Scoring for the Specter: Dualities in the Music of the Ghost Scene in Four Film Adaptations of Hamlet

This document's purpose is to analyze dualities found in different films of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Each version brings different ideas to it. By analyzing each version and focusing on the Ghost Scene, comparisons of the scene's symbolism are made between the musical scores. The beginning chapters provide a history of film, film music, the play, and events up to the ghost scene. After these chapters come analyses of the scene itself. Each version uses different parts of the play for its own purposes, but there are many commonalities between them. The score for each version of the Ghost Scene will be analyzed independently of each other. This work will contribute to musicology, film research, Shakespeare studies, and English scholarship.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Dunn, John T.

Contributors dc:contributor

• McKnight, Mark, 1951-
• Notley, Margaret Anne
• Jackson, Timothy L.

• Motion picture music -- Analysis, appreciation.
• Shakespeare, William 1564-1616 -- Film and video adaptations.
• Shakespeare, William 1564-1616. Hamlet.
• films
• music
• Hamlet
• symbolism
• English literature

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Dunn, John T.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 50852595
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