In this interview, Ben Minto, who worked as sound director on Star Wars Battlefront, tells about what sets Dice apart from the typical triple A studios and what his responsibilities are as a sound director. He also talks more generally about his sound design process; for example how he uses sound libraries to create new source material. Read the interview here. … [Read more...]
FACT Magazine: Bratislava’s LOM is bringing affordable field recording to the masses
Photo courtesy of FACT In this article, John Twells explores the work of Jonáš Gruska in providing relatively low-cost equipment for field recordists. Gruska, the founder of LOM and creator of the Elektrosluch, also explains his motivation for creating his recording devices. I was an experimental musician and a field recordist on a budget and I had to improvise with my gear … [Read more...]
Interview with Veteran Sound Designer Seph Lawrence
In this interview, Philip Mantoine from theproaudiofiles.com had a chance to pick the brain of audio veteran Seph Lawrence. Lawrence has an impressive career. He has been Creative Director, Sound Supervisor and Sound Designer working for companies like Blizzard Entertainment, Raven Software and most recently Torrential Audio - a company specializing in recording and … [Read more...]
Interview with Peter Albrechtsen on Generation Wealth
CulturedVultures has published an interview with Peter Albrechtsen on his work on the documentary "Generation Wealth". Albrechtsen talks about how he combined an intimate and personal sound with the cold topic of the docu, materialism, and reveals a couple of sound design tricks along the way. Peter Albrechtsen is affiliated with designingsound.org Read the full … [Read more...]
postPerspective: The Meg: What does a giant shark sound like?
Image from postPerspective In this article, Jennifer Walden explores the work of Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Jason Jennings and the E² Sound team on Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Meg. The music is very sparse, just a little bit of violins to give you that shiver up your spine. Then, WHAM!, the sound of the attack just shakes the whole facility. Read the full article on … [Read more...]
Creating Fluidity with Music Editing: An Interview with Jim Harrison
Jim Harrison is an award-winning music editor, whose credits comprise The Greatest Showman, The Jungle Book, Houdini, Ice Age: Collision Course, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Purple Rain and many more. In this interview Jim talks to us about the music editing process between pop and classical music for The Greatest Showman, as well as the challenges he and his … [Read more...]
postPerspective: Audio post for Netflix docu-series Wild Wild Country
Image from postPerspective In this article, Jennifer Walden explores the work of Brent Kiser and the Unbridled Sound team on Chapman and Maclain Way's docu-series Wild Wild Country. “The material hadn’t been maintained, and there were these weird VHS bleeds; the audio had a huge hum. Initially, we tried to clean it up a bit, but in the end we decided to just let it roll … [Read more...]