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For Want of a Better Estimate, Let’s Call It the Year 2000: The Twilight Zone and the Aural Conception of a Dystopian Future
- Author(s):
- Reba Wissner (see profile)
- Date:
- 2015
- Group(s):
- American Musicological Society, Music and Sound, Speculative and Science Fiction
- Subject(s):
- Music, Science fiction films, Television, Television--Study and teaching
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- Television studies
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M62C0J
- Abstract:
- This paper examines the aural conceptions of futuristic dystopias in episodes of The Twilight Zone, focusing on one specific episode, season five’s “Number Twelve Looks Just Like You.” I examine how the music director of CBS conceived of the future, aurally representing these episodes as having an affinity with the premise of Brave New World by reusing its radio score by Bernard Herrmann. As a result, I will explore the use of the radio score in the episode and the ways in which dystopian futures were aurally represented in the series.
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- Published as:
- Journal article Show details
- Pub. DOI:
- 10.5406/musimoviimag.8.3.0052
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- Pub. Date:
- 2015-10-14
- Journal:
- Music and the Moving Image
- Volume:
- 8
- Issue:
- 3
- Page Range:
- 52 - 70
- ISSN:
- 2167-8464
- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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For Want of a Better Estimate, Let’s Call It the Year 2000: The Twilight Zone and the Aural Conception of a Dystopian Future