Silence (disambiguation)
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Silence
is a relative or total lack of sound.
Silence may also refer to:
Silence
Silence is the relative or total lack of audible sound. By analogy, the word silence may also refer to any absence of communication, even in media other than speech....
is a relative or total lack of sound.
Silence may also refer to:
Music
- Rest (music)Rest (music)A rest is an interval of silence in a piece of music, marked by a sign indicating the length of the pause. Each rest symbol corresponds with a particular note value:The quarter rest may also be found as a form in older music....
, an interval of silence in music - Silence (French band), a French AOR band
- Silence (band)Silence (band)Silence is a Slovenian electronic, synth pop and soundtrack music composing duo consisting of Boris Benko and Primož Hladnik . Their fanbase and their tours are currently limited to Slovenia, Germany and parts of Eastern Europe...
, a Slovenian electronic, synth pop and soundtrack music composing duo - The Silence, a band that eventually became Mott the HoopleMott the HoopleMott the Hoople were a British rock band with strong R&B roots, popular in the glam rock era of the early to mid 1970s. They are popularly known for the song "All the Young Dudes", written for them by David Bowie and appearing on their 1972 album of the same name.-The early years:Mott The Hoople...
in 1969 - The Silence, an Australian band of the 1960s that featured Graham Goble, later of Little River BandLittle River BandLittle River Band is an Australian rock band, formed in Melbourne in early 1975.The group chose the name after passing a road sign leading to the Victorian township of Little River, near Geelong, on the way to a performance. Little River Band enjoyed sustained commercial success in not only...
- The Silence (producer), a British music producer/film composer
- The Silence, a 1960s band from Leatherhead that evolved into John's ChildrenJohn's ChildrenJohn's Children were a 1960s pop art/mod rock band from Leatherhead, England that briefly featured future T. Rex frontman Marc Bolan. John's Children were known for their outrageous live performances and were booted off a tour with The Who in Germany in 1967 when they upstaged the headliners...
- Silence, an album by Stephan EicherStephan EicherStephan Eicher is a Swiss singer.His songs are sung in a variety of languages, including French, German, English, Italian, Swiss-German, and Romanche and sometimes he even uses different languages in the same piece.His success started in German-speaking countries in the 1980s when as part of the...
- Silence (Blindside album)Silence (Blindside album)Silence is the third album by post-hardcore group Blindside. Although the record hit stores in 2000, its major-label debut was in 2002, when Silence was released by 3 Points, a subsidiary of Elektra Records.-Singles:...
, a 2002 album by Christian rock group Blindside - Silence (Sonata Arctica album)Silence (Sonata Arctica album)Silence is the second full-length album by Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica, released in 2001 through Spinefarm Records. It is the only studio album to feature keyboardist Mikko Härkin, who left the band for personal reasons before Winterheart's Guild was recorded, as well as the first to...
, a 2001 album by Sonata Arctica - Silence (Tara MacLean album)Silence (Tara MacLean album)Silence is the debut album by Canadian singer/songwriter Tara MacLean, released in 1996 .- Track listing :#"Evidence" — 4:56Tara MacLean, Greg Reely, Stephen Nikleva#"Let Her Feel The Rain" — 5:27Tara MacLean...
- Silence (Slapshock album)Silence (Slapshock album)Silence is the Fifth album by the metal band Slapshock, released in 2006.- Track listing :All tracks by Slapshock# "Shed Your Skin" – 4:25# "Direction" - 3:40# "Sleepless Blvd." – 3:28# "Last Ride" – 3:25# "Walk Away" – 4:14# "Adios" – 4:34...
- Silence (Facemob album)Silence (Facemob album)Silence' is the second and final album by Facemob. It was released on November 19, 2002 through Rap-a-Lot Records and peaked at 84 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums...
- Silence (Charlie Haden album)Silence (Charlie Haden album)Silence is an album by the American jazz bassist Charlie Haden recorded in 1987 and released on the Italian Soul Note label.-Reception:The Allmusic review awarded the album 4½ stars.-Track listing:# "Visa" - 5:48# "Silence" - 8:45...
- Silence (Stephan Eicher album), an album by Stephan EicherStephan EicherStephan Eicher is a Swiss singer.His songs are sung in a variety of languages, including French, German, English, Italian, Swiss-German, and Romanche and sometimes he even uses different languages in the same piece.His success started in German-speaking countries in the 1980s when as part of the...
- "Silence" (song)Silence (song)"Silence" is a song by the Canadian electronic music group Delerium. It was co-written by Canadian singer Sarah McLachlan, who is featured as the vocalist on the track....
, a song by Canadian electronic music group Delerium - "The Silence" (song)The Silence (song)"The Silence" is a the sixth single from English recording artist Alexandra Burke's debut studio album Overcome. It was written by RedOne, Bilal Hajji, and Savan Kotecha and produced by RedOne, who co-wrote and produced her previous singles "Broken Heels" and "Start Without You".The song is a pop...
, a song by Alexandra Burke - "Silence", a song by Gomez from their album Split the DifferenceSplit the DifferenceSplit the Difference is the 2004 album by UK band Gomez. It is their fourth studio album.-Making of the album:While Gomez's first three albums had been self-produced, the band entered its new recording studio in Portslade in East Sussex with Tchad Blake as producer. Blake had previously produced...
- "Silence", a song by Level 42 on the album Staring at the SunStaring at the Sun (Level 42 album)Staring at the Sun is the eighth studio album released by the British pop band Level 42, in 1988. Produced by Level 42, Wally Badarou and Julian Mendelsohn. Recorded at Miraval, France. Engineered and mixed by Julian Mendelsohn. Engineer's assistant - Jean Lamoot. Mastered at The Townhouse by Kevin...
- Silence RecordsSilence RecordsSilence , is a Swedish record company located outside Koppom, Värmland in Sweden.Silence was started in 1970 in Stockholm and released records by, amongst others: Bo Hansson, Philemon Arthur and the Dung, Samla Mammas Manna, and other progressive rock acts...
, a Swedish record label - 4′33″ (Four minutes, thirty-three seconds)-sometimes referred to as "Silence" as it is a musical composition in which no standard instruments are played
- Underconstruction 1: Silence E.P.Underconstruction 1: Silence E.P.-Track listing:#Silence – 6:15#Complex – 9:16#Sonata – 4:51#Apache – 6:53#Ripassa – 5:16#Pop Corn – 5:23#Percorrendo – 7:08#Silence – 10:09#Taurus – 7:38#Hymn – 7:31#Son – 4:26...
, an extended play album by Gigi D'Agostino - "Silence," a song by the South African Band, The ParlotonesThe ParlotonesThe Parlotones is a rock band based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They have achieved multiplatinum-selling status in their home country. They experiment with their sound and various structures in their songs, incorporating the typical doo-wop or traditional folk structures. The Parlotones are...
- "Silence" (Stromae song)Silence (Stromae song)"Silence" is a 2010 song by Belgian singer Stromae, released on June 18 as the 6th and last promo-single for his album Cheese, on which it was included. The song has yet only charted in Belgium and features no cover.- Charts :-External links:...
, a song by Stromae - "The Sound of SilenceThe Sound of Silence"The Sound of Silence" is the song that propelled the 1960s folk music duo Simon & Garfunkel to popularity. It was written in February 1964 by Paul Simon in the aftermath of the 1963 assassination of John F. Kennedy. An initial version preferred by the band was remixed and sweetened, and has become...
", a 1965 song by duo Simon & Garfunkel
Film
- The Silence (1963 film)The Silence (1963 film)The Silence is a 1963 Swedish film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Ingrid Thulin and Gunnel Lindblom. The plot focuses on two sisters – the younger a sensuous woman with a young son, the elder more intellectually orientated and seriously ill — and their tense relationship as...
, a 1963 film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman - Silence (1971 film)Silence (1971 film)Silence is a 1971 Japanese drama film directed by Masahiro Shinoda based on the novel of the same name by Shusaku Endo on the entry of Jesuit missionaries to seventeenth century Japan. Mainly with Japanese dialogue, it has short sequences in English...
, a 1971 film by Masahiro Shinoda based on the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo of the same name - The Silence (1975 film)The Silence (1975 film)The Silence is a 1975 made-for-TV movie about James Pelosi, a West Point cadet who was charged in 1971 with cheating on an exam. He remained at West Point but was subjected to "The Silence" – a policy that ostracized cadets who broke the Honor Code....
- The Silence (1997 film), a 1997 film written and directed by Mohsen MakhmalbafMohsen MakhmalbafMohsen Makhmalbaf is an Iranian film director, writer, editor, and producer. During 2007 he was the president of Asian Film Academy.Makhmalbaf's films have been widely presented in international film festivals in the past ten years. The multi-award-winning director, belongs to the new wave...
- The Silence (2000 film), a 2000 Australian film
- The Silence (2003 film), a 2003 American film starring Kristy SwansonKristy SwansonKristen Nöel "Kristy" Swanson is an American actress best known for playing Buffy in the 1992 film Buffy the Vampire Slayer, she also played Catherine "Cathy" Dollanganger in the movie version of the V.C...
- Dead SilenceDead SilenceDead Silence is a 2007 horror film, directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell, the creators of Saw...
, a 2006 horror film originally titled Silence - Silence (2011 film)Silence (2011 film)Barfee is an upcoming Hindi romantic, murder mystery film being directed by Anurag Basu, which stars Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Ileana D'Cruz in lead roles. In the film, Ranbir Kapoor reportedly plays the role of a deaf person. Priyanka Chopra will play the role of a mentally challenged...
, an upcoming Indian film - Silence (2013 film), an upcoming film by director Martin ScorseseMartin ScorseseMartin Charles Scorsese is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, actor, and film historian. In 1990 he founded The Film Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to film preservation, and in 2007 he founded the World Cinema Foundation...
based on the 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo of the same name
Books
- Silence (book)Silence (book)Le Roman de Silence is a 13th-century post-Arthurian romance written in Old French by an anonymous author about a protagonist named "Silence" and includes allegorical characters...
, a thirteenth-century book written in Old French by Heldris of Cornwall - Silence (novel)Silence (novel)is a 1966 novel of historical fiction by Japanese author Shusaku Endo. It is the story of a Jesuit missionary sent to seventeenth century Japan, who endured persecution in the time of Kakure Kirishitan that followed the defeat of the Shimabara Rebellion...
, a 1966 novel by Shusaku Endo - Silence: Lectures and WritingsSilence: Lectures and WritingsSilence: Lectures and Writings is a book by American experimental composer John Cage , first published in 1961 by Wesleyan University Press. Silence is a collection of essays and lectures Cage wrote during the period from 1939 to 1961...
, a 1961 collection of writings by American composer John Cage
Television
- "The Silence" (The Twilight Zone)The Silence (The Twilight Zone)"The Silence" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone. The plot of this episode was based in part on Anton Chekov's The Bet...
, a season 2 episode of The Twilight Zone - Silence (television)Silence (television)Silence is a 2006 Taiwanese drama starring Vic Chou of F4, Korean actress Park Eun-hye, Cantopop singer Andy Hui and Kingone Wang. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production and Chai Zhi Ping and Hsiao Yi as producers and directed by Zhang Zhong It was first boardcasted in Taiwan on...
, a 2006 Taiwanese television series starring Vic Zhou - The Silence (2010 drama)The Silence (2010 drama)The Silence is a BBC One 4-part prime-time crime thriller/family drama about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder, first broadcast between 12–15 July 2010. The drama stars deaf actress Genevieve Barr , alongside Dervla Kirwan, Gina McKee, Hugh Bonneville and Douglas Henshall...
, a BBC One 4-part thriller about a deaf girl who witnesses a murder - Silence (Doctor Who)Silence (Doctor Who)The Silence is a fictional religious order or movement in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who.Executive producer Steven Moffat created the Silence, intending them to be "scarier" than past villains in Doctor Who...
, fictional aliens in the science fiction television series Doctor Who
Other
- Silence (play)Silence (play)-Production:The première was given by the Royal Shakespeare Company in London on 2 July 1969, directed by Peter Hall.The cast was:*Ellen – Frances Cuka*Rumsey – Anthony Bate...
, a short play by Harold Pinter first performed in 1969 - Silence, a brand name for the drug lorazepamLorazepamLorazepam is a high-potency short-to-intermediate-acting 3-hydroxy benzodiazepine drug that has all five intrinsic benzodiazepine effects: anxiolytic, amnesic, sedative/hypnotic, anticonvulsant, antiemetic and muscle relaxant...
- Silence, a district of Southern BrusselsBrusselsBrussels , officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region , is the capital of Belgium and the de facto capital of the European Union...
, Belgium - "Silence", a short story by Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...