‘You wish to see, listen. Hearing is a step towards vision.’
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

‘Images and sound, like strangers who make acquaintance on a journey and afterwards cannot separate.’
Robert Bresson

The School of Sound is a unique annual event exploring the use of sound in film, which has attracted practitioners, academics and artists from around the world. Soundscape: The School of Sound Lectures, 1998–2001 is the first compendium of the event's presentations that investigate the modern soundtrack and the ways sound combines with image in both art and entertainment.

The many contributors include directors David Lynch and Mike Figgis; Oscar-winning sound designer Walter Murch (Apocalypse Now); composer Carter Burwell (Coen Brothers); theorists Laura Mulvey and Michel Chion; critic Peter Wollen; filmmakers Mani Kaul and Peter Kubelka; music producer Manfred Eicher and poet Tom Paulin.

Larry Sider is Director of the School of Sound, Head of Production at the National Film and Television School (Britain) and lectures on film sound throughout Europe. He has been a film editor and sound designer for 25 years and has contributed to Filmwaves, Framework, Vertigo and several professional periodicals.

2003
224 pages
978-1-903364-59-8   £15.99 (pbk)
978-1-903364-68-0   £45.00 (hbk)


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Preface

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‘These essays comprise an insider's perspective on the creative process and contain anecdotes that illustrate the specific challenges and problems that one encounters in developing aesthetically and culturally rich audiovisual experiences.’
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