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Soundbreaking : stories from the cutting edge of recorded music / Higher Ground in association with Sir George Martin present a Show of Force production ; producers, Joshua Bennett [and four others] ; series produced and directed by Jeff Dupre, Maro Chermayeff

[Silver Spring, Maryland] : Athena, [2016]

[United States] : Distributed exclusively by RLJ Entertainment, Inc

©2016

3 videodiscs (425 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in

digital optical

NTSC

video file DVD video region 1

Music has been a constant in human history, an intermingling of voice and instrument that for all its local variation and increasing sophistication nevertheless endured in more or less the same form for centuries. Then came recording--and music was forever transformed. Soundbreaking, an eight-part event television series, traces this ongoing sonic revolution, and explores the nexus of cutting-edge technology and human artistry that has created the soundtrack of our lives. Featuring more than 160 original interviews with some of the most celebrated recording artists, producers, and music industry pioneers of all time, Soundbreaking charts a century's worth of innovation and experimentation, and offers a behind-the-scenes look at the birth of brand new sounds. From the Beatles' groundbreaking use of multi-track technology to the synthesized stylings of Stevie Wonder, from disco-era drum machines to the modern art of sampling, the series highlights the dynamic tension between the artificial and the natural--between the man-made and the god-given--and explores the way in which that tension has continuously redefined not only what we listen to and how we listen to it, but our very sense of what music is and can be. In the end, Soundbreaking makes us hear the songs we love in a whole new way, and illuminates the sonic alchemy by which the music we listen to becomes a fundamental part of who we are

Rating: Not rated; Strong language, nudity, and drug references.

Music trade -- Technological innovations -- History

Sound recording industry -- Technological innovations -- History

Documentary television programs.

Nonfiction television programs.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Martin, George, 1926-2016, presenter

Bennett, Joshua (Producer), television producer

Dupre, Jeff, television producer, television director

Chermayeff, Maro, television producer, television director

Marchesi, Julia, television producer

Pollard, Sam, television producer

Mulroney, Dermot, narrator

Higher Ground (Firm), presenter

Show of Force (Firm), production company

Athena (Firm), publisher

RLJ Entertainment, film distributor

Originally broadcast on PBS

Booklet (20 unnumbered pages : color portraits) comprising brief statements by some of the musicians featured in the series, inserted in container

Special features: Disc 3. Elton John & Sir George Martin in conversation ; Ringo Starr on drums ; Rosanne Cash on Sun Records ; Linda Perry on writing "Get the party started" & finding Pink ; Les Paul on Charlie Christian ; Tom Scholz & his Hammond B3 organ

Narrator, Dermot Mulroney

DVD; 16:9 widescreen; 5.1 Dolby digital, 2.0 Dolby digital

English audio; With optional subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH)

The recording artist -- Painting with sound -- The human instrument -- Going electric -- Four on the floor -- The world is yours -- Sound & vision -- The way we listen.

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