The School of Sound is a space to learn about the creative use of sound in the arts and media. Through online events, short courses, research, reflection and our collection of writings, interviews and recorded talks, we offer you the opportunity to re-think how sound operates in the arts and media. Sound design, human sound perception, non-naturalistic sound, sound as metaphor – the topics range from the practical to the aesthetic to the metaphysical, creating a new awareness of sound for all those working in screen, gallery and audio production.
You wish to see, listen;
hearing is a step toward vision.
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Recordings of all our online talks and presentations are available in the website Shop.
Our archive of journal articles, audio recordings and video interviews. A mix of practice and theory. Read More »
A forum for those who teach sound, either practice or theory, to share how you inform, instruct and enlighten your students. Read More »
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Gustavo Costantini
Stanley Kubrick's Soundtracks
After rejecting Alex North’s original score for 2001, A Space Odyssey, Kubrick decided to use pre-existing music, and the way it worked was a game-changer. From 19th Century Viennese waltzes to up-to-date avant-garde approaches by Ligeti, soundtracks were never the same again.
Randy Thom
Screenwriting For Sound
Basically, this is about moving sound from the caboose of the train to the engine.
Martine Huvenne in conversation with Johan Grimonprez
Film as composition & music as an historical agent of change - Part 1
In ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’, the music emerges as the lead character of the film, cast as an historical agent of change. The film's soundtrack and Grimonprez's earlier works will be discussed in this 2-lecture series.
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Video recordings of all our events from January 2023 – June 2024 along with a list of titles by our speakers and other practitioners … Read More »
Between 1999 and 2017, Piers Plowright’s lectures, opening the School of Sound conferences, grew to become a tradition. Read More »
