Soundtracks of Climate Change
Alexis Bennett (Anthology Editor) , Annette Davison (Anthology Editor) , John Richardson (Anthology Editor)
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Soundtracks of Climate Change
Alexis Bennett (Anthology Editor) , Annette Davison (Anthology Editor) , John Richardson (Anthology Editor)
- Open Access
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Description
This open access volume examines the functions, reach and effectiveness of music and sound in climate-themed films, TV, commercials, and video games.
The humanities, and sub-disciplines within them, have clear roles and responsibilities in the climate crisis, and none more so than the audiovisual arts and media. It is through these receptors that most people learn truths and post-truths, receive news and 'fake news', are informed of scientific data, hear opinions from across the spectrum, and find inspiration for action.
Through close analysis of music and sound in a range of works, Soundtracks of Climate Change covers a variety of media, ethnicities, genders, languages, genres, mainstream and experimental approaches, fiction and documentary, scientific and aesthetic discourses.
The authors discuss music and sound in film, TV, and games from a global perspective, covering East Asia, Africa, the Nordic region, and Atlantic anglophone cultures. As we confront the climate crisis, this collection of articles by leading thinkers across film, music, and sound studies asks how audiovisual works convey the gravity and complexity of the problem.
The ebook editions of this book are available open access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 licence on bloomsburycollections.com Open access was funded by Knowledge Unlatched.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
List of Contributors
Introduction
Alexis Bennett & John Richardson
Part 1: Industry
Screen Greenwashing: Audiovisual Imaginaries of Norwegian Oil
Tore Størvold & Julia Leyda, (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)
Monophonies of Extraction: Listening with Lithium in Contemporary Art
Lutz Koepnick (Vanderbilt University, Nashville)
Transitioning Energies: from AAA to Indie Games
Martin Schauss (University of Glasgow)
Part 2: Catastrophe
Sonic Allegories of Ecological Disaster in Chrono Trigger: An Ecogame Perspective
Lasse Lehtonen (University of Helsinki)
Don't Look Up: Or, How I Learned to Start Worrying and Love the Film
Ellen Moore (University of Washington Tacoma)
Playing with Fire (and Other Natural Disasters): The Sounds of Climate Change in Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm
Karen M. Cook (University of Hartford)
Part 3: Activism
The Sound of the Tipping Point: Once You Know (Une fois que tu sais)
Alexis Bennett (Goldsmiths, University of London)
Poetics of Activism in Climate Crisis Documentaries: Listening to Indigenous Voices
Matthias Grotkopp, Yvonne Pfeilschifter & Janine Leona Schleicher
(Freie Universität Berlin)
Field Recording, Location Sound, and Climate Change
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay (Critical Media Lab, Basel)
Playing and Listening as Environmental Action in Alba: A Wildlife Adventure
Kate Galloway (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York)
References
Index
Product details
| Published | Dec 10 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 9798765119662 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Series | New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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