The Hollywood Edge had an interesting interview with Alan Howarth, a composer and sound designer who has participated in various projects, from scores to special sound effects, working on several films such as Star Trek, The Omega Code, The Mask, Dracula, Poltergeist, The Final Countdown, and many more. Watch the second part below.. … [Read more...]
Archives for July 2009
Foley: The Art of Lie
Now, let's see these two videos about Foley, viewed at PolyPink. There, they call Foley "The Art of Lie", "because you have to use something to create sound and make the listener think it’s something else." Foley is totally an art, a really hard work given by creativity and experimentation with several objects and tools to create many sounds in many ways. The videos speak for … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: The Haunting
The Hauting, a horror movie directed by Jan de Bont. The Sound Design by Gary Rydstrom, wich had a interesting interview at filmsound.org talking about the sound of The Haunting. Let's see: On a recording soundstage here at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, the movie's sound designer, Gary Rydstrom, had just received an urgent call from a colleague. An image of the movie's … [Read more...]
Sound Propagation in Games
Sound Propagation or "the sounds living in the space", a term frecuently used in Sound Design. Let's see these two articles taken from two blogs (Interactive Sound and Sound&Music for Games), both talking about Sound Propagation in Games. "Sound propagation is a term used to describe how sound reacts to a given space. We know that sound travels through the air as a linear … [Read more...]
Richard Devine and Josh Kay in The Creation of The Electronic Music Manuscript
I found at USO two exclusive and amazing videos included in the sample kit "Richard Devine - The Electronic Music Manuscript" by Sony Creative Software. A (must-have) electronic sample library that won Best Sample Library for the "Seventh Annual Remix Technology Awards" 2009. These videos contain interesting info about the pieces of software/hardware and several techniques … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: Minority Report
Minority Report, one of the most recognized sci-fi and futuristic films, another master piece directed by Steven Spielberg, with the sound work of Gary Rydstrom. A huge range of sounds, for a huge number of gadgets and devices that do not yet exist. Let's see this interesting article from Mix Online, with information about the sound of Minority Report. The story revolves … [Read more...]
Diego Stocco Making Music from a Tree
Sound Designer and Composer Diego Stocco has realized an amazing performance called Music From A Tree. Let's see his explanation: "In the garden of my house there’s a tree with lots of randomly grown twigs. It looks odd and nice at the same time. One day I asked myself if I could create a piece of music with it. To tune the tree I picked a fundamental note and tuned the twigs … [Read more...]