Sounds of Fear and Wonder

Music in Cult TV

• Author(s): Janet K. Halfyard,
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Pages: 232
• ISBN_10: 0857729403
  ISBN_13: 9780857729408
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Music / General , Social Science / Popular Culture , Performing Arts / Television / General , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Media Studies ,

Description:... Characters and plot developments, similarly, are enhanced by their musical accompaniment. The different scoring strategies employed in supernatural and horror-based genres, comprising for example True Blood and Supernatural, are considered alongside cult shows set in our reality, such as Dexter, The Sopranos and 24. These discussions are complimented by in-depth case studies of musical approaches in two high-profile series: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Hannibal. Written from a musicological standpoint but fully accessible to non-musicologists, the book significantly advances television and music studies.