¶ ***Primer Directive:*** The complete score of **Shane Carruth**’s film *Upstream Color* is streaming for free, 15 tracks in total. Extended stretches of the film are devoid of dialog, and the natural sound and music, along with the visuals, are left to do the storytelling. As **Jascha Hoffman** [tweeted](https://disquiet.com/2013/01/26/past-week-at-twitter-comdisquiet-174/#more-23012) shortly after seeing the film at its Sundance debut, “Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color : plot // William Basinski’s tape loops : song form.”
https://soundcloud.com/shane-carruth/sets/upstream-color-original-motion-picture-score
¶ ***Stoked About Stoker:*** “At the beginning of *Stoker*, **India Stoker** (**Mia Wasikowska**) tells us she can hear things more clearly than most people, a talent that is quickly apparent seeing as every noise and sound in India’s life is amplified.” That’s from the opening of **Allison Loring**’s appreciation of the sound design and score of the new **Park Chan-Wook** film, with music by **Clint Mansell** as well as a song from **Emily Wells** and a new piano piece by **Philip Glass** — at [filmschoolrejects.com](http://www.filmschoolrejects.com/features/stoker-sound-design.php).
¶ ***URL Earmarks:*** This is pretty intriguing. The recent redesign of the website of *The New Republic* ([newrepublic.com](http://newrepublic.com/)) includes a button that will read out loud the text on the page. Like buttons for Twitter and Facebook, for email and “save to PDF,” this is almost certainly going to be a UI/UX norm. So far, however, per this screenshot, it seems largely to be “coming soon”:
¶ ***In Brief:*** “Lost within the act of listening, I give attention to that which is often ignored: the high-pitched silence of a winter day; the whir of a movie projector displaying a silent film; the cavernous echo inside a museum. ” That’s from the latest post at the blog [Phonomnesis](http://phonomnesis.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/forms-of-accretion/), by **John Kannenberg**, sound artist and founder of the Stasisfield netlabel. ¶ **Ethan Hein** has posted a six-slide presentation about the extent to which rhythm is a cultural construct. That he is a new father is clearly an impetus for his exploration: [slideshare.net](http://www.slideshare.net/ethanhein/infant-rhythm-perception). ¶ “Too loud? Sorry. I went downstairs to get some cereal. Didn’t want to miss anything. The city has excellent scanner apps but, um, there’s nothing like the tactility of the original devices, all those dials and buttons.” That’s **Sherlock Holmes**, as played by **Jonny Lee Miller**, in episode six (“Flight Risk”) of the first season of *Elementary*. The scene is on [youtube.com](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bpr5ahNtffA):
¶ Many thanks to **Peggy Nelson** of [hilobrow.com](http://hilobrow.com/2013/01/17/solely-sonic/) for having highlighted the Disquiet Junto’s end-of-2012 (http://hilobrow.com/2013/01/17/solely-sonic/). ¶ A tour of **Matmos**’ studio at [xlr8r.com](http://www.xlr8r.com/gear/2013/02/studio-matmos). ¶ List (at [indiewire.com](http://www.indiewire.com/article/8-tips-for-making-your-film-sound-great-from-the-industrys-top-sound-designers-and-execs)) of tips from top-rank sound designers has broad applications. Among the tips: “Decide if sound or music should do the heavy lifting in every scene” and “Too many sonic elements can be confusing.”