Composer's perspective: Dustin O'Halloran
Dustin O'Halloran Composer and pianist Dustin O’Halloran is becoming increasingly well-known for his film scores. He tells us about his experiences working with the medium. By Dustin O'Halloran...
View ArticleIn the mix: The Great White Silence
Still from The Great White Silence Simon Fisher Turner explains how he created a new score for The Great White Silence, a recently restored silent film from 1924 about Captain Scott's Antarctic...
View ArticleMusic and film in the Middle East
Santuri (Dariush Mehrjui) A report from London's recent Festival of Music in Middle Eastern Cinema. By Leili S Mohammadi A new film festival focusing on music in Middle Eastern cinema – from music...
View ArticleFound Soundtracks: Decoder
Geeta Dayal dissects Decoder, a dystopian 1980s oddity about the power of 'anti-Muzak', inspired by William Burroughs and featuring a compelling Industrial soundtrack. By Geeta Dayal "Playing back...
View ArticleThe sound of Soviet Science Fiction
Solaris Robert Barry explores the soundtracks of Eduard Artemiev, best known for his work with Andrei Tarkovsky, whose films are among the many celebrated at BFI’s Kosmos season of Soviet SF films. By...
View ArticleFive questions for: People Like Us
People Like Us performing Genre Collage in Vancouver Audio-visual collage artist Vicki Bennett, aka People Like Us, talks about her new piece 'Horror Collage', commissioned by Sound and Music for...
View ArticleSounds of the Undergound: The Miners' Hymn
Sophie Mayer watches and listens to Bill Morrison and Jóhann Jóhannsson’s The Miner’s Hymns, and uncovers some other meetings of music and mines on film By Sophie Mayer Bill Morrison’s latest film,...
View ArticleJonny Trunk's Soundtrack Shuffle
An exclusive soundtrack mix by Jonny Trunk for Sound on Film Jonny Trunk set up Trunk Records in the 1990s to share his passion for the strangest corners of music's back catalogue, collecting and...
View ArticleEsmerine: organic sound and vision
Esmerine live, by Susan Moss Beckie Foon of Esmerine and A Silver Mt Zion talks us through her bands’ collaborations with film and video By Frances Morgan The music of Canadian band Esmerine, with its...
View ArticleIs there a Sound of Fear?
Panellist Robert Barry reports back from Sound and Music's Sound of Fear event at Vision Sound Music last month and ponders some of the questions raised by the event's discussions and performances. By...
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