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Saturday, 17 March 2018 11:38

The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense (March 6, 2018)

As a blind person and a recording engineer and producer, I am always interested in matters of sound. Whether musical composition or making sound effects for film/video games, sound is my universe.

I think this article is something that any sound enthusiast will find of interest and also for those nerds that have composition focused brains, the musical aspects discussed are quite fascinating.

I have to say the film in question, Dunkirk I didn’t find particularly compelling, however, I assume that it has to do with much of the film's majesty being visual in nature. The soundtrack/score was great and the reason in the article below might surprise you.

At any rate, there are some great techniques discussed that I want to try myself.

Read the article here: https://www.vox.com/videos/2017/7/26/16033868/dunkirk-soundtrack-shepard-tone

The sound illusion that makes Dunkirk so intense

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