This is a guest contribution by Seattle-based sound designer Chris Burgess. Chris has been working principally in game audio for the last several years to support his "healthy" addiction to synths. Recently he's worked on Guild Wars 2, Middle-earth: Shadow of War and République. I built my first modular system about seven months ago and dove in with an understanding … [Read more...]
Spanning Pre to Post across Coast to Coast – an interview with Will Ralston
Will Ralston covers a multitude of different spectrums. Originally hailing Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, he now splits his time across the country working in multiple roles in various facets of the entertainment business with numerous credits in episodic television, feature films and a couple of video games. He has extensive experience in post production as a sound editor, Foley … [Read more...]
Heikki Kossi – Fearless In The Art Of Live Foley
Heikki Kossi is an illustrious Foley artist and supervisor from Kokkola, Finland. He and his colleagues at H5 Film Sound have provided bespoke Foley since the year 2000 for numerous feature films, shorts, video games, TV-dramas, documentaries and animations, amassing hundreds of credits (Heikki has 40 to his name in 2017 alone!). These include "Beguiled", "Bill Nye: Science … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #97: Fearing When Thanks ≠ Giving
First let me say to those reading this in the United States, I hope you're enjoying the tail end of the Thanksgiving break. To those outside the U.S., I hope you'll forgive my weak attempt at a segue from a real-life holiday to a blog post title. Right, so with 'thanks' and 'giving' on my mind, I thought I'd share some views on what is probably my least favorite aspect of … [Read more...]
Diego Stocco – Sound Composing Fear from his DIY Nightmares
Covering both the subject of last month's DIY and this month's of Fear, we spoke with Diego Stocco about his work as a sound designer, composer and performer. Diego creates eclectic musical experiences with custom built instruments and experimental recording techniques. He loves discovering hidden sounds from organic sources, objects and materials, with an unorthodox musical … [Read more...]
Broad(way) Theories of Sound – An Interview With Enrico De Trizio
This is a guest contribution coming to us from Kate Bilinski a sound designer and re-recording mixer for film, television, and podcasts. Her work includes Todd Solondz’s ‘Wiener-Dog’ and the Emmy-winning documentary, ‘We Could Be King,” as well as acclaimed podcasts, Serial and Homecoming. For this piece she sat down with broadway sound designer, composer and musician, Enrico … [Read more...]
Sunday Sound Thought #90 – “But hey, if it sounds good…”
As has come before; many of these posts will be philosophical in nature. Some will be in contradiction to previous postings. These are not intended as truths or assertions, they’re merely thoughts…ideas. Think of this as stream of consciousness over a wide span…Please bare with us as we traverse the abstract canals of audio musings. Additional … [Read more...]