Hearing Horror: Davidson Students Study Horror Films and Their Soundtracks

WDAV partnered with Davidson students who are participating in Professor Neil Lerner’s seminar studying music and sound in horror films to produce a blog series on the subject. Interdisciplinary in its approach, the course brings senior music majors into conversation with seniors minoring in film & media studies.

Neil Lerner talks about the seminar, and how he came to study and teach a course about horror film music:

Read the student posts on our blog:

Neil Lerner on Hearing Horror: Why a Davidson Seminar is Studying Horror Films and Their Soundtracks

Adam Ferraz on A Brief History of Horror Cinema

Blake Skelton on Operatic Tragedy in Fatal Attraction

Caleb Freundlich on Alban Berg’s Wozzeck and the Roots of Horror Film Music

Siân Lewis on Music of Horror Long Before Horror Films Existed: Schubert’s Erlkönig

Andrew Wright on The Tritone Interval and Its Use in Horror Films

Max Lilburn on ‘Sing, My Little Pigeon!’: Mr. Hyde and the Musical Uncanny

Emery Nash on African American Caricatures in Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

Will Messner on Abject and Exotic Sounds in Nosferatu

Emily Banks on The Use of Character Leitmotifs in Bride of Frankenstein

Morgan Potter on The Art of Anticipation in The Shining’s Bicycle Scene

Owen Wood on Infrasound: The Terrifying Tonality