Supervising sound editors Kevin O'Connell and Kami Asgar talked to Variety about the sounds for Disney's Secretariat. Disney's "Secretariat," set for Oct. 8 release, makes striking use of sound to bring the audience into the experience of horse racing. In the racing scenes -- which deftly balance music and sound effects -- the sound helps viewers who've never sat in a saddle … [Read more...]
An Interview with Rob Sephton
The guys at Sounddogs Blog has published an interview with sound designer Rob Sephton, talking about general things of his sound design career. S.B.: What would you say is the best part of being a sound designer? R.S.: Well that’s it, the best part of being a Sound Designer is the design of the sound of movies. That’s the fun stuff. As with everything else, there’s the … [Read more...]
The Story Behind Designing Sound
Some of you might be curious about how Designing Sound started and why it was created. Also, several of you have wondered about who I am and what's my "real-life" work. Well, I answered all those things for my friend Gianpaolo, in an interview for the great SounDesign Blog. I talk about Designing Sound, Sonic Terrain, my Spanish sound design blog, and several things about me … [Read more...]
Wired Magazine: Ben Burtt Talks "The Sounds of Star Wars" Book
Wired has published an exclusive video featuring Ben Burtt, Randy Thom and the guys behind the sound of "Star Wars: Clone Wars" (Matthew Wood and David Acord) talking about the recently announced "The Sounds of Star Wars" book from J.W Rinzler and the legacy of the Star Wars sounds. There are also several video footage of the original recording sessions that Ben and Randy had … [Read more...]
David Farmer Special: Game Changer Gear
I'm always amazed at how much R&D goes into visual effects (VFX). Teams can be on for years developing new technology for a single film. It's easy for we sound folks to feel a bit left out here. No production ever puts out the money or the interest in developing new sound technology for their film. We get hired in much smaller numbers, and are on for shorter periods of … [Read more...]
Say Hello to Sonic Terrain, Our New Brother Blog Dedicated to Field Recording
I'm very proud to announce the born of Sonic Terrain, a new website I created with my good friends Nathan Moody and Colin Hart. Field recording deserves a complete web 2.0 portal, so here you have it: a place where all kind of professionals can learn from each other and share their different approaches to field recording. Here is the official info for the announcement: Sonic … [Read more...]
Small Motors, New SFX Library from Rabbit Ears Audio
Michael Raphael has announced the release of Small Motors, another great collection of sounds at his company Rabbit Ears Audio. The library includes a lot of different sounds from electric devices, robots, servos, clicks, buzzing machines, etc. Small Motors. Clicking, whirring, buzzing, grinding,servo sounds and robots. This library is composed of a variety of motor sounds … [Read more...]