Go listen to this podcast about HBO’s epic sounds – and stick around for some retro visuals, too

Podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz is already must-listen material, covering the stories behind sound design and branding. Now clear some headphone time for the story behind HBO’s goosebump-inducing 80s theme and iconic 90s angelic TV-switching-on opener, and beyond.

For ‘Chernobyl’ score, Hildur Guðnadóttir went to a nuclear power plant

Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir went the extra distance for her score for Chernobyl = taking a real power plant as inspiration for her haunting score.

Peter Kirn - May 31, 2019

Inside SoundCloud, the move to revenue begins

SoundCloud has become a popular punching bag for the music press. The formula runs something like this: choose a screaming headline predicting the company’s doom, run some out-of-context business numbers and some negative quotes by an unnamed source, then (presumably) rake in clicks.

Peter Kirn - March 14, 2016

Apple Reality Imitates HBO’s Silicon Valley: ‘Radio on the Internet’

Peter Kirn - June 9, 2015

In a Holiday Greeting, Digital Animators Turn Back to Folding Paper – and Vintage HBO

Peter Kirn - December 20, 2013

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