Touch the Sound

Touch the Sound
2004 German film poster
Directed byThomas Riedelsheimer[1]
Written byThomas Riedelsheimer
Produced byLeslie Hills
Stefan Tolz
Trevor Davies[1]
StarringEvelyn Glennie
Fred Frith[1]
CinematographyThomas Riedelsheimer[1]
Edited byThomas Riedelsheimer[1]
Music byEvelyn Glennie
Fred Frith[1]
Distributed byPiffl Medien GmbH (Germany)[1]
Release date
  • 4 November 2004 (2004-11-04) (Germany)[2]
Running time
99 min.[1]
CountriesGermany
United Kingdom[2]
LanguageEnglish

Touch the Sound: A Sound Journey with Evelyn Glennie is a 2004 German documentary film directed by Thomas Riedelsheimer about profoundly deaf Scottish classical percussionist Evelyn Glennie.[3] In the film Glennie, who won a Grammy Award in 1989,[4] collaborates with English experimental musician Fred Frith and others, and explains how she perceives sound.[5][6] The film appeared at over 20 film festivals across the world,[7] and won several awards, including "Best Documentary" at the 2004 BAFTA Awards, Scotland.[8]

A soundtrack of Touch the Sound featuring Glennie and Frith, plus additional music and sounds from the film, was released in 2004.[9] An album based on Glennie and Frith's performances in the film entitled The Sugar Factory was released in 2007.[10]

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