Mystery of the Wax Museum: An Original Film Score for Orchestra and an Analysis Outlining the Evolution of Film Music Through American Horror Films of the Early 1930s

<p>This thesis illustrates the transitional period between silent films and fully-scored sound films. Connecting the history between producers, directors, and composers reveals how and why film scoring became an accepted practice by the mid-1930s while shedding light on the commonly-overlooked composers whose innovations in these early films paved the way for future film composers. The principle objective of this project is to score selected sequences of <em>Mystery of the Wax Museum </em>(1933) by synthesizing contemporary film scoring practices with techniques commonly used in horror films of the 1930s. An accompanying analysis of the score will explain the purpose of each cue and how it functions to appropriately enhance the already-completed film. </p> <p>Keywords: </p> <p>Film, Music, Horror, Universal Monsters, Cinema, Film Score</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Music

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

School of Music

Year dc:date.available

2017

Author dc:creator

• Deterling, Ian

Contributors dc:contributor

• Stephen Lias
• Nathan Fleshner
• Jamie Weaver

• Film
• Music
• horror
• universal monsters
• cinema
• film score
• Composition

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/etds/104

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.sfasu.edu:etds-1112