Attinello (music studies, U. of Newcastle, UK) et al. compile 13 essays on the use and meaning of music, sound, and silence in the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Music, cultural studies,
media, English, and cinema studies scholars from the US, UK, and Australia analyze how the composed music and sound design create psychological and emotional effect and types of cultural and
musical codes; the use of popular music to identify, position, and explore characters and narratives; uses by fans; and the musical episode, its structure, relationship to Hollywood film music,
and other TV musicals. They discuss the scoring and source music, the title theme, the music production process, the uses of punk rock and leitmotif, music and gender, and the symbolic and
dramatic use of silence. Annotation 穢2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
