How Composers Make Horror Movie Music Sound Terrifying

Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along with the ...

At Philadelphia's Wanamaker Building, old-school horror gets a new soundtrack before Halloween

This Halloween week, Opera Philadelphia is giving silent horror films a spine-tingling upgrade: live organ music in the heart ...
FOX 5 Atlanta

What makes scary music sound spooky? Professor explains

DALLAS - Johann Sebastian Bach's organ music masterpiece "Toccata and Fugue in D Minor" is one of, if not the most notorious spooky song. It has been utilized in several films to create that instant ...
KUNC

Forget trick-or-treating. This spooky evening of organ music is a Halloween tradition at CSU

CSU students are preparing for their Halloween Organ Extravaganza. It’s been a staple event in Northern Colorado for 20 years ...
Colorado Public Radio

The Best Spooky Classical Music For Halloween: 10 Creepy Compositions

Ghosts and witches go hand in hand with violins and orchestras. For centuries, composers have loved using the power of music to frighten and thrill audiences. Here is a list of CPR Classical’s ...

Lunch with Bach and scary movies with a 1920s organ: Concerts are finding new ways to surprise and delight

Classical groups are playing with format — shorter concerts, earlier curtain times, pop-up performances, and more.
KTVU FOX 2

Silent horror classics with organ accompaniment screen at SF's Grace Cathedral

A couple of classic silent horror films — "Phantom of the Opera" and "Nosferatu"--screen at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco ...
KSL

Have You Seen This? Classical music scary enough to make you scream

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