“The Sounds of Star Wars”, New Book Written by Ben Burtt and J. W. Rinzler
Sound designers, editors, mixers, geeks and Star Wars fans. Our day has come! Ben Burt has presented "The Sounds of Star Wars", a new book written with J. W. Rinzler. Inside it you'll find all the secrets behind the making of the sound effects of Star Wars, and also the book includes ... read more.
Ben Burtt Showing His Source Material for Star Wars
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksTbSNhjaBk (Warning! High level of nostalgic content) In the 6:05 mark of this video, you can see three great minutes of sound designer master Ben Burtt showcasing some of the source material he used for the layering of a sound for Star Wars. The video is a part of a rare documentary about ... read more.
Accidents
"Think outside the box. That's why sound is fun. You keep your ears open, and if you hear something accidental, you can try to work it into the film. It happens all the time." -Ben Burtt read more.
Audio Implementation Greats #7: Physics Audio [Part 2]
In Part One we took a look at some of the fundamentals involved with orchestrating the sounds of destruction. We continue with another physics system design presented at last years Austin Game Developers Conference and then take a brief look towards where these techniques may be headed. UNLEASH THE KRAKEN In Star ... read more.
Foley for “Star Wars: Republic Comando”
Cool video with the foley process of "Star Wars: Republic Commando". read more.
Audio Implementation on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Conan
Damian Kastbauer has sent a lot of good information about audio implementation on Star Wars: The Force Unleashed and Conan, with detailed videos and info about the technical aspects and process he used on that games. He directed a presentation at Austin Game Developers Conference with David Collins, on the physics ... read more.
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clones
hgeunvst6b The last part of the Ben Burtt - Star Wars Special. This time with Episode II: Attack of The Clones. I have two interesting articles to share to you. First article is from Film Sound, a really interesting interview with Ben Burtt talking about the sound of Episode II: It sounds ... read more.
The breaths in Film Sound
Tim Prebble from music of sound has published an interesting article talking about the role of breaths in Film Sound. Having suffered a nasty respiratory virus for the last while I’ve joked to a few people that my new hobby is ‘trying to breath normally” and its not far from the ... read more.
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – Phantom Menace
The Star Wars Special continues with our featured sound designer Ben Burtt. Let's talk about the sound desgin of Episode I: Phantom Menace. Ben Burtt left Lucasfilm in 1990 to pursue other interests as a freelancer: writing, directing, editing. He went back to Sound Designer's chair again for the Star Wars ... read more.
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – The Sounds [Part 1]
Ben Burtt doesn't have a large list of films, but when he made the sound design of Star Wars, he created a new wave of sound making, introducing new techniques and certainly a new world of sounds. I'll divide the information about Star Wars Sound into five parts: The Sounds [Part 1] The ... read more.
