“10,000 B.C.” started taking theaters back in time March 7th. Making the natural selection of sound for the dub stage were sound supervisors Jeremy Price and Simon Gershon. The team got to play with some of my favorite sound effects in 2004's “AVP” bringing that "Predator vision" back to the theaters. “10,000 B.C.” mixed at London's De Lane Lea studios with Doug Cooper and … [Read more...]
Horton Hears A Who
"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...]
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...]
“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...]
“The Orphanage” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer Oriol Tarragó
“The Orphanage” has been haunting U.S. theaters since Dec 29th. The second highest opening in Spanish film history, it is director Juan Antonio Bayona's first feature. Helping the film scare the living daylights out of me was sound designer Oriol Tarragó. Tarragó also designed on last year's Spanish horror film, “REC”. Much in the same vein as last week's “Cloverfield”, “REC” … [Read more...]
Oscar Picks His Favs
Early this morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees, with news dropping yesterday that Jonny Greenwood's work on "There Will Be Blood" and Michael Brook's for "Into the Wild" was deemed ineligible by the academy for a best score nod. I added polls to the sidebar, feel free to vote for YOUR favorite in each category(please only vote once, … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Anna Behlmer, Re-recording Mixer on “Cloverfield”
"Cloverfield" terrorizes theaters January 18th. Creating the sounds of rampage and mayhem are co-supervising sound editors Douglas Murray and Will Files. Both Skywalker Sound mainstays, Douglas "Owned the Night" this past fall, while Files designed sounds for a rat chef, a bee movie, and santa's little helper. "Cloverfield" mixed on the Howard Hawks Stage at Fox with Andy … [Read more...]