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Cinesonic:
The World of Sound in Film
Proceedings from the 1st CINESONIC Conference
Edited by Philip Brophy
266 pgs bound softback
Published by the Australian Film TV & Radio School, Sydney
Introduction
Sound in the cinema is a beautiful mutant. It is visceral, abstract, poetic, material, eventful, spatial, psychological, temporal, narrational. It is greater than the ocular algae that swims within the pictorial frame; it is more expansive than literate imagination allows; and it engulfs us in its audio-visuality.
As the deep oceans of the planet remain unexplored, so does the world of sound in film exist as a deep, moist terrain, submerged by the weight of literary and visual discourse. And just as film theory and cinema studies shudder in crisis as to what to say about the acceleration of cinematic effects over the past twenty years, the soundtrack lies quivering -- awaiting our critical exploration of its neglected depths.
Nowhere near enough has been said about sound and music in the cinema. Scarce utterance has been made of the weight of music, the character of voice, the smell of atmospheres, the presence of effects. Nickelodeons, silent projection, live accompaniment, radio production, credit sequences, sound effects editing, post-dubbed voices, folk musics, documentary soundtracks, non-Western and non-European modes of narration -- all are embraced by this collection of essays and interviews.
Part 1:
Issues in Film Scores & Sound Design
Howard Shore in conversation
COMPOSING WITH A VERY WIDE PALETTE
Referenced films: CRASH; NAKED LUNCH; VIDEODROME; ED WOOD; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS.
Carter Burwell in conversation
MUSIC FOR THE FILMS OF JOEL & ETHAN COEN
Referenced films: FARGO; THE BIG LEBOWSKI; BLOOD SIMPLE; BARTON FINK; RAISING ARIZONA; MILLER'S CROSSING.
Yasunori Honda in conversation
FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL
Referenced films: MACROSS - DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE?; NINJA SCROLL; TENCHI MUYO IN LOVE.
Part 2:
Sensations of Voice & Speech
Philip Brophy
I SCREAM IN SILENCE: Cinema, Sex & the Sound Of Women Dying
Referenced films: BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL; CARNIVAL OF SOULS; THE EXORCIST; I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE; GEORGIA; NINJA SCROLL; VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU; BLUE STEEL; THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE; TWIN PEAKS.
Elisabeth Weis
NARRATIVE FUNCTIONS OF THE ECOUTEUR
Referenced films: Careful, He Might Hear You; Stella Dallas; Addicted to Love; M*A*S*H; Klute; Another Woman; Godfather III; Red; Calendar.
Sarah Kozloff
GENRE TALK
Referenced films: RED RIVER; THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN; MY MAN GODFRY; THE AWFUL TRUTH; THE GODFATHER.
Adrian Martin
THREADS OF VOICE: Three Studies
Referenced films: CARLITO'S WAY; ANTOINE ET COLETTE (Truffaut's episode of LOVE AT TWENTY); CRUISING; WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK; THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS.
Part 3:
Excursions in Music and Modernism
David Sanjek
REELING IN THE YEARS: American Vernacular Music & Documentary Film
Referenced films: SAY AMEN SOMEBOY; MISSISSIPPI BLUES; THE SEARCH FOR ROBERT JOHNSON; DEEP BLUES; HIGH LONESOME.
Caryl Flinn
THE LEGACY OF MODERNISM: Film Music, Fassbinder, Kluge, and Political (After)Shock
Referenced films: PACIFIC 231; MOTHER KUSTER'S TRIP TO HEAVEN; LILI MARLENE; THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN; POWER OF EMOTION; KUHLE WAMPE; YESTERDAY GIRL; OUR HITLER; BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; CHINESE ROULETTE.
Royal S. Brown
SOUND MUSIC IN THE FILMS OF ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET
Referenced films: PROGRESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE; THE MAN WHO LIES; LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD; EDEN & AFTER.
Part 4:
Histories of Song & Sound
Will Straw
ORNAMENT, ENTRANCE & THE THEME SONG
Referenced films - NOTE CREDIT SEQUENCES ONLY: TWELVE ANGRY MEN; BACHELOR IN PARADISE; KISS ME DEADLY; TEACHER'S PET.
Alan Williams
THE RAW AND THE CODED: Sound Conventions and the Transition of the Talkies
Referenced films: THE JAZZ SINGER; QUESTIONS INDISCRETES; THE SINGING FOOL; WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS; DISRAELI.
Rick Altman
NICKELODEON & POPULAR SONG
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