Music as a Source of Narrative Information in HBO’s Westworld

Marshall, Kingsley

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-14515-6_6

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Disembodied Spaces and Cyborg Utopias in Westworld

Bruni

2023

American Science Fiction Television and Space

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Disembodied Spaces and Cyborg Utopias in Westworld

Bruni

2023

American Science Fiction Television and Space

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Establishing counterpoints in the sonic framing of AI narratives

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Beer

2023

AI Ethics

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In order to challenge dominant representations and conceptions of artificial intelligence (AI), this article explores how AI is sonically represented in documentaries. Using a corpus of documentaries alongside expert interviews with sound designers, we explore the ways in which music and sound may influence perception about AI. The notion of ‘counterpoint’ in music theory is developed as a concept to capture and explain how the integrated dynamics of human/machines are represented within these sonic framings. The concept of the counterpoint allows us to reflect on how the relations between AI and the human and how they are sonically framed in ways that separate and blend without recourse to reductive or binary futures, which potentially misrepresent AI capabilities and performance. The article identifies and develops four types of counterpoint in what we refer to as AI sonic narratives. This article provides a framework from which AI could be sonically framed responsibly, which is critical when misinformation and hype impede the public understanding of science.

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Damiselas sin apuros. La composición de las mujeres complejas en Westworld: El laberinto (2016) de HBO

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2022

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En la serie de HBO Westworld: El laberinto (2016), dos personajes femeninos, las “anfitrionas” (androides) Dolores y Maeve, no solo son personajes convincentes con los que los espectadores se comprometen, sino que también subvierten los tropos de género omnipresentes en el género del western. Este artículo examinará el papel de la banda sonora en la construcción y evolución de los complejos personajes femeninos de Westworld, prestando la debida atención a las composiciones originales de Ramin Djawadi y a cómo interactúan con sus arreglos para piano de canciones de rock contemporáneas. Además, este artículo aclara cómo la música construye el género como un proceso repetido e interpretado, basándose en las teorías de Judith Butler sobre la performatividad del género. Más allá de añadir interés musical a la serie, este artículo argumenta que la partitura manifiesta sonoramente las complejas negociaciones de género y poder que subyacen en la primera temporada de Westworld.

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Music as a Source of Narrative Information in HBO’s Westworld

Cited by 4 publications

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Disembodied Spaces and Cyborg Utopias in Westworld

Disembodied Spaces and Cyborg Utopias in Westworld

Establishing counterpoints in the sonic framing of AI narratives

Damiselas sin apuros. La composición de las mujeres complejas en Westworld: El laberinto (2016) de HBO

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