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

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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.
University of Illinois Press
Title: The Soundtrack of The Killing, its Orientalist Features, and the Implicit Other
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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.

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