The Distortion of Sound

Directed byJacob Rosenberg

Written byMichael Abell
Kevin Gentile
Carol Martori

Produced byHana Leshner
Dennis McKinley
Suzanne Hargrove

StarringSlash
Quincy Jones
Mike Shinoda
Lianne La Havas
Snoop Dogg
Hans Zimmer

The Distortion of Sound
Directed by	Jacob Rosenberg
Written by	Michael Abell Kevin Gentile Carol Martori
Produced by	Hana Leshner Dennis McKinley Suzanne Hargrove
Starring	Slash Quincy Jones Mike Shinoda Lianne La Havas Snoop Dogg Hans Zimmer
Edited by	Carol Martori
Music by	Lorne Balfe
Production company	Bandito Brothers
Release date	July 10, 2014 (2014-07-10)
Running time	22 minutes
Language	English

The Distortion of Sound is a 2014 advertisement for Harman produced by Vice Media.^[1][2] The advertisement presents itself as a documentary on the decline of sound quality in music distributed with lossy compression algorithms. The ad features paid interviews with vocalists, guitarists, producers, writers, rappers, film composers, mixing engineers, mixers, music journalists, acoustic researchers, loudspeaker engineers and chief engineers—including such artists as Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park, Slash, Quincy Jones, Snoop Dogg and Steve Aoki.^[3]

The ad was uploaded to YouTube using YouTube's lossy audio compression. The trailer of the film was also available on YouTube. The ad, as well as a trailer, was available on the official website of the film.

The film was premiered at a paid event in Los Angeles on July 10, 2014.^[4]