Subject Librarian
Lucinda M. Hall
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Course description
Through the analysis of soundtracks and the creation of soundtracks, this course will explore the history of film sound and the way theories of sound reproduction continue to influence the development of sound technology and the practical choices made by sound recorders, mixers and editors. We will look at early sound films, 70s breakthroughs (Altman, Murch), and the imaginary soundscapes of science fiction and horror films.
[Source: ORC/Catalog, 04/09/2025] Dist:ART; WCult:W
In the Library's collections
You can use the subject headings below to help find books about sound art. Books and other resources will be spread throughout the Library's collections in Baker-Baker Library.
- documentary filmsCall number range PN 1995.9 .D6 through PN 1995.9 .D62 on Baker Level 4.
Introductory reading(s)
The beautiful music all around us: field recordings and the American experience by Call Number: Baker-Berry ML 3550 .W34 2012ISBN: 9780252036880The Beautiful Music All Around Us presents the extraordinarily rich backstories of thirteen performances captured on Library of Congress field recordings between 1934 and 1942 in locations reaching from Southern Appalachia to the Mississippi Delta and the Great Plains.
In the field: the art of field recording by Call Number: Baker-Berry NX 650 .S68 L36 2014ISBN: 9780956855961This is a collection of interviews with contemporary sound artists who use field recording in their work. These conversations explore the fundamental issues that underlie the development of field recording as the core of their practice. ...
Practical art of motion picture sound by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780240812403Publication Date: 4th ed.Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound relies on the professional experience of the author and other top sound craftspeople to provide a comprehensive explanation of film sound, including mixing, dubbing, workflow, budgeting, and digital audio techniques. Practically grounded with real-world stories from the trenches throughout, the book also provides relevant technical data, as well as an appreciation of all the processes involved in creating optimal motion picture sound. ...
Sound design is the new score: theory, aesthetics, and erotics of the integrated soundtrack by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780190855314The practice of blurring the line between score and sound design has transformed contemporary film soundscape by challenging not only the long-established hierarchical relationships between dialogue, music, and sound effects, but also the modes of perception shaped by classical soundtrack practices. The methods of this new trend rely on the language of contemporary popular and art music, producing soundtracks in which it is difficult to tell the difference between score and ambient sound, where pieces of electro-acoustic music are merged with diegetic sound, sound effects are absorbedinto the score or treated as music, and diegetic sound is treated as musique concrete. In Sound Design is the New Score, Kulezic-Wilson explores theoretical, aesthetic, and sensuous dimensions of this new trend, providing a multifaceted portrait of a practice which recognizes the interconnectedness of all soundtrack elements and emphasizes their inherent musicality. ...
Soundscape ecology: principles, patterns, methods and applications by Call Number: Baker-Berry QH 541.15 .L35 F38 2014ISBN: 9789400773738Soundscape Ecology represents a new branch of ecology and it is the result of the integration of different disciplines like Landscape ecology, Bioacoustics, Acoustic ecology, Biosemiotics, etc. The soundscape that is the object of this discipline is defined as the acoustic context resulting from natural and human originated sounds and it is considered a relevant environmental proxy for animal and human life.
Selected book title(s)
Background noise: perspectives on sound art by Call Number: Baker-Berry NX 650 .S68 L33 2015ISBN: 9781628923520Publication Date: 2nd ed.Background Noise follows the development of sound as an artistic medium and illustrates how sound is put to use within modes of composition, installation, and performance.
The great animal orchestra: finding the origins of music in the world's wild places by Call Number: Baker-Berry QH 510.5 .K725 2012ISBN: 9781781250006Bernie Krause is the world's leading expert in natural sound. He has spent the last 40 years recording ecological soundscapes and has archived the sounds of over 15,000 species - half of the wild soundscapes he has on tape don't exist anymore because of human actions. Krause divides natural sound into three categories.
Making music with sounds by Call Number: Baker-Berry MT 40 .L26 2012ISBN: 9780415898461Making Music with Sounds offers a creative introduction to the art of making sound-based music.
Voices of the wild: animal songs, human din, and the call to save natural soundscapes by Call Number: Baker-Berry Popular Science QC 809 .A25 K73 2015ISBN: 9780300206319Since 1968, Bernie Krause has traveled the world recording the sounds of remote landscapes, endangered habitats, and rare animal species.
Voicing the cinema: film music and the integrated soundtrack by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780252051869Theorists of the soundtrack have helped us understand how the voice and music in the cinema impact a spectator's experience. James Buhler and Hannah Lewis edit in-depth essays from many of film music's most influential scholars in order to explore fascinating issues around vococentrism, the voice in cinema, and music's role in the integrated soundtrack. ...
Other library resource(s)
Soundscape from Oxford Music Online by Call Number: Electronic resourceA term generally referring to the entire mosaic of sounds heard in a specific area. A soundscape comprises the wide array of noises in which we live, from sounds of nature, to the clang of church bells, the pulse of a salsa band at a local dance club, or the hum of traffic on a city street. ...
Film sound from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Call Number: Electronic resourceISBN: 9780199791286Prior to the groundbreaking work by Rick Altman, John Belton, Michel Chion, Mary Ann Doane, Claudia Gorbman, Kaja Silverman, Elisabeth Weis, and Alan Williams beginning in the early 1980s, the richest moment of film sound criticism occurred during the Hollywood-led conversion to mechanized sync sound (1926–1933). ...- Film sound design from Oxford Bibliographies Online by Call Number: Electronic resourceISBN: 9780199791286... Sound design is also a topic of increasing interest within film music scholarship, particularly its history. The history of sound design is inextricably bound up with the history of technology, notably the emergence of Dolby in the 1970s. ...
Finding scholarly articles & journal title(s)
You can use Film & Television Literature Index or the search box at the top of the page to find articles.
Film & television literature indexCall Number: Electronic resourceThis index covers over 300 journal and magazine titles for film and television reviews, scholarly and critical analysis of cinema and television, and articles of popular interest about film and television. About half the journals and magazines are film periodicals and the other half cover film and television with some regularity. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.
Art full text by Call Number: Electronic resourceOffers full text plus abstracts of articles published from 1984-present. Coverage includes all aspects of the Visual Arts & Art History. Indexing includes images and advertisments.
International index to music periodicals full text by Call Number: Electronic resourceThis database covers the full spectrum of subjects and all aspects of music, including music education, performance, ethnomusicology, musical theatre, theory, popular music forms and composition.
Web of science citation databases by Call Number: Electronic resourceThe online version of 3 separate ISI indexes: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index and, Social Sciences Citation Index.
Internet resource(s)
Citing and Tracking Your Bibliographic References
Use this guide to help you learn how to correctly cite and keep track of the references you find for your research.
Keeping up with Film Studies journal literature
Want an easy way to keep up with the journal literature for all facets of Film Studies? And you use a mobile device? You can install the BrowZine app and create a custom Bookshelf of your favorite journal titles. Then you will get the Table of Contents (ToCs) of your favorite journals automatically delivered to you when they become available. Once you have the ToC's, you can download and read the articles you want from the journals for which we have subscriptions.
You can get the app from the App Store or Google Play.
Don't own or use a mobile device? You can still use BrowZine! It's also available in a web version. You can get to it here. The web version works the same way as the app version. Find the journals you like, create a custom Bookshelf, get ToCs and read the articles you want.