Erik Aadahl Special: All About the Sound of “Transformers”
Transformers has been one of the most important titles for Erik Aadahl's career. As we are on his special, I take the opportunity to do a mashup of articles, interviews, and videos, trying to put all the info about Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen I found in the ... read more.
The Sound of “Alice in Wonderland”
Last friday I watched "Alice in Wonderland". Personally I like the way Tim Burton focused this "version" of Alice. A lot of detail, really beautiful art and a fantastic new adventure, with all kind of places and creatures in a great 3D experience. The sound was also great. The sound ... read more.
Paul Ottosson Talks About Working on “The Hurt Locker”
More "The Hurt Locker", this time a really cool video from "Making Of" with Paul Ottosson talking about the sound editing and mixing of this great film. read more.
Erik Aadahl Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with the Erik Aadahl Special. Here is a Designing Sound's exclusive interview with Erik talking about some aspects of his career, personal thoughts, his main tools, and more. Designing Sound: To start please give us an introduction about your career and how you get involved with sound design Erik ... read more.
Tim Prebble on the Sound Design of “Boy”
Sound designer Tim Prebble has published on his blog some interesting notes and sound recording examples of his work on "Boy", a Taika Waititis film that opens in New Zealand cinemas on March 24th. Tim worked on the sound design during October and November, and also on the mix in December ... read more.
Paul Ottosson on “The Hurt Locker”; An Interview with Oscar Nominee for Sound Editing and Mixing
Mix Magazine published a new interesting interview with sound designer Paul N.J Ottosson, Academy Award Nominee for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for his amazing work on "The Hurt Locker". Did you do much original effects recording? A fair amount. I also had a lot of my own library material that I’d ... read more.
Charles Deenen Special: “Need For Speed” [Exclusive Interview]
For years, Charles Deenen has been the audio director of the Need for Speed Franchise. I had a nice talk with him commenting about some aspects of the audio of the award winning franchise. Let's read: Designing Sound: First of all, tell us something about your passion for cars, and what ... read more.
CAS Quarterly Winter 2010 Edition Available Including Interview with Randy Thom
Cinema Audio Society has launched the Winter 2010 Edition of CAS Quarterly, including a great interview with sound designer Randy Thom, who talks about his career, his thoughts about film sound, and more. Download: CAS Quarterly Winter 2010 Edition (PDF) Randy Thom on Designing Sound Via: @usoproject / @lydrummet read more.
Charles Deenen Special: The Future of Sound Design in Video Games [Part 1]
THE FUTURE OF SOUND DESIGN IN VIDEO GAMES, Part 1 The following article contains excerpts from the “Future of Sound Design” lectures at GDC, VFS and Dutch Film Festival originally presented in 2006. Please note that certain expressions are personal opinions, and cannot be read as “fact”. In our endless passion ... read more.
The Sound Design of “Drag Me to Hell”
Cool featurette on the sound design of "Drag Me to Hell" with comments of re-recording mixers Marti Humphrey and Chris Jacobson and co-sound supervisor Jussi Tegelman. Drag Me to Hell Website (Thanks to Gabriel for the link) read more.
