literally popping out of the soundscape
January 12th, 2006 by Fitz
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The mono tracks on Ride the High Country, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, and The Ballad of Cable Hogue are appropriate and legitimate, but the real treat is The Wild Bunch’s Dolby Digital 5.1 mix. Whoa. Between the musical score literally popping out of the soundscape and an excellent manipulation and placement of sound effects and atmospherics, this mix is neither overdone nor over-ambitious. It’s a fantastic mix. I wish the other films got the same treatment.
Okay, maybe this isn’t the best example of literally misuse, but I like Sam Peckinpah movies so I had to include it.
- Sam Peckinpah’s Legendary Westerns Collection (The Wild Bunch / Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid / Ride the High Country / The Ballad of Cable Hogue)
- Name That Film
January 12th, 2006 at 12:37 pm
too bad there isn’t a “ridiculous” category because this one doesn’t even begin to make sense.
“…the music written for a film or a play literally popping out of the atmosphere or environment created by or with sound…”
January 13th, 2006 at 4:11 am
I was thinking about blogging this constant misuse of the word “literally” and stumbled across your blog. Of course, I won’t do it now, but I just wanted to thank you for taking care of business just the same.
January 18th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
I popped out of a soundscape once in the ’60’s. Sometimes the flashbacks happen in meetings with would-be leaders of industry. - Jeff
February 8th, 2006 at 6:23 pm
I’m a copywriter and once had a blog in which I briefly lamented the demise of the correct usage of this word. I recorded such gems as: ‘U2 literally blew the roof off the stadium’, ‘The Minister was moving so fast that he was literally on fire’, and Dani Behr in a high-speed car saying, ‘I’m literally shitting myself’. Thank you for putting the subject on a more permanent footing.
July 17th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
A sound can certainly pop. I can imagine a musical score coming out from a soundscape. He is talking about several frequencies of vibration at various volumes here. I guess you’re assuming “literally” can’t be used with abstractions like a musical score?
I think you’re entire of category of “unnecessary” is bogus, especially in speech as a opposed to writing. Are you next going to create a podcast of people who don’t enunciate correctly? How about “Obsessions for insecure anal retentives to feel superior?”
And Nigel, if you wanted to find out what exactly was in Dani Behr’s pants, your welcome to do so.