A Quest for Sound

Music, physics, and recording technology working together to tell a story.
Science and the supernatural are generally regarded as polar opposites. However, A Quest for Sound ingeniously weaves these unusual partners together in an emotive yet educational ghost story, creating an intriguing opening to engage the audience. A central framework of physics and music is supplemented with recording technology to explore how sound is transmitted and received and the impact of the environment on this process.
The protagonist Xie Jia-chen, nicknamed A-chen, keeps hearing a strange melody over and over in his mind. While collecting nature sounds in the forest, he inadvertently wanders into an abandoned house ... It is at that point that the story truly begins, leading the audience on a scientific journey to understand the changes in sound caused by different environments and the scientific knowledge surrounding such changes.
Back to the 80s - Recreating Soft Rock
The story unfolds around a song produced in a soft rock style popular in Taiwan back in the 1980s. The tailor-made theme song's characteristic rock lineup of vocals, drums, bass, and guitars is infused with fuzzy overdrive tones typical of the 1980s. The song captures the meandering, rousing sound of rock to paint a portrait of that era, creating the perfect backdrop to this animated micro-film.