Modulations: Cinema for the Ear

For other uses, see Modulation (disambiguation).

Modulations: Cinema for the Ear is a 1998 American documentary film on the history of electronic music. It is accompanied by a soundtrack album and the 2000 book Modulations: A History of Electronic Music by Peter Shapiro. The project was directed by Iara Lee, the maker of the documentary film Synthetic Pleasures.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]}

Modulations
Directed by	Iara Lee
Produced by	George Gund III
Cinematography	Marcus Burnett Paul Yates
Edited by	Paula Heredia
Music by	Karlheinz Stockhausen
Release date	January 21, 1998 (1998-01-21) (Sundance)
Country	United States
Language	English

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 33% of six critics' reviews are positive.^[8]

In a negative review, Ron Wells of Film Threat wrote, "It's ironic that a film about music you stay up all night listening to, just put me to sleep."^[9]

Stephen Holden of The New York Times was more positive, writing, "[D]espite its shortcomings, Modulations is an invaluable primer that begins to make sense of a rapidly changing sonic world that in many people's minds is only a grating, intimidating jumble of unwelcome noise."^[10]

Soundtrack

Modulations: Cinema for the Ear
Soundtrack album
Released	October 6, 1998
Genre	Electronic music
Length	75 min
Label	Caipirinha Productions
Compiler	Caipirinha Productions

1. "I Feel Love" – Donna Summer
2. "Planet Rock" – Afrika Bambaataa & Soulsonic Force
3. "No UFO's" (remix) – Model 500
4. "Simon from Sydney" – LFO
5. "Strings of Life" – Rhythm Is Rhythm
6. "Yeah" – Jesse Saunders
7. "Amazon 2-King of the Beats" – Aphrodite
8. "Stormbringer" – Panacea
9. "The Shadow" – Rob & Goldie
10. "Luxus 1-3" – Ryoji Ikeda
11. "Atomic 2000" – Coldcut
12. "Kritische Masse 1" – To Rococo Rot