Modulations: Cinema for the Ear
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| Directed by | Iara Lee |
| Produced by | George Gund III |
| Cinematography | Marcus Burnett Paul Yates |
| Edited by | Paula Heredia |
| Music by | Karlheinz Stockhausen |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Modulations: Cinema for the Ear is a 1998 American documentary film on the history of electronic music. It is accompanied by a soundtrack album and the 2000 book Modulations: A History of Electronic Music by Peter Shapiro. The project was directed by Iara Lee, the maker of the documentary film Synthetic Pleasures.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
Reception
[edit | edit source]On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 33% of six critics' reviews are positive.[8]
In a negative review, Ron Wells of Film Threat wrote, "It's ironic that a film about music you stay up all night listening to, just put me to sleep."[9]
Stephen Holden of The New York Times was more positive, writing, "[D]espite its shortcomings, Modulations is an invaluable primer that begins to make sense of a rapidly changing sonic world that in many people's minds is only a grating, intimidating jumble of unwelcome noise."[10]
Soundtrack
[edit | edit source]| Modulations: Cinema for the Ear | |
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| Released | October 6, 1998 |
| Genre | Electronic music |
| Length | 75 min |
| Label | Caipirinha Productions |
| Compiler | Caipirinha Productions |
- "I Feel Love" – Donna Summer
- "Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
- "No UFO's" (remix) – Model 500
- "Simon from Sydney" – LFO
- "Strings of Life" – Rhythm Is Rhythm
- "Yeah" – Jesse Saunders
- "Amazon 2-King of the Beats" – Aphrodite
- "Stormbringer" – Panacea
- "The Shadow" – Rob & Goldie
- "Luxus 1-3" – Ryoji Ikeda
- "Atomic 2000" – Coldcut
- "Kritische Masse 1" – To Rococo Rot
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ SPIN - nov. 1998 "soundtrack to the motion picture cinema for the ear ..available on caipirinha music in stores October 98
- ^ Jonathan Sterne The Sound Studies Reader 2012 -113576235X - Page 486 Modulations: Cinema for the Ear. USA: Caipirinha Productions. DVD, 74 min.
- ^ Pink Noises: Women on Electronic Music and Sound Tara Rodgers - 2010 -=0822394154 "Electronic music historiography continues to follow this pattern. Modulations: Cinema for the Ear, a feature-length documentary about the evolution of electronic music in the twentieth century, was released in 1998 and screened internationally."
- ^ The Motion Picture Guide: 1999 Annual (The Films of 1998) Edmond Grant - 1999 0933997434 - Page 712 MODULATIONS: CINEMA FOR THE EAR
- ^ The Wire 1998 - Volumes Page 13 MODULATION Cinema For The Ear • Modulations is the new, trailblazing ...
- ^ Cinemaya 1997 Page 162 Modulations - Cinema for the Ear (Iara Lee, director of the acclaimed Synthetic Pleasures), ..."
- ^ Sounding art: eight literary excursions through electronic Katharine Norman - 2004 . 0754604268 Page 32 "The phrase 'Cinema for the Ear' regularly crops up as a title for electronic music concerts and appears to cover several ... As the tagline for Modulations, a documentary on techno and its roots, it provided - along with nods to Pierre Henry and ..."
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External links
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