[microsound] precedents: scifi sound/lighting

[Graham Miller]

check out my thesis here:

http://www.intrepidtravellermusic.com/index.php?/project/test-section/

tons of stuff on EXACTLY the kinds of stuff you're interested in...

abstract:

Of all the musical genres of the present, from popular to academic,  
from mainstream to underground, it is Techno music, and all its  
subgenic offspring, that most conspicuously identifies itself with  
the ‘Futuristic.’ This thesis attempts to unveil this music’s  
construction as ‘Futuristic’ through a comparitive analysis of Techno  
composition and cinematic science fiction sound design. The process  
of forging sounds for a fictitious Future – the role of the science  
fiction film sound designer – is an apt analogical tool for  
deciphering meaning in this virtual machine music of the Third Wave,  
known as Techno. Many of the techniques and tools used in both  
science fiction sound design and the creation of contemporary Techno  
music are remarkably similar. Science fiction sound design seeks to  
make sounds for machines that do not exist – imaginary machines that  
soar unencumbered by reality across the silver screen. Modern digital  
Techno music such as ‘glitch’ and ‘microsound’ draws its sounds from  
machines that do not exist, at least not in the spatial sense –  
software simulacra that illuminate a computer screen. It is a link  
that few have made, and it may help explain why many present-day  
Techno subgenres sound the way they do, what they mean, and why, to  
certain ears, those sounds carry the signification of ‘Futuristic.’

On 6-Apr-09, at 8:46 PM, Michael North wrote:

> There's the Sine Fiction netlabel, a sub of No Type...they have
> soundtracks to sci-fi novels....they're at:
> http://www.notype.com/drones/catalogue.e/sinefiction/
>
>
> On 6-Apr-09, at 7:16 AM, damian at frey.co.nz wrote:
>
>> hey all,
>> sorry for crossposting.
>>
>> i'm working on a project, inspired by several angles:
>>
>> 1- scifi film soundtracks (spinning things, whirrs, rumbles, the
>> sound of
>> energy buildups: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAMthmLicw0 from
>> 4:25-5:05
>> then 6:05-6:50)
>> 2- scifi film sets (industrial-style spaces with running/landing
>> lights,
>> think Alien Resurrection or Event Horizon ship interiors)
>> 3- the lighting/soundtrack in the game HalfLife.
>>
>> i know this is a long shot/weird question but, based on this, do any
>> existing artworks/ projects spring to mind? i'm interested in works
>> related in any way, conceptually or physically. basically i want to
>> know
>> what other people have done, so i'm not repeating ground already
>> covered.
>>
>> any suggestions appreciated!
>> cheers
>> d
>>
>> -- 
>> http://www.frey.co.nz
>>
>>
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