It’s still Elliott Koretz’ month here at Designing Sound and here’s a story on one of his most prolific collaborations, with director Michael Mann. In this interview, Elliott shares stories about working methods, the use of music and silence and Mann’s tireless search for perfection. Enjoy! How did you and Michael Mann meet the first time? My association with Michael … [Read more...]
Archives for January 2012
Recording Guns for Bioshock Infinite
The audio team at Irrational Games have posted part one of a developer diary detailing their recent gun recording sessions on the Irrational Insider blog. The full interview can be viewed here … [Read more...]
“From the Shadows of Film Sound” by Rob Bridgett, Now for iBooks
Rob Bridgett has released a digital ePub version his book "From the Shadows of Film Sound". It's available now at $9,99. As a practitioner in video game development, Rob Bridgett has explored and written about the connective tissue between film sound production and a newly emerging video game audio production culture. This new volume brings together, for the first time, freshly … [Read more...]
Game Audio Podcast #14: Storytelling with Sound in Games
The episode #14 of the game audio podcast is available for download now. In this episode we discuss story telling techniques and development, get our geek on with control surfaces and try to solve some music challenges. Anton & Damian are joined by our special guests: Mike Morasky – Valve Emily Ridgway – Emily Industries Lucas van Tol – Guerrilla Games Listen … [Read more...]
The Crowd-Choir Project, by Soniccouture
Soniccouture has started an interesting crowd-source project called CrowdChoir. We are going to build a unique sampler instrument - a choir / vocal ensemble made with hundreds of voices from all around the world. We need a a minimum of 500 notes to layer in the instrument, so please help us if you can. Everybody that sends us a recorded note will receive the CrowdChoir … [Read more...]
Sound and Music Techniques for Narrative Filmmaking at London Film School – Workshop NEXT WEEK
The London Film School is hosting a 2 day weekend workshop with Gustavo Costantini on January 28th and 29th. Gustavo Costantini earned his PhD working under Michel Chion, is a Professor of Sound and Editing at the University of Buenos Aires, University of Cinema, and at the National University Institute for the Arts (IUNA). He is also a board member of the School of Sound and … [Read more...]
MPSE nominations announced.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors announced the nominees for their annual Golden Reel awards. I'd jot them down below but Awards Daily did a great job making the extensive list readable already, so CLICK HERE. If you'd like to see the actual editors nominated for each category CLICK HERE. The society of sound editors also presents two non-competition awards each year, … [Read more...]