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Cinesonic 1:
The World of Sound in Film

Speaker biographies as at time of programme - 1998

RICK ALTMAN USA Author of THE AMERICAN FILM MUSICAL + Editor of GENRE: THE MUSICAL, CINEMA/SOUND and SOUND THEORY / SOUND PRACTICE + Professor of French & Communication Studies, University of Iowa

PHILIP BROPHY Australia Director/composer/rperformer + writer of article series in THE WIRE (London) and REAL TIME (Sydney) + lecturer in Media Arts @ RMIT University, Melbourne

ROYAL S. BROWN USA Author of OVERTONES & UNDERTONES - READING FILM MUSIC + Full Professor in the Department of European Languages and Literatures, Queens College

CARTER BURWELL USA Film composer - scores include: FARGO, ROB ROY, KALIFORNIA, THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, BLOOD SIMPLE, RAISING ARIZONA, BARTON FINK, MILLER'S CROSSING, THE CHAMBER, JACKAL, CONSPIRACY THEORY, THE BIG LEBOWSKI

CARYL FLINN Canada Author of STRAINS OF UTOPIA - NOSTALGIA, GENDER & HOLLYWOOD FILM MUSIC + associate professor, Graduate Centre for the Study of Drama, University of Toronto

YASUNORI HONDA Japan Sound designer - titles include: MERMAID FOREST, VIOLENT JACK, UROTSUKI DOJI, VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU, NINJA SCROLL, DANGAIO, GIANT ROBO, TENCHI MUYO, PYSCHO DIVER

SARAH KOZLOFF USA Author of INVISIBLE STORYTELLERS - VOICE-OVER NARRATION IN AMERICAN FICTION FILM + Associate Prof., Dept. of Drama and Film, Vassar College

ADRIAN MARTIN Australia Author of PHANTASMS - ESSAYS ON POPULAR CULTURE and SERGIO LEONE'S ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA + numerous articles/essay/chapters on popular culture

DAVE SANJEK USA Co-author of THE AMERICAN POPULAR MUSIC BUSINESS IN THE 20TH CENTURY + Director of the BMI Archives, New York

HOWARD SHORE USA Film composer - scores include: CRASH, THE ED WOOD STORY, SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, VIDEODROME, THE NAKED LUNCH, DEAD RINGERS, THE FLY, THE CLIENT, AFTER HOURS, PHILADELPHIA, SEVEN, LOOKING FOR RICHARD

WILL STRAW Canada Author of numerous articles/essay/chapters on pop music culture + Associate Professor, Graduate Program in Communications, McGill University

ELISABETH WEIS USA Author of THE SILENT SCREAM - ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S SOUND TRACK + Co-editor of FILM SOUND: THEORY & PRACTICE + Professor of Film, Brooklyn College (Head of Film Studies), CUNY Graduate School (Dept. of Theatre)

ALAN WILLIAMS USA Author of numerous articles/essay/chapters on film sound + Professor, Department of French & Program in Cinema Studies, Rutgers University

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