After Sound considers contemporary art practices that reconceive music beyond the limitation of sound. This book is called After Sound because music and sound a

After Sound considers contemporary art practices that reconceive music beyond the limitation of sound. This book is called After Sound because music and sound a

The seemingly effortless integration of sound, movement, and editing in films of the late 1930s stands in vivid contrast to the awkwardness of the first talkies

"A lucid and passionate case for a more mindful way of listening to and engaging with musical, natural, and manmade sounds." —New York Times In this tour of t

Many believe Max Steiner's score for King Kong (1933) was the first important attempt at integrating background music into sound film, but a closer look at the