DOLBY: In Broken Arrow, there’s this scene where the A-bomb goes off and the ground sort of heaves up in a wave toward the audience.
CB: This kind of thing is always a big challenge, because so often the production wants to arrive at the major climactic moment, and they’ve already brought a freight train of sound. So I have to try to figure out a way to work against that. You can’t be in a battle that’s really loud, and all of a sudden introduce a cannon and make that louder.
There’s a great interview over at Dolby.com with Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer Chris Boyes. I have to tip my hat to this German blog for the heads up! Boyes is supervising and mixing next year’s “Iron Man”. Director Jon Favreau has mentioned a mid-air battle against F-22 raptors and Iron Man as one of the major set pieces of the film. It would seem that Boyes and his mics have a date with an airstrip soon.