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...]
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...]
Nathan Smith – One Prop at a Time
Nathan Smith is Sound Design Supervisor at Dallas,Texas based Gearbox Software. He has worked in TV, films including "The King of Kong" and video games such as the Borderlands franchise. What brought him to my attention was a series of videos he produced demonstrating various boxes and gadgets he constructed to capture sound assets for his various projects. I asked him some … [Read more...]
The Attraction of Music – a micro-interview with Todd Homme
A couple of months ago we took a look at theme park rides and attractions. Below is a micro-interview with Todd Homme on the same subject, though more from a musical perspective. Todd has a varied background on both the creative and business sides of music for media having worked as a composer, music editor and music supervisor for dozens of films including "Gladiator", … [Read more...]
Designing to Noir: An interview with Mike Forst and Kevin Dusablon
As the capabilities of technology expand, we are seeing a migration of the methods in which people consume their entertainment. The once standard form for our generation, linear multimedia, has exploded into a multitude of niche markets. From in-home chatbots or consumer grade robots to VR, AR, and MR, people are finding new ways to have fun. And for the content creators behind … [Read more...]
“Burnout” – a sound design retrospective with Ben Minto
To end this month of "Burnout", I thought it might be fun to reinterpret the theme title and take a look at the sound design for a classic series of racing games that bear the same name. So allow me if you will, to take you... back in time! The year was 2001. It was the year the gaming world debuted the gruff yet dulcet tones of Max Payne. It was the … [Read more...]
SOUND IN ITS “ISNESS”: AN INTERVIEW WITH O GRIVO
O Grivo is a duo of Brazilian musicians-sound designers formed by Nelson Soares and Marcos Moreira, whose work can be currently seen and heard in the US as a part of the Soundtracks exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. The duo has a broad palette of activities, ranging from film sound to the visual arts. All the different aspects of their work seem … [Read more...]