For July I decided to make a special of Gary Rydstrom, a seven-time Academy Award-winning sound designer and director. Some info (Wiki): Rydstrom graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts in 1981. He began his career at Skywalker Sound, Northern California in 1983. Offered the job by a college professor, Gary received the opportunity to work … [Read more...]
Sound Effects Demostations by Roger Gregg
Award winning radio drama and comedy writer/producer Roger Gregg discusses and demonstrates some of the instruments and gadgets used for producing sound effects in live-audience and studio-based radio comedy & drama productions. A serie of 9 videos that I found at Live Sound Effects Blog from filmsound. More info at Crazy Dog Audio Theatre, a professional production … [Read more...]
The Sound of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
"Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs" Sound for Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. Here is the info about the sound of Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, a 3D-Animation Movie directed by Carlos Saldanha and distributed by 20th Century Fox. Staff Sound Designer: Randy Thom Sound Effect Editor: Kyrsten Mate Comoglio Sound Mixers: Nathan Vance and James Spencer Sound … [Read more...]
David Toop and the Digital & Experimental Music
Composer, musician and writer David Toop talks on this video about his interest on digital generated sound and the impact of that on experimental music, his love for the sounds and music making and his work on Laptop Orchestra. About David Toop David Toop is a musician/composer, writer, and curator. He has written four books, currently translated into eight languages: Rap … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Articles and Interviews
Ends June, and the Randy Thom Special too. Let's see some interesing interviews and articles by Randy talking about his work, his techniques, and special sound development for several movies and games. What is Sound Design? You may assume that it’s about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn’t describe very accurately what Ben Burtt and Walter Murch, who invented the … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Scarface (video game)
Scarface: The World Is Yours, a video game developed by Radical Entertainment and published by Vivendi Universal Games. It's based on the 1983 motion picture Scarface with André Sogliuzzo hand picked by Al Pacino to provide Tony Montana's voice. It was released on the PC, PlayStation 2, and Xbox on October 8, 2006, and on the Wii on June 12, 2007. "The game spent five weeks … [Read more...]
New Sound Design Competition announced by Mix Magazine & Blastwave FX
Mix Magazine and Blastwave FX presents the Blastwave FX Sound Design Competition, a new contest challenging participants to showcase their creativity - design a soundtrack for a 30 second video clip using HD sound effects provided by Blastwave FX. Celebrity judges including Academy-Award winners Richard King and Dane Davis, and Golden Reel Nominee Charles Deenen will select … [Read more...]