articles and numerous conference presentations to his credit, including co-authorship on our book with Joseph Straus, Sounding Off: Theorizing Disability in Music. Moreover, he is an active teacher of Film Music and carries a full load, teaching the curricula for general liberal arts students as well as required courses for music majors.

Series 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