Wild Sound
$43.64
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
18 February 2026
Summary
Bringing concepts from early film theory into dialogue with the vibrant field of contemporary sound studies, Wild Sound turns an analytic eye and ear to the role of the soundscape in cinema, particularly the way that film soundtracks capture, create, represent, and even critique our sonic environment.
Listening beyond music and dialogue, this book draws attention to the oft-ignored background soundscape—film’s “wild sound”—which plays a quiet but substantial …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781501350900 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1501350900 |
| Author: | Michael Pigott |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 18 February 2026 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 214mm x 138mm x 14mm |
| Series: | The Study of Sound |
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About The Author
Michael Pigott
Michael Pigott is Associate Professor of Video Art and Digital Media at the University of Warwick, UK. He is the author of Joseph Cornell Versus Cinema (Bloomsbury, 2013).
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