Audio Culture
Sound Design and Science Fiction
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
An audio clip from Alien leads into a brief summary of Sound Design and Science Fiction. Are you listening?
Digital Culture: Vive Ramones
Thursday, December 7, 2006
Digital Culture participant Paxton Swafford mixed, remixed and composed his own ambient CD, featuring remixes of “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones and original material like his song “Lullaby.”
Audio Culture: “Bootlegging”
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Undergraduate student Holly Bright (class of 2006) presents a brief overview of “Bootlegging,” tracing the history of this audio practice in relation to various music scenes from opera to punk.
Audio Culture: An American Werewolf in London
January 10, 2006
This audio essay on An American Werewolf in London examines the sound design of the film and the evolution of the horror genre. Click to NPR site.
Audio Culture: Walter Murch Interview
January 10, 2006
This audio essay on film editor and sound designer Walter Murch examines the sound design for Apocalypse Now. Click to NPR site.
Audio Culture is an audio research initiative and course that fosters the critical analysis of audio aesthetics, applications and technology in our culture and media today.
