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Solis, Gabriel Silvers, Michael Magee, Jeffrey Turnock, Julie 2023-05 application/pdf en text Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-09-01 without embargo terms The student, Wes Sharp, accepted the attached license on 2023-04-25 at 22:35. The student, Wes Sharp, submitted this Dissertation for approval on 2023-04-25 at 22:47. This Dissertation was approved for publication on 2023-04-27 at 08:55. DSpace SAF Submission Ingestion Package generated from Vireo submission #18847 on 2023-09-01 at 16:55:08 Sounding super: Examining aspects of music and sound design in American superhero media Sharp, Wes T. 2023-04-27 Superhero Music Sound Design Cinema Theater Videogame Comic Book Comics Graphic Novel In this dissertation I examine relationships between music and sound design in American superhero media. I examine how sound and music are used in audiovisual media to both establish and deconstruct generic conventions. I discuss music and sound design in superhero media from several angles, including their relationship to genre, aesthetics, and popular culture. I begin each chapter with broader theories related to the topics I will discuss and then use case studies to show examples of these broader theories. In Chapter 1, I examine superhero media as a “supergenre” that incorporates musical and sound conventions of multiple discrete media genres. In Chapter 2, I examine superhero media as a middlebrow postmodern transmedia genre and examine how these conventions affect the reception and production of superhero media versus other genres. In Chapter 3 I examine fan interactions with superhero media, including production and reception of fan-made media as a form of creative interaction. In Chapter 4, I examine various forms of parody as interaction with the conventions of superhero media. Thesis eng https://hdl.handle.net/2142/120083 Copyright 2023 Wes Sharp Ph.D. Dissertation Musicology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Music