New research reveals that the music and soundscapes used in toy commercials are reinforcing rigid gender norms, shaping the way children perceive masculinity and femininity. The study uncovers how ...

Michael Plitkins is cofounder and CTO of Spatial. Founded in 2017, Spatial's virtual soundscapes are redefining the human experience. Sound has the power to move us. Whether it be a single listener or ...

Julie Andrews knows how important it is to start at the very beginning. So that's the very good place she starts in new children's book "The First Notes: The Story of Do, Re, Mi" (Little, Brown, 48 pp ...

Overview: AI-generated music often sounds too perfect, with a steady pitch, a rigid rhythm, and a lack of human flaws.Repetitive loops, odd textures, and unnatu ...

Without sound design, film would be a bland medium. A character would walk into a room, and you wouldn’t hear footsteps. Crickets wouldn’t chirp on a summer night. The patter of rain in a forest would ...

"The Sound of Music" super deluxe edition will be released in December. Nearly 60 years after "The Sound of Music" was released, fans will now get to listen to all of the music from the film's ...

On a hill overlooking the early evening landscape of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, Dave Rat is listening closely. Rat is the festival’s longtime sound engineer and system ...

The iconic shower scene in Psycho was originally supposed to play out without music. Instead composer Bernard Herrmann created “The Murder”: as the killing transpires, violins shriek and scream along ...

Instagram announced Monday that it’s finally adding the ability for users to listen to previews of songs that they’ve shared from Spotify to Stories. While Instagram has long allowed users to share ...