Here is an interesting interview with Gary Rydstrom conducted in 2007 by Kboo Radio in his Words and Pictures Program. It’s About 28:16 minutes.
“Academy Award-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom recently jumped into the director’s chair to create the animated short “Lifted” for Pixar. Gary hosted a screening at this summer’s Platform Animation Festival in Portland, and has plenty of stories about finding soundtrack material in the strangest of places.”
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