Hammer film scores and the musical avant-garde

By David Huckvale

Subjects: Horror films, Motion picture music, history and criticism, Motion picture music, Hammer Film Productions, History and criticism, Horror films, history and criticism, Avant-garde (music), Avant-garde (Music)

Description: "This book tells how Hammer Films 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"-- Provided by publisher.