Noise (disambiguation)

Noise is any unwanted sound. More broadly, noise (spectral phenomenon) describes many types of random or unwanted signals, which are listed in that article with related topics.

Noise may also refer to:

Science and technology

Noise (economic), in a theory of pricing developed by Fischer Black
Noise (spectral phenomenon), various random or unwanted signals, including acoustic noise
- Noise, any unwanted sound
- Noise (signal processing), including in electronics
Communication noise, factors that impair human-to-human communication
Internet background noise, data packets addressed to IP addresses or ports where there is no device to receive them
Meta noise, irrelevant metadata in computer files
Noise trader, in financial research, a stock trader that makes random decisions

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

Noise (2005 film), a Canadian short film directed by Greg Spottiswood
Noise (2007 American film), a comedy-drama written and directed by Henry Bean
Noise (2007 Australian film), a drama written and directed by Matthew Saville
Noise (2022 film), a Mexican-Argentine drama directed by Natalia Beristain
Noise (TV programming block), a Fuji TV late-night anime programming block
The Noise (British TV series), a 1996 magazine show on ITV
The Noise (Australian TV series), an Australian music television show
The Noise (game show), on Universal Kids
New York Noise, an indie rock music video TV program by NYCTV, 2003–2009

Journalism and literature

Noise: The Political Economy of Music, a 1977 nonfiction book by Jacques Attali
NOiSE, a 2000 manga by Tsutomu Nihei
Noise, a 2006 popular science book by Bart Kosko
Noise (2017 manga), by Tetsuya Tsutsui
Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment, a 2021 nonfiction book by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein

Music

Noise in music, the occurrence of noise(s) in music, including noise reduction and uses in instrument tone, in composition and in performance
- String noise, made by guitar players sliding the fingers over the strings

Genres

Noise music, a noise-based aesthetic in experimental music and sound art
- Power noise, a derivative of noise music
Noise pop, an alternative rock genre developed in the UK in the mid-1980s
Noise rock, a style of rock music prominent in the 1980s
- Japanese noise rock

Musical artists

The Noise (band), a Puerto Rican musical collective
The Noise (string quartet), an experimental string quartet from Sydney, Australia
Noise, an American band including Mika Horiuchi

Musical recordings

Noise (Archive album), 2004
Noise (Boris album), 2014
NOISE (compilation album), released by Adult Swim, 2016
The Noise (album), by Peter Hamill, 1993
Le Noise, an album by Neil Young, 2010
Noise, an album by DecembeRadio, 2005
"Noise" (Kenny Chesney song), 2016
"Noise" (Nightwish song), 2020
"Noise", a 2019 song by Mommy Son, Kim Seung-min, Wonstein, and Zior Park
"Noises" (song), a 2018 song by Pale Waves

Other uses in music

Noise Pop Festival, an indie rock festival started 1993 in San Francisco
Noise Records, a German record label founded in 1983
The Noise Company, an American record label

Video games

Noise (video game company), a second-party video game developer for Nintendo
The Noise (Pizza Tower), a character from the 2023 video game

Sport

Knoxville Noise, a basketball franchise in Knoxville, Tennessee
Nashville Noise, a basketball franchise in Nashville, Tennessee

Other uses

Noise (Goidelic mythology) or Naoise, a figure in Irish mythology
The Noises, an island group in northern New Zealand