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Language(s): English

Keyword(s):

Aural Analysis ,  Spectromorphology ,  Discourse within Electroacoustic Music ,  Sound Design

Abstract:

In this article, the authors, through analysis of scenes from the film Black Hawk Down, examine the ways in which sound and timbral development plays a crucial role towards defining, substantiating and sustaining moral thematics concerning the maturation of feminised boys into masculine heroes through war — soldiers who “do the right thing” when faced with moral dilemmas no matter what their orders.