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The Soundtrack of The Killing, its Orientalist Features, and the Implicit Other

Authors: Huttunen Kaapo

Publication year: 2022

Journal: Music and the Moving Image

Volume: 15

Issue: 3

First page : 45

Last page: 59

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5406/19407610.15.3.03

Web address : https://doi.org/10.5406/19407610.15.3.03

Abstract

This study focuses on the soundtrack of the Danish television series The Killing, and especially on its stylistic features that point to the Middle East. Moreover, it takes a critical look at the strategies used in the music and sound design of the series that relate to immigration and Islamic culture in particular.