A Dimension of Sound: The Music of The Twilight Zone focuses on the use of music within the series and offers multiple readings of the ways in which music is used in the series and offers an understanding of the ways in which music-both original and stock-can be used in an anthology television show, this book focuses not only on the ways in which newly composed scores and stock music were utilized in the series, but also how the music enhances and interacts with what we see and hear onscreen.

The 1990s television show Animaniacs, with its sharp wit, double entendres, and zany humor reminiscent of the Golden Age Warner Brothers cartoons, was a hit with adults and children alike. The music used I Animaniacs played a vital role in its popularity and still does, as is evident from the number of hits on YouTube for songs like "Yakko's World" and "Wakko's America." In The Music of Animaniacs: Postmodern Nostalgia in a Cartoon World, the first ever book-length study on the subject, Lisa Scoggin examines how the music functions in Animaniacs, from its basis in the sounds of Carl Stalling...

From 1963-1965, The Outer Limits, an anthology television show co-created by Joseph Stefano and Leslie Stevens, was broadcast on ABC. Through the use of unconventional and newly invented instruments and household objects to produce unique sounds, the show not only looked different from most television of the time, but it sounded different as well. We Will Control All That You Will Hear: The Outer Limits and the Aural Imagination, discusses the use of music within the series, offering multiple readings of the ways that music is used. This book focuses not only on the ways that newly composed...