''The Distortion of Sound'' is a 2014 advertisement for Harman produced by

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. The advertisement presents itself as a documentary on the decline of

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in music distributed with

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algorithms. The ad features paid interviews with vocalists, guitarists, producers, writers, rappers, film composers, mixing engineers, mixers, music journalists, acoustic researchers, loudspeaker engineers and chief engineers—including such artists as

Mike Shinoda Michael Kenji Shinoda (; ja, 篠田賢治, Shinoda Kenji; born February 11, 1977) is an American musician, singer, rapper, songwriter and record producer. He co-founded the rock band Linkin Park in 1996 and was the band's collaborative vocali ...

Linkin Park Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. The band's current lineup comprises vocalist/rhythm guitarist/keyboardist Mike Shinoda, lead guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave Farrell, DJ/turntablist Joe Hahn and drummer ...

, Slash (musician), Slash, Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg and Steve Aoki. The ad was uploaded to YouTube using YouTube's lossy audio compression. The trailer of the film was also available on YouTube. The ad, as well as a trailer, was available on the official website of the film. The film was premiered at a paid event in Los Angeles on July 10, 2014.

Cast

The film includes the following various musical artists: * Quincy Jones * Slash (musician), Slash * Snoop Dogg * Steve Aoki * Lianne La Havas *

* Hans Zimmer * Kate Nash * A. R. Rahman * Dan the Automator * Manny Marroquin * Andrew Scheps * Neil Strauss * Dr. Sean Olive * Greg Timbers * Chris Ludwig

Clips

The original film included clips of interviews. All the clips were uploaded separately on the official YouTube channel in the given sequences.

Music

The original score for the film was composed by Lorne Balfe."Lorne Balfe composing The Distortion of Sound"
''Hans Zimmer'' July 8, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014. Whereas the film used only three songs out of which one is the collaboration between Linkin Park and Steve Aoki, and the other two songs are performed by Lianne La Havas. Whereas the song "Holding Company (Lost in the Echo 2011 Demo)" from the ''LP Underground XIII'' extended play was briefly used in the trailer for the film.

References

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