"Horton Hears a Who" stampeded into theaters March 14th. Dennis Leonard supervised the Dr. Seuss adaptation. Randy Thom served as sound designer and re-recording mixer. Mixing took place at Thom's usual stomping ground, Skywalker Sound. Along with Gary Rizzo, the two mixers helped populate whoville with sound for Horton to hear. Original dialog recording for "Horton" was … [Read more...]
The Art of Sound: The Update
UPDATE: I wish I could've made it to this. The bad case of the flu unfortunately had other plans. Thank god the Editor's Guild posted a little transcript of some of the action, HERE. Keep posted, it seems they'll be another sound event this summer featuring some very animated sound pros. Happy Valentine's Day everybody! On March 8th, The Academy is presenting "The Art of … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Julian Slater, Sound Supervisor on “In Bruges”
“In Bruges” is hiding out in theaters now. Supervisor Julian Slater helped populate the soundtrack of the quaint medieval town. Slater supervised the hilarious “Hot Fuzz” last year and had another release this past weekend with “The Other Boleyn Girl”. Mixing took place at Hackenbacker Audio Post in London with Nigel Heath dubbing with Oliver Brierley assistning. Nigel, also of … [Read more...]
The Oscars State Their Ultimatum
Just like Jason Bourne final realizing who he was, last night the little golden guy and his army of academy members realized that the sound work in The Bourne Ultimatum was their favorite of the year. As such supervisors Karen M. Baker and Per Hallberg were awarded the best sound editing Oscar and mixers David Parker, Scott Milan, and Kirk Francis the best sound mixing Oscar. … [Read more...]
The MPSE Unravel Their Reels
The 55th annual Motion Picture Sound Editor's Golden Reel awards acknowledging the year's best work in the various areas of sound editing, were held last night in Los Angeles with the sound team from The Bourne Ultimatum claiming both dialog/ADR and effects and foley awards. Into the Wild rambled on with a music editing win while Hairspray danced all the way up to the stage … [Read more...]
CAS Award Their Fav
You really can't beat RED CARPET DISTRICT'S coverage of the Cinema Audio Society awards last night, in which the mixers from "No Country for Old Men" walked away with the award for outstanding achievement in sound in motion pictures. Info on the rest of the awards are available HERE. Congrats to all the winners! … [Read more...]
“Transformers” Sound Off
Wow, I feel like Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood": "I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my child!" Sorry for the long gap in posts. The current gig has ruined any free time I had to do this thing, but we're almost into final mix so things here will get back on track. So I promised some coverage on last week's "Transformers" event. There is some great stuff already … [Read more...]