I already added a link to this article in the Feb 7 post "'World' travelling," but I'm reproducing it here to make sure everyone sees it. It's an Ithaca Journal article on the cataloging of natural sounds for use in soundscapes, including "The New World." Amazing stuff, particularly the details about the red wolf and the ivory billed woodpecker, which was long thought extinct, but rediscovered in time for a cameo.
By the way, that Feb. 7 assortment of Malick links has been substantially expanded and updated, so take another glance if you're so inclined.
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Sound matters
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This was an informative article though i wish it was longer. The sound design of "The New World" deserves an appraisal as thorough as what's been given to the editing and photography. But that's true of the sound design in "Munich," "Brokeback Mountain," "War of the Worlds," "2046," "Kung Fu Hustle" and some other acclaimed films from last year. Sound never or rarely gets mentioned in serious considerations of how movies work on you. That's to be expected I guess. Some of the most innovative creative work in movies is done in sound, but the irony is, if you do it well, nobody notices.
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