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Literature
Books, articles and websites to check out
Lerner, N. (2010). Music in the horror film. New York: Routledge
Kompanek, S. (2004). From score to screen : sequencers, score, and second thoughts : the new film scoring process. New York [etc.]: Schirmer Trade Books
Filmsound.org. (2019). Sound Effects in Science Fiction and Horror Films. [online] Available at: http://filmsound.org/articles/horrorsound/horrorsound.htm [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
YouTube. (2019). The Sixth Sense Soundtrack - James Newton Howard - Malcolm Is Dead (Vinyl Rip). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64GlnH8E-SA [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
Npr.org. (2019). NPR Choice page. [online] Available at: https://www.npr.org/2000/10/30/1113215/bernard-herrmanns-score-to-psycho [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
YouTube. (2019). James Newton Howard scoring The Sixth Sense. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CH_4OID07o [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
YouTube. (2019). Bernard Herrmann - Psycho (theme). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMTrVgpDwPk [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
YouTube. (2019). Halloween Theme Song - John Carpenter. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu2igkV574I [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
Wmich.edu. (2019). [online] Available at: https://wmich.edu/mus-gened/mus170/RockElements.pdf [Accessed 29 Oct. 2019]
Andersen, A. (2019). How to create horror sound effects that are truly scary (and gory!) | A Sound Effect. [online] A Sound Effect. Available at: https://www.asoundeffect.com/how-to-create-horror-sound-effects/ [Accessed 8 Dec. 2019].
Baird, R. (2019). [online] Publish.illinois.edu. Available at: http://publish.illinois.edu/arch576acb/files/2014/04/baird_startle_effect.pdf [Accessed 8 Dec. 2019].
Benshoff, H. (2017). A companion to the horror film. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
Blumstein, D., Daviatan, R. and Kaye, P. (2019). Do film soundtracks contain nonlinear analogues to influence emotion? | Biology Letters. [online] Royalsocietypublishing.org. Available at: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2010.0333 [Accessed 9 Dec. 2019].
Chion, M. and Gorbman, C. (n.d.). Audio-vision. New York: Columbia University Press.
Google Books. (2019). A Companion to the Horror Film. [online] Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=oelnDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=PA176&dq=gross+out+effect+in+horror+movie+sounds&source=bl&ots=JP8RO9Jrgn&sig=ACfU3U0gf6IFOxG3yZ8zRammnvAFMWFaiQ&hl=hu&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwinr7_4s4rmAhWSi1wKHRPfCUc4FBDoATAEegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=gross%20out%20effect%20in%20horror%20movie%20sounds&f=false [Accessed 9 Dec. 2019].
Google Books. (2019). Music in the Horror Film. [online] Available at: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7VyOAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=tritone+and+its+use+in+horror+scores&source=bl&ots=jpERs3NXhQ&sig=ACfU3U2H-8wPphVLSTMNqSUXhjDSQN1wzA&hl=hu&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjulfOnspnmAhUoSRUIHW74Abo4ChDoATAAegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=tritone%20and%20its%20use%20in%20horror%20scores&f=false [Accessed 9 Dec. 2019].
Martin, G. (2019). (Why) Do You Like Scary Movies? A Review of the Empirical Research on Psychological Responses to Horror Films. [online] Available at: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02298/full [Accessed 8 Dec. 2019].
Nyrix, J. (2019). Waterphone Online - The Official Website of The Waterphone. [online] Waterphone.com. Available at: https://www.waterphone.com/about.php [Accessed 11 Dec. 2019].
Publish.illinois.edu. (2019). [online] Available at: http://publish.illinois.edu/arch576acb/files/2014/04/baird_startle_effect.pdf [Accessed 11 Dec. 2019].
120 Years of Electronic Music. (2019). The ‘Trautonium’ Dr Freidrich Trautwein. Germany, 1930. [online] Available at: http://120years.net/the-trautoniumdr-freidrich-trautweingermany1930/ [Accessed 8 Dec. 2019].
Wierzbicki, J. (2011). Film music. New York: Routledge Taylor & Francis Group.
Youtube.com. (2020). YouTube. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meU2gAU7Xss [Accessed 9 Jan. 2020].
Youtube.com. (2020). YouTube. [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXF7x1D77-Y [Accessed 9 Jan. 2020].
​MOVIE MUSIC UK. (2020). THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN – Franz Waxman. [online] Available at: https://moviemusicuk.us/2015/10/26/the-bride-of-frankenstein-franz-waxman/ [Accessed 9 Jan. 2020].
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