Using media to share research is not new here.

Trevor Harvey’s podcast, Ethnomusicology Today, has been doing just that since 2015. Since then, more students and faculty are exploring different formats to study and share work on a range of musical topics.

Here are some recent highlights…

Jon Eldridge II (MA in Jazz Studies) has released expansive video essays on scoring, songs, and sound design in the games Death Stranding and Doom Eternal. In addition to scripting and editing the films, Jon also provided original music and cover art. The project was developed in one of Sarah Suhadolnik’s fall 2020 courses.

• Watch Jon’s video on Doom Eternal here. 
• Watch Jon’s video essay on Death Stranding here.

Dr. Trevor Harvey has recently released a new episode of Ethnomusicology Today that features a discussion with Dr. Emaeyak Sylvanus (University of Nigeria) about songs in Nollywood film. A pioneering researcher on Nollywood film music, Emaeyak explores localized musical concepts that dominate Nigerian film narratives. Grounded in his understanding of a narrative technique he terms “prefiguring,” Emaeyak discusses the 2014 film “Ekaette Goes to School” as a case study for exploring how indigenous meanings are negotiated within the global cinema landscape from which the contemporary Nigerian film industry has emerged.

Dr. Nathan Platte and Anastasia Scholze (BA Music) have released the trailer and first episode of Sounding Cinema, a new podcast that explores how music, dialogue, and sound effects shape our relationship with film. Their first episode surveys the career of sound editor/director Robert Wise and dives deeply into the extraordinary sounds of West Side Story.