Spontaneous composition for screen: Linear and non-linear improvisation for instruments and electronics

Yati Durant

doi:10.3366/sound.2016.0090

Spontaneous composition for screen: Linear and non-linear improvisation for instruments and electronics

Yati Durant

Edinburgh College of Art

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract / Description of output

This research examines non-traditional music performance and composition
practices utilising experimental electronic and acoustic performance strategies for
scoring films. It looks at innovation within screen sound by examining how
technological practices, both innovative and more established, are facilitating
and shaping the creative processes of screen composition and sound design. At the
forefront of this research is taking into account new forms of electronic and
musician interface to the improvisation process when composing in real time,
which includes controllers that manipulate sound in real time, musical gesture
and notation for live performance, and new compositional structure as pertains
to dramatic flow when working to picture.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	171-189
Journal	The New Soundtrack
Volume	6
Issue number	2
Early online date	1 Aug 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3366/sound.2016.0090
Publication status	Published - Sept 2016

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

improvisation
electronic music
composition
film music

Access to Document

10.3366/sound.2016.0090

DurantNS2016SpontaneousCompositionforScreen.pdf
This article was accepted for publication by Edinburgh University Press in the The New Soundtrack, published online August 2016.
Accepted author manuscript, 1.92 MB

1 Performance

Häxan: Musical score for improvisation to the film
Durant, Y., Dec 2015, (Unpublished)
Research output: Non-textual form › Performance

1 Participation in conference

Seeing Sound
Yati Durant (Advisor)
24 Mar 2018
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference

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Research output

Häxan: Musical score for improvisation to the film

Activities

Seeing Sound

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