In July 28, 2008 John Keston started a project at Audio Cookbook called One Sound Every Day. His aim was to create and post one different sound every day, up to 365. The day has come, and John submitted yesterday his 365th sound and realease his album Precambrian Resonance. About the sound: "For my 365th sound I am presenting Fire Diamond. It is track number thirteen on the … [Read more...]
Archives for 2009
Gary Rydstrom Special: KBOO Radio Interview
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 … [Read more...]
Audio Media Magazine: Game Sound Special [Free Download]
My friend Andrew Spitz shared a link in his Twitter with a Special Edition of Audio Media Magazine dedicated to Game Sound. It's Free! You can download it from HERE. Contents Final Cut: Dead Space Simon Prytherch: Asset Management John Broomhall: A New Era Richard Jacques: Hunting For The Best Sound One Plus One: Music For Prototype Music To Fly-By: Tom Salta Stefan … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: Titanic
Gary Rydstrom wasn't the main sound designer of Titanic, he worked as a re-recording mixer, making a wonderful work with the Sound Crew, and won an Academy Award for Best Sound. I couldn't let go this article that I find about the ound design of Titanic. Let's read! "What the extra time gave us," says supervising sound editor Tom Bellfort, "was the ability to come to terms … [Read more...]
Alan Howarth Interview by The Hollywood Edge
The Hollywood Edge had an interesting interview with Alan Howarth, a composer and sound designer who has participated in various projects, from scores to special sound effects, working on several films such as Star Trek, The Omega Code, The Mask, Dracula, Poltergeist, The Final Countdown, and many more. Watch the second part below.. … [Read more...]
Foley: The Art of Lie
Now, let's see these two videos about Foley, viewed at PolyPink. There, they call Foley "The Art of Lie", "because you have to use something to create sound and make the listener think it’s something else." Foley is totally an art, a really hard work given by creativity and experimentation with several objects and tools to create many sounds in many ways. The videos speak for … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: The Haunting
The Hauting, a horror movie directed by Jan de Bont. The Sound Design by Gary Rydstrom, wich had a interesting interview at filmsound.org talking about the sound of The Haunting. Let's see: On a recording soundstage here at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, the movie's sound designer, Gary Rydstrom, had just received an urgent call from a colleague. An image of the movie's … [Read more...]