Halloween Special: Unearthing Dracula

From: WFIU
Length: 59:00

A must-have Halloween Special!!!! An entertaining hour-long exploration of the eerie yet elusive character of Dracula in films, literature, music and art. Read the full description.

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Vlad_tepes_small Dracula has captured our collective imagination for generations, from Vlad the Impaler to Bela Lugosi to Bram Stoker. But who is the real Dracula? In this hour-long special, we look at the films, literature, music and art that all attempt to construct the image of this eerie yet elusive character.

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Piece Description

Dracula has captured our collective imagination for generations, from Vlad the Impaler to Bela Lugosi to Bram Stoker. But who is the real Dracula? In this hour-long special, we look at the films, literature, music and art that all attempt to construct the image of this eerie yet elusive character.

Timing and Cues

Piece Audio Version

Total Program Length: 59:00
Accum Time Seg Time
00:00 Segment 1: Program Intro/Billboard (1:00)

01:00 Segment 2: Optional Cutaway for News (5:00)

06:00 Segment 3: Program Part 1 (17:25)
22:25 Floating break at 16:25 within segment (1:00 music bed)
Outcue : “… Stay with us.”

23:25 Segment 4: Program Part 2 (19:55)
42:20 Floating break at end of segment 18:25 (1:00 music bed)
Outcue : “… you're listening to Unearthing Dracula .”

43:20 Segment 5: Program Part 3/End credits (15:41)

59:00 End Program

Single file version Version

Total Program Length: 59:00
Accum Time Seg Time
00:00 Segment 1: Program Intro/Billboard (1:00)

01:00 Segment 2: Optional Cutaway for News (5:00)

06:00 Segment 3: Program Part 1 (17:25)
22:25 Floating break at 16:25 within segment (1:00 music bed)
Outcue : “… Stay with us.”

23:25 Segment 4: Program Part 2 (19:55)
42:20 Floating break at end of segment 18:25 (1:00 music bed)
Outcue : “… you're listening to Unearthing Dracula .”

43:20 Segment 5: Program Part 3/End credits (15:41)

59:00 End Program

Musical Works

Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
“Dragaicuta”	Cançonièr	The Black Dragon.	self published	2010	02:24
“Mina/Dracula”	Sony Music Entertainment	Bram Stoker's Dracula: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.	Columbia	1992	04:47
"Main Title & Storm Sequence" from the score to the 1979 film Dracula	Various Artists	The Music of John Williams.	X5 Music Group	2008	03:00
“Excellent, Mr. Renfield”	Philip Glass and Kronos Quartet	Philip Glass: Dracula.	Nonesuch	1999	02:48