Designing SoundTime
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Guest Contribution by Randy Thom I’m on a plane from San Francisco to New York, May 3, and I see that the Designing Sound theme for May is…
The Sound of Music, or the Music of Sound?
Monday, March 4, 2013
By: Karen Collins *note: some excerpts from this section are taken from my book, Playing with Sound (MIT Press, 2013). Music and sound design are often treated as…
Analog Worldization
Monday, December 31, 2012
Guest contribution by Cormac Donnelly I am, at heart, a techno-nostalgiast and I’ve worked with tape machines of one kind or other for most of my career. When I…
Ideas in Sound Design: Deprivation and Barriers – Part 2
Friday, March 9, 2012
Cross-posting from my personal blog. This article is the follow up to Part 1 of Ideas in Sound Design: Deprivation and Barriers. I’ve gathered a selection of media…
Ideas in Sound Design: Deprivation and Barriers – Part 1
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Cross-posting from personal blog. I’ve had two ideas take obsessive root in my brain recently. They’re not new concepts, nor are they new to me. My first introduction…
Silence
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
“The ultimate metaphoric sound is silence. If you can get the film to a place with no sound where there should be sound, the audience will crowd that…
Walter Murch at Chicago Humanities Fest 2011
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Walter Murch will be talking about sound at Chicago Humanities Fest 2011. The event is scheduled for Nov 13. Price is $10 in general admission and $5 for students….
The Sound of “Apocalypse Now”
Monday, April 18, 2011
While there have been numerous videos and interviews on the sound of “Apocalypse Now“, Andrew Quinn’s posted two awesome videos on his blog, featuring discussions between Walter Murch, Francis Coppola…
Walter Murch: “The Perfect Sound Film has Zero Tracks”
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Wise words of Walter Murch: I think it’s generally misleading to say, “Well, that sequence had eighty tracks, it must be great.” Ideally, for me, the perfect sound film has…
Speaking the Language of Horror Film Sound, New Book
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Time to get yourself a new book, huh? Look at this: “A fascinating behind the scenes look at the previously unexplored territory of horror film sound.. Through in-depth…
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