"Standard Operating Procedure" continues Errol Morris's line of great documentaries May 9th. John Nutt operated as the film's sound supervisor while Randy Thom proceeded as the films sound designer. Nutt worked on Coppola's latest directorial effort, "Youth Without Youth" while Thom continues to contribute to the sound of animated films with, "Bolt" this fall. Re-recording … [Read more...]
Archives for 2008
Exclusive Interview with Amy Kane, Foley Artist on “Redbelt”
"Redbelt" puts theaters into a suppression hold May 9th. Insuring audiences a cauliflower ear-less experience are supervisor's Michael Kirchberger and Roy Waldspurger. The team last co-supervised last year's romantic comedy "Feast of Love". Mixing took place at Sony with Gary C. Bourgeois pounding the music and dialog faders into submission and Roy Waldspurger going no holds … [Read more...]
None More Unsung…
Ok, if sound folk are some of the unsung hero's of filmmaking, these men and women are the even more mute(does even that make sense?). Stage engineers are baby sitters and miracle workers. Cradling editors and mixers when their crying for help and solving the impossible. How the hell to make 800 tracks of audio light up all these meters? Check out some of their stories, HERE. … [Read more...]
Iron Man: Mix Magazine and More
Interviewing Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Chris Boyes, Mix Magazine continues its video onslaught of exclusively Skywalker Sound related projects below... Also an Italian site ComicUS has an interview with the film's composer Ramin Djawadi, HERE (scroll past the Italian version of the interview for the English translation.) … [Read more...]
“Forgetting Sarah Marshall” – Exclusive Interview with Music Editor/Supervisor Jonathan Karp
"Forgetting Sarah Marshall" jogged audience's memory of what an R rated sex comedy is like April 18th. Adding to the his already Apatow laden mantle, George H. Anderson supervised sound editorial. Anderson ends his summer in a puff of smoke with August's "Pineapple Express". Mixing took place at Todd-AO's Santa Monica facility with Adam Jenkins and Orest Sushko. The team adds … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Gary Bourgeois, Re-recording Mixer on “21”
"21" went all in-to theaters on march 29th. Wagering that the audience will hear the sound effects under all that music(I kid, I kid) was sound supervisor Michael D. Wilhoit. A 28-year sound veteran, Wilhoit cut on one of my favorite guilty pleasure tv show's, the helicopter extravaganza known only as “Airwolf”. Mixing took place at Sony studios with Gary C. Bourgeois and Greg … [Read more...]
10,000 B.C. – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editors Simon Gershon and Jeremy Price
“10,000 B.C.” started taking theaters back in time March 7th. Making the natural selection of sound for the dub stage were sound supervisors Jeremy Price and Simon Gershon. The team got to play with some of my favorite sound effects in 2004's “AVP” bringing that "Predator vision" back to the theaters. “10,000 B.C.” mixed at London's De Lane Lea studios with Doug Cooper and … [Read more...]