While in my first year at college I took a Hitchcock and Herrmann course, and developed a deep appreciation for The Birds. I decided to do my thesis that semester on the movie, partly because it had no score and I wanted to challenge myself in examining the relationship between the movie and the soundtrack. I had not yet trained in sound design or electro-acousmatic composition, but I think that through this movie I become aware of the power of sound, and perhaps that was wha