Crafting a sensorial cinema: music, voice, and sound effects beyond borders

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7625.rm.2025.236166

Keywords:

Integrated soundtrack, Haptic music, Sensory immersion, Cinematic technology, sound design

Abstract

This article analyzes the dissolution of boundaries between music and sound design in cinema, including speech, over 100 years. The methodology used is a narrative review. Divided into three sections, the text demonstrates how technological limitations and the division of labor in Hollywood separated the production of cinematic sound into three independent departments. Directors such as Rouben Mamoulian, Alfred Hitchcock, Sergio Leone, Lucrecia Martel, Darren Aronofsky, and others contributed to dissolving these boundaries in films like Love me tonight (1932), Un condamné à mort s'est échappé (1956), The birds (1963), Once upon a time in the west (1968), La cienága (2001), and mother! (2017), among others. Technologies such as Dolby Atmos have intensified the immersive character, consolidating the concept of an integrated soundtrack (Kulezic-Wilson, 2019), and promoting organic sonorities that mobilize the spectator's body in a holistic way. Thus, sound in cinema seems to be evolving towards a sensory art, unifying music, voice, and effects in tactile and immersive experiences.

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Author Biography

  • Rodrigo Carreiro, Federal University of Pernambuco

    Rodrigo Carreiro is a professor in the Graduate Program in Communication at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE). He holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s degree in Communication from UFPE and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Fluminense Federal University (RJ). Since 2020, he has been a Level 2 Research Productivity Fellow with CNPq. His research focuses on sound and music studies for film, sound design, audiovisual technologies, stylistics, and film genres—especially horror and mystery.

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Published

2025-09-23

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Section

Dossiê Temático - Reverberações do som em outras artes: narrativas permeáveis

How to Cite

Carreiro, R. (2025). Crafting a sensorial cinema: music, voice, and sound effects beyond borders. Revista Música, 25(1), 377-401. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7625.rm.2025.236166