Designing Sound » steven spielberg http://designingsound.org The Art and Technique of Sound Design Fri, 25 May 2012 07:17:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 Mix Magazine: “War Horse” and the Return of Gary Rydstrom http://designingsound.org/2011/12/mix-magazine-war-horse-and-the-return-of-gary-rydstrom/ http://designingsound.org/2011/12/mix-magazine-war-horse-and-the-return-of-gary-rydstrom/#comments Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:42:42 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=11985 Continue →]]> If the great SoundWorks Collection profile wasn’t enough, now there’s a 4-part article at Mix Magazine, featuring Gary Rydstrom talking about the sound of “War Horse”.

“When I saw it, I was amazed how old-fashioned it felt, in a good way,” comments Gary Rydstrom, who was co-supervising sound editor (with Richard Hymns), sound designer and FX re-recording mixer for the film. “So many modern movies tend to have more edge or sarcasm or self-awareness, and this is telling a very big story in an episodic way. It’s traveling long distances and meeting a lot of different characters. It has a David Lean grandness.

“It’s a story about humanity surviving in the midst of war, told through how people relate to horses, really,” he continues. “It has a beauty to it that’s fitting and also a real emotional power. I had never worked on a movie quite like this. For me, it felt like I was able to get into a time machine and do a movie in 1960, but with Pro Tools and digital consoles.” [Laughs]

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]]> http://designingsound.org/2011/12/mix-magazine-war-horse-and-the-return-of-gary-rydstrom/feed/ 1 Gary Rydstrom Talks “War Horse” http://designingsound.org/2011/12/gary-rydstrom-talks-war-horse/ http://designingsound.org/2011/12/gary-rydstrom-talks-war-horse/#comments Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:12:20 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=11981 Continue →]]> Click here to view the embedded video.

New profile by SoundWorks Collection, featuring sound designer Gary Rydstrom and composer John Williams talking about the sound and music of “War Horse”.

From director Steven Spielberg comes “War Horse,” an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey and a young man called Albert, who tames and trains him.

When they are forcefully parted, the film follows the extraordinary journey of the horse as he moves through the war, changing and inspiring the lives of all those he meets—British cavalry, German soldiers, and a French farmer and his granddaughter—before the story reaches its emotional climax in the heart of No Man’s Land.

In the exclusive SoundWorks Collection video we talk with Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Gary Rydstrom and Composer John Williams.

]]> http://designingsound.org/2011/12/gary-rydstrom-talks-war-horse/feed/ 2 MPSE Golden Reel Awards Promo: The Importance of Film Sound http://designingsound.org/2011/08/mpse-golden-reel-awards-promo-the-importance-of-film-sound/ http://designingsound.org/2011/08/mpse-golden-reel-awards-promo-the-importance-of-film-sound/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:39:54 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=10879 Click here to view the embedded video.

Very nice video by MPSE, featuring some great comments on film sound, taken from previous editions of the Golden Reel Awards. Recipients: Michael Bay, Ben Burtt, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, Bill Wistrom and Steven Spielberg.

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]]> http://designingsound.org/2011/08/mpse-golden-reel-awards-promo-the-importance-of-film-sound/feed/ 0 Backstage Interviews with the Winners of the MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2010 http://designingsound.org/2010/02/backstage-interviews-with-the-winners-of-the-mpse-golden-reel-awards-2010/ http://designingsound.org/2010/02/backstage-interviews-with-the-winners-of-the-mpse-golden-reel-awards-2010/#comments Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:48:48 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=2678

SoundWorks Collection has published more than 15 videos featuring backstage interviews and recipient videos with the winners of the MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2010. Check some of them:

More on SoundWorks Collection…

Thanks to Michael Coleman for his great work!

]]> http://designingsound.org/2010/02/backstage-interviews-with-the-winners-of-the-mpse-golden-reel-awards-2010/feed/ 0 The Sound Design of ‘Artificial Intelligence: A.I’ http://designingsound.org/2009/12/the-sound-design-of-artificial-intelligence-a-i/ http://designingsound.org/2009/12/the-sound-design-of-artificial-intelligence-a-i/#comments Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:39:02 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=1271

Another great video from fartfx with a featurette with Gary Rydstrom talking about the sound design of Articificial Intelligence: A.I, sci-fi film directed by Steven Spielberg.

]]> http://designingsound.org/2009/12/the-sound-design-of-artificial-intelligence-a-i/feed/ 0 Ben Burtt and The Sound Design of Indiana Jones http://designingsound.org/2009/11/ben-burtt-and-the-sound-design-of-indiana-jones/ http://designingsound.org/2009/11/ben-burtt-and-the-sound-design-of-indiana-jones/#comments Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:30 +0000 Miguel Isaza http://designingsound.noisepages.com/?p=1116 Continue →]]> I just found two great videos while I was exploring my YouTube bookmarks and I thought it could be interesting for readers of the blog. Those are two videos featuring Ben Burtt tlaking about the sound design of Indiana Jones. And if you haven’t seen yet, check another featured video about “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” that I published for the Ben Burtt Special.

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