Terror Tracks - Music, Sound and Horror Cinema - Philip Hayward
Terror in the Outback: Wolf Creek and Australian Horror Cinema
Terror Tracks - Music, Sound and Horror Cinema - Philip Hayward
Philip Hayward [+]
Southern Cross Univeristy
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Philip Hayward has taught film and popular music studies in Australia and the United Kingdom and is Professor and Deputy Pro Vice Chancellor (Research) at Southern Cross University, Australia. His previous books include Off The Planet: Music, Sound and Science Fiction Cinema (2004) and he is a performer in an avant garde chainsaw quartet performing work written by composer Michael Hannan.
Harry Minassian [+]
Macquarie University
Harry Minassian is a multi-instrumentalist, composer and arranger with a degree in Creative Arts from Macquarie University, Sydney. His recent projects include
event management for Ara Gevorgians 2006 Sydney concert.
Description
Although Horror had a low profile in Australian cinema and, indeed, Australian popular culture in general during most of the twentieth century. The film Wolf Creek was an exception and one of its many significances is that it has broken through to the mainstream and managed to produce a local inflection of the genre with international appeal. This chapter examines the authorial intentions behind the films design, direction and soundtrack composition and the manner in which the final film text combines, develops and/or deviates from these.