Elisabeth Lutyens

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Elisabeth Lutyens, daughter of the architect Edwin Lutyens, was one of the first British composers to use the twelve-tone technique. She had few opportunities in concert life, so she earned her living from film and radio. In the 1960s she wrote horror music for Hammer, such as Paranoiac (1963), and for their rival Amicus, such as Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1965) and The Skull (1965). Her modern language suited fear and unease well: atonal lines, harsh clusters, unusual tone colours and little recognisable melody. For a long time these scores were unreleased. Only recently have they appeared on CD.

Listening

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  Paranoiac: Main Title · Elisabeth Lutyens, 1963
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  Dr. Terror's House of Horrors: Main Title / Strangers on a Train · Elisabeth Lutyens, 1965
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  The Skull: Main Title · Elisabeth Lutyens, 1965

Discography

Studio albums

• 1970Luytens: Suddenly It's Evening / Bedford: Music For Albion Moonlight
• 1993Elisabeth Lutyens (1906-1983)
• 1995This Green Tide
• 2004Love From a Stranger: Four British Film Scores
• 2015British Works for Cello and Piano, Volume 4
• 2023Works for Piano & Orchestra
• 2024Piano Works, Volume 3

Other work

• 1963Paranoiac
• 1965Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
• 1965The Skull

In School of Rock

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• Film Music Map^NL Map
• The Dream Factory: Film Reel 3^NL Reader

Mentioned in other articles

• Hammer horror and British genre film GenreElisabeth Lutyens, one of the first British twelve-tone composers, worked on the studio's psychological thrillers, such as Paranoiac (1963).

See also

• Hammer horror and British genre film
• Modernism, atonality and avant-garde