"As both sound designers emphasize, it wasn't simply a matter of producing the perfect sound in the studio and calling it a day. In many cases, maximum fidelity to the original static onomatopoeia was abandoned. That's because making these effects work in the context of a movie was as much about the mixing process and getting them to fit with all the other sonic chaos that's happening in a given scene."
Not sure if this was the 7:00pm show, or the 9:00pm, which I attended.
Using sound to depict the differences between finish times at the Olympics.
Original recording of Alvin Lucier's seminal sound art piece. I was on the phone for 45 minutes with the IRS this morning and sort of wish this had been the hold music. Would have set the mood a little better than the bit of Swan Lake or whatever.
"The recordings were not intended for listening; the idea of audio playback had not been conceived. Rather, Scott sought to create a paper record of human speech that could later be deciphered."
Impressionistic treatment of late 60's manhattan in sound by Antonioni, introduced by Walter Murch, and reprinted in full on bldgblog. Somewhat late to the party on this one, perhaps, but I need to mark it down so I'll remember to read it someday.
Abstract of a talk given by Boston's own Jace Clayton at the recent POSTOPOLIS happening/event/symposium at the Storefront for Art and Architecture. Sorriest to have missed this.
