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5 paź 2023 · The best books on sound—from classical music to infrasonic communication in the natural world—as recommended by the writer Caspar Henderson
27 cze 2019 · Generating believable sound within the context of science fiction, supernatural or horror genres is the art of manipulating audience expectation, while avoiding the traps of cliché and predictability.
Looking for a recommendation of a book where sound plays an important role or is described in interesting ways. A recent film where I felt sound was a main character was A Quiet Place. What books out there surprised you for their use of audio as a mayor device in advancing and unfolding the story?
This book looks at the science behind avant-garde music and its associations with science fiction, as well as exploring science fiction’s own speculations on the future of musical science. It gives an insight into the way music is composed avoiding traditional music theory or jargon.
In the final years of the 1920s, the sounds of Léon Theremin’s new electronic instrument, the etherphone, prompted journalists and music critics to evoke the spacey and futuristic vocabulary of a sonic science fiction.¹ The device certainly looked futuristic.
1 paź 2008 · Their recent books offer complementary approaches to studies of sound and genre: Sound Design and Science Fiction uses one genre to vastly expand our knowledge about film sound, while Uncanny Bodies uses early sound history to expand our understanding of one genre.
27 sty 2009 · The book covers recent science fiction cinema in rich and compelling detail, providing a new sounding of familiar films, while offering insights into the constructed nature of cinematic sound design.
