James Denis Mc Glynn
@jdmcglynn.bsky.social
Screen Music scholar | Lecturer | Research Fellow in Screen Studies, Trinity College Dublin | UCC Music alumnus
Wonderful to catch an advance screening of this beautiful, devastating film at Dublin's @lighthousecinema.bsky.social, feat. an enlighting discussion with Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg
Great to see some of my Introduction to Documentary students in attendance getting involved in the Q&A too
Great to see some of my Introduction to Documentary students in attendance getting involved in the Q&A too
February 9, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Wonderful to catch an advance screening of this beautiful, devastating film at Dublin's @lighthousecinema.bsky.social, feat. an enlighting discussion with Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg
Great to see some of my Introduction to Documentary students in attendance getting involved in the Q&A too
Great to see some of my Introduction to Documentary students in attendance getting involved in the Q&A too
Thrilled to be invited to join such an illustrious schedule of guest speakers as part of Trinity’s Musicology Seminar Series this Hilary Term, to deliver a paper that draws together many threads of my recent postdoctoral research
4pm, March 19th, Boydell Recital Room, House 5 @tcddublin.bsky.social
4pm, March 19th, Boydell Recital Room, House 5 @tcddublin.bsky.social
January 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Thrilled to be invited to join such an illustrious schedule of guest speakers as part of Trinity’s Musicology Seminar Series this Hilary Term, to deliver a paper that draws together many threads of my recent postdoctoral research
4pm, March 19th, Boydell Recital Room, House 5 @tcddublin.bsky.social
4pm, March 19th, Boydell Recital Room, House 5 @tcddublin.bsky.social
My latest article—which was available via OnlineFirst earlier this year—has been published in the latest themed issue of @emergingmedia.bsky.social: Public Engagement and AI in Constructing Reality
Due to @sagepub.com's agreements w/ many global library consortia, it is open-access for many readers
Due to @sagepub.com's agreements w/ many global library consortia, it is open-access for many readers
Emerging Media - Volume 3, Number 4
Table of contents for Emerging Media, 3, 4
journals.sagepub.com
December 16, 2025 at 12:26 PM
My latest article—which was available via OnlineFirst earlier this year—has been published in the latest themed issue of @emergingmedia.bsky.social: Public Engagement and AI in Constructing Reality
Due to @sagepub.com's agreements w/ many global library consortia, it is open-access for many readers
Due to @sagepub.com's agreements w/ many global library consortia, it is open-access for many readers
Starting momentarily!
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Starting momentarily!
“Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI,” organised by Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s CysMus research team, kicks off today
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI,” organised by Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s CysMus research team, kicks off today
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
Pleased to be presenting some of my recent research as part of the forthcoming conference “Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI,” which takes place this coming weekend, November 13–15 (NOVA University Lisbon)
Free access via Zoom
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Free access via Zoom
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International Conference: Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI
CALL FOR PAPERS (Closed) With advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI), a wide range of musical and media forms—from live concerts with video projections, holograms, robotics, and mixed reality...
cysmus-cesem.weebly.com
November 12, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Pleased to be presenting some of my recent research as part of the forthcoming conference “Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI,” which takes place this coming weekend, November 13–15 (NOVA University Lisbon)
Free access via Zoom
cysmus-cesem.weebly.com/internationa...
Free access via Zoom
cysmus-cesem.weebly.com/internationa...
🚨 CFP: Music and the Moving Image XXII
🗓️ Friday, May 29 - Sunday, May 31, 2026
📍 NYU Steinhardt, New York
📩 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
ℹ️ More information and submission portal: form.jotform.com/252924045459...
🗓️ Friday, May 29 - Sunday, May 31, 2026
📍 NYU Steinhardt, New York
📩 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
ℹ️ More information and submission portal: form.jotform.com/252924045459...
Call For Papers - MaMI Conference 2026
Please click the link to complete this form.
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October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🚨 CFP: Music and the Moving Image XXII
🗓️ Friday, May 29 - Sunday, May 31, 2026
📍 NYU Steinhardt, New York
📩 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
ℹ️ More information and submission portal: form.jotform.com/252924045459...
🗓️ Friday, May 29 - Sunday, May 31, 2026
📍 NYU Steinhardt, New York
📩 Deadline: 15 Dec 2025
ℹ️ More information and submission portal: form.jotform.com/252924045459...
Lovely to be invited to present my research at my alma mater
@ucc.ie in this special event in memory of my late doctoral supervisor, Danijela
It also marks the establishment of a new scholarship in her memory, supported by the truly wonderful human being and friend (and Oscar nominee!) Doug Murray
@ucc.ie in this special event in memory of my late doctoral supervisor, Danijela
It also marks the establishment of a new scholarship in her memory, supported by the truly wonderful human being and friend (and Oscar nominee!) Doug Murray
Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Memorial Postgraduate Symposium - 17/10/25 | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
October 9, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Lovely to be invited to present my research at my alma mater
@ucc.ie in this special event in memory of my late doctoral supervisor, Danijela
It also marks the establishment of a new scholarship in her memory, supported by the truly wonderful human being and friend (and Oscar nominee!) Doug Murray
@ucc.ie in this special event in memory of my late doctoral supervisor, Danijela
It also marks the establishment of a new scholarship in her memory, supported by the truly wonderful human being and friend (and Oscar nominee!) Doug Murray
🚨 Screen Music / Ludomusicology CFP
ℹ️ Symposium: “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”
🗓️ 15–16 Sep 2026
📍 University of Liège (Belgium)
📩 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...
ℹ️ Symposium: “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”
🗓️ 15–16 Sep 2026
📍 University of Liège (Belgium)
📩 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...
Colloque international "Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?" / What Does Video Game Music Tell us About Music ?"
Colloque / Symposium : “Que nous dit la musique de jeu vidéo de la musique ?” / “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”. 1st edition: September 15-16 2026, University of Liège (Belgium)
www.liegegamelab.uliege.be
October 9, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🚨 Screen Music / Ludomusicology CFP
ℹ️ Symposium: “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”
🗓️ 15–16 Sep 2026
📍 University of Liège (Belgium)
📩 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...
ℹ️ Symposium: “What Does Video Game Music Tell Us About Music?”
🗓️ 15–16 Sep 2026
📍 University of Liège (Belgium)
📩 Deadline: 31 Dec 2025
www.liegegamelab.uliege.be/cms/c_127714...
A reminder that the CFP is now live for the International Musicological Society (IMS) Music and Media Study Group’s annual conference. Taking place on 11-12 June 2026 at @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social (Dublin, Ireland), the theme is “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era”
Please share widely
Please share widely
CFP “Music and Media: Directions and Aesthetes of the Digital Era,” UCD School of Music, June 11–12 2026 - AMS Career Center
The seventeenth meeting of the ‘Music and Media’ study group of the International Musicological Society will take place in-person on June 11-12 2026 in the School of Music at University...
careers.amsmusicology.org
September 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
A reminder that the CFP is now live for the International Musicological Society (IMS) Music and Media Study Group’s annual conference. Taking place on 11-12 June 2026 at @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social (Dublin, Ireland), the theme is “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era”
Please share widely
Please share widely
After attending/presenting at previous iterations of the IMS Music & Media Study Group’s annual conference, how wonderful to have it come to us here in Dublin.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
September 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
After attending/presenting at previous iterations of the IMS Music & Media Study Group’s annual conference, how wonderful to have it come to us here in Dublin.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
Thrilled to be back on terra firma at @tcddublin.bsky.social this week, where I recently accepted a Teaching Fellow position in the School of Creative Arts
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
September 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thrilled to be back on terra firma at @tcddublin.bsky.social this week, where I recently accepted a Teaching Fellow position in the School of Creative Arts
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
My latest article “Scoring Synthetic Media: Library Music in the Viral ‘A.I. Film’ Trend” has been published in Emerging Media—and it’s open-access!
Huge thanks to my peer-reviewers and anyone who offered feedback on this work, especially the community at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference
Huge thanks to my peer-reviewers and anyone who offered feedback on this work, especially the community at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference
Scoring Synthetic Media: Library Music in the Viral “A.I. Film” Trend - James Denis Mc Glynn, 2025
Of the many new forms of synthetic media, one trend to garner especially sustained attention in the popular imagination has been the recent slew of “A.I. Films....
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 11:30 AM
My latest article “Scoring Synthetic Media: Library Music in the Viral ‘A.I. Film’ Trend” has been published in Emerging Media—and it’s open-access!
Huge thanks to my peer-reviewers and anyone who offered feedback on this work, especially the community at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference
Huge thanks to my peer-reviewers and anyone who offered feedback on this work, especially the community at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference
Such a delight to be invited to speak in the symposium “Presentational Technologies in Music and Screen Media Research and Pedagogy,” organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group last week
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Such a delight to be invited to speak in the symposium “Presentational Technologies in Music and Screen Media Research and Pedagogy,” organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group last week
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
Conference on screen music/sound:
🚨 CFP: Sound on Screen V
🗓️ 5–17 Jul 2026
📍 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK
📩 Deadline: 1 Oct 2025
I had the pleasure of attending (and, on occasion, presenting at) several iterations of this fabulous event. A really collegial, supportive gathering!
🚨 CFP: Sound on Screen V
🗓️ 5–17 Jul 2026
📍 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK
📩 Deadline: 1 Oct 2025
I had the pleasure of attending (and, on occasion, presenting at) several iterations of this fabulous event. A really collegial, supportive gathering!
July 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Conference on screen music/sound:
🚨 CFP: Sound on Screen V
🗓️ 5–17 Jul 2026
📍 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK
📩 Deadline: 1 Oct 2025
I had the pleasure of attending (and, on occasion, presenting at) several iterations of this fabulous event. A really collegial, supportive gathering!
🚨 CFP: Sound on Screen V
🗓️ 5–17 Jul 2026
📍 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK
📩 Deadline: 1 Oct 2025
I had the pleasure of attending (and, on occasion, presenting at) several iterations of this fabulous event. A really collegial, supportive gathering!
Thrilled to be invited to contribute to this online symposium on presentational technologies, organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group (7 Aug, 1pm ET)
My paper looks at democratising screen music studies w/ videographic criticism. Come one, come all!
musicandmedia.ams-net.org/home/online-...
My paper looks at democratising screen music studies w/ videographic criticism. Come one, come all!
musicandmedia.ams-net.org/home/online-...
July 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thrilled to be invited to contribute to this online symposium on presentational technologies, organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group (7 Aug, 1pm ET)
My paper looks at democratising screen music studies w/ videographic criticism. Come one, come all!
musicandmedia.ams-net.org/home/online-...
My paper looks at democratising screen music studies w/ videographic criticism. Come one, come all!
musicandmedia.ams-net.org/home/online-...
Such an incredibly well-deserved (and entirely expected) Best Actress win for Sarah Snook at the Tony Awards
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Such an incredibly well-deserved (and entirely expected) Best Actress win for Sarah Snook at the Tony Awards
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
For those curious: my MaMI paper “Music and Sound in Aleatoric Filmmaking: The Case of 𝘌𝘯𝘰 (2024)” was a new facet of my research on the intersection of new media technologies and popular music culture, expanding on my recent @researchireland.ie -funded Research Fellow role at @tcddublin.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For those curious: my MaMI paper “Music and Sound in Aleatoric Filmmaking: The Case of 𝘌𝘯𝘰 (2024)” was a new facet of my research on the intersection of new media technologies and popular music culture, expanding on my recent @researchireland.ie -funded Research Fellow role at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Overjoyed to get to present for the 7th time at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference, as well as chairing panels feat. work by truly inspirational colleagues. Having attended MaMI annually since 2019, it never fails to wholly enliven me and remind me why I do what I do. @stefanxgc.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Overjoyed to get to present for the 7th time at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference, as well as chairing panels feat. work by truly inspirational colleagues. Having attended MaMI annually since 2019, it never fails to wholly enliven me and remind me why I do what I do. @stefanxgc.bsky.social
In 2020, I found myself in a Zoom room with these gents at the (first online) Music and the Moving Image conference. This led to a 2½ year collaboration on a special issue of 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. Five years later, how amazing to meet together in-person for the first time!
June 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In 2020, I found myself in a Zoom room with these gents at the (first online) Music and the Moving Image conference. This led to a 2½ year collaboration on a special issue of 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. Five years later, how amazing to meet together in-person for the first time!
Thrilled to be back in East Village for the 21st Music and the Moving Image conference at NYU Steinhardt
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thrilled to be back in East Village for the 21st Music and the Moving Image conference at NYU Steinhardt
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
I am thrilled to have been invited to speak as part of the Trinity Senior Common Room Research Salon Series 2024–25 this week, in which I will be presenting on “Posthuman Soundtracks: Screen Scoring and Popular Music in the Age of Synthetic Media.”
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
April 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I am thrilled to have been invited to speak as part of the Trinity Senior Common Room Research Salon Series 2024–25 this week, in which I will be presenting on “Posthuman Soundtracks: Screen Scoring and Popular Music in the Age of Synthetic Media.”
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
Wonderful to get to closing night of Irish National Opera’s 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
March 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wonderful to get to closing night of Irish National Opera’s 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
Wonderful to return to my alma mater @ucc.ie—albeit on a flying visit—to perform for the third consecutive year with the Irish Video Game Orchestrata @ivgorchestra.com at the Aula Maxima
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
March 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wonderful to return to my alma mater @ucc.ie—albeit on a flying visit—to perform for the third consecutive year with the Irish Video Game Orchestrata @ivgorchestra.com at the Aula Maxima
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
Another unexpected guest next door!
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Another unexpected guest next door!
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social