...there is a striking
discrepancy between contemporary motion pictures and their
musical accompaniment. Most often this accompaniment drifts across the
screen
like a haze, obscuring the visual sharpness of the picture and
counteracting
the realism for which in principle the film necessarily strives.
— Adorno & Eisler: “Composing for the Films” (1947)
The composer (organizer of
sound) will not only be faced with the entire field of sound
but also with the entire field of time. The “frame” or fraction of a
second, following
established film technique, will probably be the basic unit in the
measurement of
time. No rhythm will be beyond the composer’s reach.
— John Cage: “The Future of Music: Credo” (1937)
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