CINESONIC  THE WORLD OF SOUND IN FILM  266pg book containing the complete proceedings from the inaugrual   1998 CINESONIC   International Conference on   Film Scores & Sound Design  Published by AFTRS Sydney   & edited by Philip Brophy Order "Cinesonic: The World of Sound in Film" from AFTRS

 

Part 1: Issues in Film Scores & Sound Design

Howard Shore in conversation 
COMPOSING WITH A VERY WIDE PALETTE  
Referenced films: CRASH; NAKED LUNCH; VIDEODROME; ED WOOD; SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. 

Carter Burwell in conversation 
MUSIC FOR THE FILMS OF JOEL & ETHAN COEN 
Referenced films: FARGO; THE BIG LEBOWSKI; BLOOD SIMPLE; BARTON FINK; RAISING ARIZONA; MILLER'S CROSSING. 

Yasunori Honda in conversation 
FROM ANALOGUE TO DIGITAL 
Referenced films: MACROSS - DO YOU REMEMBER LOVE?; NINJA SCROLL; TENCHI MUYO IN LOVE. 
 
 

Part 2: Sensations of Voice & Speech

Philip Brophy I SCREAM IN SILENCE:  
Cinema, Sex & the Sound Of Women Dying 
Referenced films: BAD GIRLS GO TO HELL; CARNIVAL OF SOULS; THE EXORCIST; I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE; GEORGIA; NINJA SCROLL; VAMPIRE PRINCESS MIYU; BLUE STEEL; THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE; TWIN PEAKS. 

Elisabeth Weis EAVESDROPPING:  AN AURAL ANALOGUE OF VOYEURISM? Referenced films: Careful, He Might Hear You; Stella Dallas; Addicted to Love; M*A*S*H; Klute; Another Woman; Godfather III; Red; Calendar. (link to article)

Sarah Kozloff GENRE TALK 
Referenced films: RED RIVER; THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN; MY MAN GODFRY; THE AWFUL TRUTH; THE GODFATHER. 

Adrian Martin THREADS OF VOICE:  
Three Studies  
Referenced films: CARLITO'S WAY; ANTOINE ET COLETTE (Truffaut's episode of LOVE AT TWENTY); CRUISING; WHEN A STRANGER CALLS BACK; THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS. 
 
 
 

Part 3: Excursions in Music and Modernism

David Sanjek REELING IN THE YEARS:  
American Vernacular Music & Documentary Film 
Referenced films: SAY AMEN SOMEBOY; MISSISSIPPI BLUES; THE SEARCH FOR ROBERT JOHNSON; DEEP BLUES; HIGH LONESOME. 

Caryl Flinn THE LEGACY OF MODERNISM:  
Film Music, Fassbinder, Kluge, and Political (After) Shock 
Referenced films: PACIFIC 231; MOTHER KUSTER'S TRIP TO HEAVEN; LILI MARLENE; THE MARRIAGE OF MARIA BRAUN; POWER OF EMOTION; KUHLE WAMPE; YESTERDAY GIRL; OUR HITLER; BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ; CHINESE ROULETTE. 

Royal S. Brown SOUND MUSIC IN THE FILMS OF ALAIN ROBBE-GRILLET 
Referenced films: PROGRESSIVE SLIDINGS OF PLEASURE; THE MAN WHO LIES; LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD; EDAN & AFTER. 
 
 
 

Part 4: Histories of Song & Sound

Will Straw ORNAMENT, ENTRANCE & THE THEME SONG Referenced films - NOTE CREDIT SEQUENCES ONLY: TWELVE ANGRY MEN; BACHELOR IN PARADISE; KISS ME DEADLY; TEACHER'S PET. 

Alan Williams THE RAW AND THE CODED:  
Sound Conventions and the Transition of the Talkies 
Referenced films: THE JAZZ SINGER; QUESTIONS INDISCRETES; THE SINGING FOOL; WHITE SHADOWS IN THE SOUTH SEAS; DISRAELI. 

Rick Altman NICKELODEON & POPULAR SONG 
 

excerpt from 
http://media-arts.rmit.edu.au/Phil_Brophy/CNSNC99/C99bookcoverframe.html 

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