The Soundtrack (Journal)

ISSN 17514193 , ONLINE ISSN 17514207

The Soundtrack is a multi-disciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in the area of music and sound in relation to film and other moving image media, including television, games and installations. A complex cultural, technological, industrial and artistic phenomenon, sound-with-moving image is a rich area for analysis, investigation and speculation. We encourage writing that is accessible to audiences from a diversity of intellectual backgrounds and disciplines as well as providing a forum for practitioners to discuss and describe their work. The Soundtrack's aim is to nurture this new and expanding area of academic investigation in dialogue with soundtrack producers of all kinds.

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Category: Communication and Media, Film Studies, Music


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Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

Aims & Scope

The Soundtrack is a multi-disciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in the area of music and sound in relation to film and other moving image media, including television, games and installations. A complex cultural, technological, industrial and artistic phenomenon, sound-with-moving image is a rich area for analysis, investigation and speculation. We encourage writing that is accessible to audiences from a diversity of intellectual backgrounds and disciplines as well as providing a forum for practitioners to discuss and describe their work. The Soundtrack's aim is to nurture this new and expanding area of academic investigation in dialogue with soundtrack producers of all kinds.

We welcome research articles from graduate students, emerging scholars, junior and senior faculty, as well as interviews with practitioners, personal accounts and retrospectives on sound media.

Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to: classical and contemporary film/TV/gaming soundtrack style, radio, recorded music, audio translation, sound and the built environment, musicology, storage media as cultural document, histories and theories of global sonic cultures, music/sound and politics, labour in the sound and recording arts, technology, audience studies, digital humanities, acoustic ecology, decolonizing sound media, sound ethnography, sonic mapping and cartography, artist profiles, teaching and pedagogy, as well as reviews of new or noteworthy books in the field.

Submissions

To submit an article, please follow the 'Submit' button on the left of this page.

All articles submitted should be original work and must not be under consideration by other publications.

Journal contributors will receive a free PDF copy of their final work upon publication. Print copies of the journal may also be purchased by contributors at half price.

Download the Notes for Contributors below for information on format and style of submissions. If you need this document in a more accessible format, please contact info@intellectbooks.com. Find more information on Intellect's Accessibility page.

Peer Review Policy

All articles undergo initial editorial screening either by the journal's Editorial Team and/or incumbent Guest Editors. Articles then undergo a rigorous anonymous peer review by two referees, following the guidance in Intellect's 'Peer review instructions'. Based on this feedback, the Editors will communicate a decision and revision suggestions to authors. To appeal an editorial decision, please contact the main Editor who will consider your case.

Ethical Guidelines

The journal follows the principles set out by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). Read our Ethical Guidelines for more on the journal's standards.


Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

Call for Papers Download



Special Issue: 'Screenwriting, Sound and Music'

Guest Editors: Pascal Rudolph and Claus Tieber

 

Sound and music can be found in screenplays throughout cinema history. The editors of this special issue invite papers that illustrate how knowledge as well as creative inspiration can be gained by using screenplays as research objects in film music and sound studies.

 

This Special Issue will deal with the many connections between screenwriting and sound/music on theoretical, methodological and historical levels. We are seeking articles that might cover the following themes (but are not restricted to them):

 

  • typologies of music/sounds in screenplays;
  • innovative ways of writing the soundtrack in screenplays beyond the Hollywood model;
  • terminology, definitions and historical screenwriting for sound films;
  • the screenwriter as musical advisor;
  • screenwriting film musicals and musical numbers;
  • screenwriting music videos;
  • sound and narration in screenplays;
  • screenwriting biopics of musicians;
  • historical case studies of screenwriting sound and music;
  • sound, music and screenplay format;
  • historical and recent collaborations between screenwriters and sound designers, composers, etc.;
  • screenwriting and sound design;
  • screenwriting music and sound for video games.

Submission

To be considered for this Special Issue, please submit your abstract (max. 300 words) and a brief bio to pascal.rudolph@hfm-nuernberg.de and claus.tieber@univie.ac.at by April 15, 2023.

If your abstract is accepted, we expect to receive the full article (min. 5000, max. 7.000 words) by July 31, 2023. The issue will be published in autumn/winter 2023.

 

The Soundtrack is a multi-disciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in the area of music and sound in relation to film and other moving image media, including television, games and installations. See the journal site for further information: https://www.intellectbooks.com/the-soundtrack

 

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General Call for Papers

Who we are

The Soundtrack is a multi-disciplinary, double-blind peer-reviewed journal that brings together research in the area of music and sound in relation to film and other moving image media, including television, games and installations. A complex cultural, technological, industrial and artistic phenomenon, sound-with-moving image is a rich area for analysis, investigation and speculation. We encourage writing that is accessible to audiences from a diversity of intellectual backgrounds and disciplines as well as providing a forum for practitioners to discuss and describe their work. The Soundtrack's aim is to nurture this new and expanding area of academic investigation in dialogue with soundtrack producers of all kinds.

Call for papers

We welcome research articles from graduate students, emerging scholars, junior and senior faculty, as well as interviews with practitioners, personal accounts, and retrospectives on sound media.

Areas of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

  • classical and contemporary film/TV/gaming soundtrack style;
  • sound and genre (horror/sci-fi/comedy/musicals);
  • sound and music for the streaming screen(s);
  • music videos;
  • sound, music and streaming platforms (Spotify, Apple Music, etc.);
  • sound art, installations and gallery curation;
  • radio and the history of recorded music;
  • audio translation (subtitles, dubbing, etc.);
  • sound and the built environment;
  • musicology;
  • storage media as cultural document;
  • histories and theories of global sonic cultures;
  • music/sound and activist politics;
  • labour in the sound and recording arts;
  • exhibition technologies (Dolby, THX, IMAX);
  • audience studies and audio fan cultures;
  • acoustic ecologies;
  • sound and the archive;
  • decolonizing sound media;
  • sound ethnography;
  • sonic mapping and cartography;
  • artist profiles;
  • teaching and pedagogy in sound studies;
  • reviews of new or noteworthy books in the field.

Deadlines

We are currently accepting articles for our next issue. Please submit your article to Dr Wright (benjamin.wright@uwindsor.ca). Abstracts between 300 and 500 words can also be sent for articles that are works in progress.

 

Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

Editorial Board

Timothy J. Anderson
Old Dominion University, USA

Pwyll Ap Sion
Bangor University, UK

Martin Barnier
Université Louis Lumière Lyon II, France

Greg Booth
University of Auckland, New Zealand

Paul Cote
University of Maryland, USA

K. J. Donnelly
Alvernia University

Wendy Everett
University of Bath, UK

Liz Greene
Liverpool John Moores University, UK

Guido Heldt
University of Bristol, UK

Nessa Johnston
University of Liverpool, UK

Kathryn Kalinak
Rhode Island College, USA

Brian Lock
Royal Holloway University of London, UK

Justin J. Morris
University of Toronto, Canada

Charles O'Brien
Carleton University, Canada

Pamela Robertson Wojcik
University of Notre Dame, USA

Holly Rogers
Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Isabella Van Elferen
Kingston University, UK

Neil Verma
Northwestern University, USA

Carol Vernallis
Stanford University, USA

Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

 
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Principal Editor

Benjamin Wright
University of Windsor, Canada
bwright@uwindsor.ca

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