Modern Mechanix re-published an article from 1937 on their blog , featuring fascinating stories about the use of sound in Mickey Mouse cartoons. MUSIC and noises in the animated cartoon interpret the action of the story. The narrative theme of the music and what is called the “sound effects” punctuates and emphasizes the story. By playing on the aural nerves with symbolic … [Read more...]
Archives for November 2010
The Sound Design of "The Warrior's Way"
Tim Prebble has published a fantastic article on his blog, talking about the sound design of "The Warrior's Way". Tim talks about several of the creative challenges he had on the film, how he used different recordings and effects and also describes the sound work in specific scenes. It's very inspiring! We started sound editorial at the beginning of May and did an initial 10 … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Unstoppable"
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16867382[/vimeo] The SoundWorks Collection team has published another of their great videos, this time about the sound of "Unstoppable". Unstoppable is an action thriller film directed by Tony Scott, written by Mark Bomback and starring Denzel Washington and Chris Pine. The film tells the story of a runaway train, and the two men (Washington and Pine) … [Read more...]
Having Fun with Creatures from BOOM Library [Review & Demo]
My friends of BOOM Library released a new sound effects library in the last monday. I've been beta testing and having fun with the library from some days ago, so I'd like to talk you about it and also show you some works that I've done with it. This package is huge! As the same as the Cinematic Metal library, you can get a Designed version and the construction kit with tools. … [Read more...]
A Must-have Collection of Snow Sounds by The Recordist [Review & Demo]
In the video I was doing for BOOM, I also had the opportunity to use the Ultimate Snow library in there. It's another amazing collection recorded and distributed by Frank Bry under The Recordist. The library is amazing, as always. Frank is a true master in this thing. He record the sounds with the sound designer mind, so he really knows how to get a unique performance and lots … [Read more...]
Sound Design Challenge #4 Announced
Shaun Farley has just published the details for the fourth sound design challenge. Let's get to work! This is a short video. And after you’ve downloaded it, you’ll see that it’s a timelapse. So how do you think I’m going to challenge you on this one? If you guessed that I will say, “No whooshes, swishes or the like…then congratulations, you guessed correctly.” Honestly, … [Read more...]
Audio Director Mike Keogh on the sound of "The UnderGarden"
GameSpot has published a new post on their Sound Byte blog, this time an interview with Mike Keogh, audio director at Vitamin-G, developers of "The UnderGarden". The UnderGarden was initially described to me as a casual, Zen-like game that's similar to something like Flower or Flow. Tom Mc Shea recently reviewed the game, which you can read here, and highlighted the dynamic … [Read more...]