Randy Thom Special: Articles and Interviews
Ends June, and the Randy Thom Special too. Let's see some interesing interviews and articles by Randy talking about his work, his techniques, and special sound development for several movies and games. What is Sound Design? You may assume that it’s about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn’t describe very accurately ... read more.
Randy Thom Special: Scarface (video game)
Scarface: The World Is Yours, a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It's based on the 1983 motion picture Scarface with André Sogliuzzo hand picked by Al Pacino to provide Tony Montana's voice. It was released on the PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox on ... read more.
New Sound Design Competition announced by Mix Magazine & Blastwave FX
Mix Magazine and Blastwave FX presents the Blastwave FX Sound Design Competition, a new contest challenging participants to showcase their creativity - design a soundtrack for a 30 second video clip using HD sound effects provided by Blastwave FX. Celebrity judges including Academy-Award winners Richard King and Dane Davis, and Golden ... read more.
Robotize! Interviews with the Sound Makers of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
A few minutes ago I was looking for information about the Sound of Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.. And now, by chance I found this article at Filmsound Daily with a roundup of really great interviews about the sound of Transformers 2. Wonderful sound work! AUDIO-MEDIA magazine: Interview with Erik ... read more.
How to make a Sound Design Demo Reel
Kyle Vande Slunt: Sound Design Demo Reel (2009) from kylevandeslunt | sound designer on Vimeo. Photographers, graphic designers, illustrators, etc. They have a special way for show their work: "Portfolio". Okay, we have something similar, known as "Demo Reel". Sound Designer Kyle Vande Slunt published at the amazing Audio Cookbook "The Guidelines ... read more.
Social Sound Design and The Telephone Game
Recently I played a really funny game. Something like a "Social Sound Design Game " created by Andrew Spitz from {Sound+Design}. The Game Remember the game “telephone” where you whisper something in someone’s ear, then the person whispers in the next person’s ear and so on? At the end the last person ... read more.
Randy Thom Special: Forrest Gump
Continuing with the Randy Thom Special, let's talk about Forrest Gump, a great 90's movie with the awesome work of Randy Thom on the sound. He said: "Working in Northern California, I'm lucky to be able to wear several movie-sound hats. I think it would slowly drive me nuts to be a ... read more.
Interview with Amon Tobin, InFAMOUS composer
InFAMOUS is the story of Cole McGrath, a bike messenger given an assignment to deliver a package that is secretly a bomb. Cole survives the massive explosion and develops electricity-based powers. Soon, he discovers that his city has fallen into chaos under the rule of gangs and factions and must ... read more.
Randy Thom Special: Ratatouille
As you know, Randy Thom is the June's featured Sound designer. Let's talk about Ratatouille, an animated movie produced by Pixar and distributed by Disney Pictures and whose sound design was done by Randy Thom. Ratatouille was nominated for five Academy Awards, 13 Annie Awards, and won the Best Animated ... read more.
Sound Design Essentials: Books
Few days ago I showed the first part of a series of essential resources, sites, tutorials, and tools related with Sound design. The first part was about Websites. Here is the second part: Books. There are many books about music production, sound design, mixing and mastering, etc.. I'm gonna post 15 ... read more.
