Class session 1

Close listening, the beginnings of cinematic sound, the legacy of the 19^th century, diegetic/non-diegetic music, empathetic/anempathetic music.

Reading: New Yorker, Hearing the Movies, Eisenstein, optional: Adorno/Eisler (pdf) Download New Yorker, Hearing the Movies, Eisenstein, optional: Adorno/Eisler (pdf)

Close Listening

You Were Never Really Here (2017)

The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)

pay particular attention to the sound / music at 1:45 - 2:00 & 2:30-2:40

Style Topics

Reading: New Yorker, Hearing the Movies, Eisenstein, Download New Yorker, Hearing the Movies, Eisenstein, optional: Download optional: Adorno/Eisler (pdf)

Handel, Overture (1749)

Williams, Overture (1977)

Schubert, Winterreise: Der Lindenbaum (1827)

Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Dune (2021) | Herald of Change, The One Links to an external site.

(cp. Lawrence of Arabia/Once Upon a Time in the West)

Leitmotiv

Force Theme - Star Wars Original Trilogy - Leitmotiv through the Saga

Original Imperial March Star Wars Episode V Empire Strikes Back (1980)

Imperial March | Darth Vader's Death — Star Wars VI Return of the Jedi (1983)

Video Lecture: (AN)EMPATHETIC / (NON)DIEGETIC / ON- or OFFSCREEN?

Apocalypse Now (1979): Ride of the Valkyries

Rivendell Scene 1 - The Fellowship of the Ring

Pippin's Song Edge of Night (LOTR)

Terminology: Diegetic Sound Links to an external site. | Non-Diegetic Sound Links to an external site.