This dissertation examines the use of music and sound in the films of Alfred Hitchcock to achieve... more This dissertation examines the use of music and sound in the films of Alfred Hitchcock to achieve a dramatic emotional effect, and how its effectiveness has influenced the use of sound and music in post-Hitchcock cinema. It examines the specific compositional devices used by composers such as Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rosza, and approaches to sound design present in these works. By looking at these features: it discerns the true significance of these aural features and the importance of these methods to enhance the cinematic experience constructed under Hitchcock. This work also explores how the effectiveness of these techniques, and the success of these films, has influenced cinema and soundtracks from other directors, composers, and sound designers to the modern day. In order to obtain a greater understanding of the influence that these aural techniques have on the audience of such films; a number of psychological and biomusicological concepts are explored: such as entrainment (Sonnenschien, 2001, p.97-99), listening modes (Chion, 1994, p.25-34), and the ideas of meaning and communication (Tagg, 2012, p.155-192). The research displays how the sound designers and engineers, and musical directors: such as Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rozsa, involved in some of Hitchcock’s most renowned productions helped to achieve an effective emotional response from the audience, and also shape the use of sound and music in cinema of similar genres through the 20th and 21st centuries.
This dissertation examines the use of music and sound in the films of Alfred Hitchcock to achieve... more This dissertation examines the use of music and sound in the films of Alfred Hitchcock to achieve a dramatic emotional effect, and how its effectiveness has influenced the use of sound and music in post-Hitchcock cinema. It examines the specific compositional devices used by composers such as Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rosza, and approaches to sound design present in these works. By looking at these features: it discerns the true significance of these aural features and the importance of these methods to enhance the cinematic experience constructed under Hitchcock. This work also explores how the effectiveness of these techniques, and the success of these films, has influenced cinema and soundtracks from other directors, composers, and sound designers to the modern day. In order to obtain a greater understanding of the influence that these aural techniques have on the audience of such films; a number of psychological and biomusicological concepts are explored: such as entrainment (Sonnenschien, 2001, p.97-99), listening modes (Chion, 1994, p.25-34), and the ideas of meaning and communication (Tagg, 2012, p.155-192). The research displays how the sound designers and engineers, and musical directors: such as Bernard Herrmann and Miklos Rozsa, involved in some of Hitchcock’s most renowned productions helped to achieve an effective emotional response from the audience, and also shape the use of sound and music in cinema of similar genres through the 20th and 21st centuries.
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