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Film Music as an Art in Its Own Right
For most of the last century, the quickest way to be taken a little less seriously as a composer was to be good at film music. I have…
Scoring Animation
Animation gives a composer something live-action rarely does: room. When a film has little dialogue and few real-world sounds, the music is not decoration laid over the story…
Forest Healing – A Blueprint for Immersive Design
Immersing ourselves in a forest triggers a cascade of positive physiological events. By breathing the forest air, soaking up leaf-filtered sunlight, and listening to the omnidirectional soundscape, we…
The Calculated Incompetence of King Joyce: A Strategy with Ancient Roots
In Stephen R. Donaldson’s epic fantasy series, Mordant’s Need, the seemingly ineffectual King Joyce of Orison employs a masterful strategy of appearing as a “doddering old fool” to expose…
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