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A Collection Of Essays That Examine The Effects Of Music And Its Ability To Provoke Or Intensify Fear In This Particular Genre Of Film.... With Contributions From Scholars Across The Disciplines Of Music And Film Studies, These Essays Delve Into Blockbusters Like The Exorcist, The Shining, And The Sixth Sense, Together With Lesser Known But Still Important Films Like Carnival Of Souls And The Last House On The Left. --back Cover. Carnival Of Souls And The Organs Of Horror / Julie Brown -- Mischief Afoot: Supernatural Horror-comedies And The Diabolus In Musica / Janet K. Halfyard -- The Monster And The Music Box: Children And The Soundtrack Of Horror / Stan Link -- The Strange Case Of Rouben Mamoulian's Sound Stew: The Uncanny Soundtrack In Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde (1931) / Neil Lerner -- Voices That Lie Within: The Heard And Unheard In Psycho / Ross J. Fenimore -- Pop Goes The Horror Score: Left Alone In The Last House On The Left / Joe Tompkins -- Ramblin' Men And Piano Men: Crises Of Music And Masculinity In The Exorcist / Claire Sisco King -- Rehearing The Shining: Musical Undercurrents In The Overlook Hotel / David J. Code -- Hearing Deep Seated Fears: John Carpenter's The Fog (1980) / K.j. Donnelly -- Music And The Adult Ideal In A Nightmare On Elm Street / James Buhler -- The Beauty Of Horror: Kilar, Coppola, And Dracula / James Deaville -- Quieting The Ghosts In The Sixth Sense And The Others / Lloyd Whitesell. Edited By Neil Lerner. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.