Films The History of Sound Film • 2025 • Drama, History, Music, … Watch trailer 69% 64.8% 61% 89%In 1917, two young music students attending the Boston Conservatory bond over their mutual love of folk music. They reconnect a few years later, embarking on a song collecting trip in the backwaters of Maine.Where to watch Streaming information by Cast & CrewOliver HermanusDirectorBen ShattuckScreenplay & Short StoryPaul MescalLionelJosh O'ConnorDavidMolly PriceLionel's MotherAlison BartlettSamanthaMichael SchantzBobChris CooperOlder LionelRaphael SbargeLionel Sr.Hadley RobinsonBellePeter Mark KendallNathanEmma CanningClarissaSee all cast & crew on IMDbDetailsStatusReleasedReleaseSeptember 12, 2025OriginsUnited States of AmericaGenresDramaHistoryMusicRomanceExternal linksLinks Apple TV FilmAffinity Google Knowledge Graph IMDb Letterboxd MUBI Metacritic Official site Plex Rotten Tomatoes TMDB Trakt Wikidata Wikipedia Reviews ‘The History Of Sound’ review: Josh O’Connor and Paul Mescal are clandestine lovers in US-set period drama Screen • screendaily.com The History of Sound movie review (2025) Roger Ebert • rogerebert.com ‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Make Love and Music in Oliver Hermanus’ Affecting Wartime Romance Ryan Lattanzio • indiewire.com The History of Sound Puts Itself on Mute Alison Willmore • vulture.com Movie Review: Paul Mescal, Josh O’Connor collect folk songs in tender ‘The History of Sound’ AP News • apnews.com ‘The History of Sound’ Review: Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor Bring Aching Poignancy to Restrained but Heartfelt Queer Love Story David Rooney • hollywoodreporter.com Paul Mescal’s Gay Romance Is the Year’s Most Moving Drama The Daily Beast • thedailybeast.com Review: The History of Sound - Chicago Reader Maxwell Rabb • chicagoreader.com Paul Mescal’s gay love story The History of Sound is severely anticlimactic – review The Independent • the-independent.com Review: The History of Sound is not the hot-hot-hot movie it’s being marketed as – it’s better The Globe and Mail • theglobeandmail.com EvolutionPositions in the top 50 for The History of Sound in the past 30 days
