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Home Cinema · Explainer · 3 min Why films are loud, then quiet: taming the volume at night Films are mixed with a 20 dB gap between speech and the loudest bang, which is why late-night viewing swings between can't hear and the… (3 props) 3′min read Soundtracks · Explainer · 4 min Strings only: how Bernard Herrmann scored Psycho Bernard Herrmann scored Psycho for strings alone, a "black and white" sound, and played them muted almost throughout. The exception is the… (3 props) 4′min read