Western Panorama

Abstract

This document provides a comprehensive view into the research trajectory and composition process culminating in Western Panorama (2023), an electroacoustic composition reimagining of the Western film genre exploring scale, proximity, and perception. This dissertation discusses the trajectory of work on a documentary inspired piece that conveys the vastness of a desert landscape through intimate listening. It explores the challenges of working with scale, maintaining consistency across listening devices, conveying a sense of intimacy and immersion, as well as the use of sound characters, silence, and spatial audio techniques to achieve this.