All sounds accompanying film are to some extent emotive, and some are literalThis specialissue features articles that consider the immersive experience of film and cinema. A biannual journal, The New Soundtrack brings together leading edge academic and professional perspectives on the complex relationship between sound and moving images. Former editors of The Soundtrack, Stephen Deutsch, Larry Sider and Dominic Power, bring their expertise to this project, providing a new platform for discourse on how aural elements combine with moving images.