Horror, a genre long hated by critics and adored by the public, has always strived to challenge the status quo. Between pushing what can be shown on screen and the sanity of mothers everywhere, the ...

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

Halloween is right around the corner, and plenty of people are planning parties. Even if the music isn’t the focus of the evening, it can go a long way in setting the vibe. Some may want to go with a ...

The Yale Film Archive organized a Halloween-night 35-millimeter screening of “Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror” — a classic 1922 horror movie directed by F.W. Murnau — with live musical accompaniment ...

A moving collection of vocal works, including world premiere recordings of music by the eminent Hungarian composer Gyorgy ...

But, counterintuitive though it might seem, I don’t think sound is always a helpful way to understand genre. I’m a composer and conductor in the field that’s broadly known as Western classical music, ...