The 55th annual Motion Picture Sound Editor's Golden Reel awards acknowledging the year's best work in the various areas of sound editing, were held last night in Los Angeles with the sound team from The Bourne Ultimatum claiming both dialog/ADR and effects and foley awards. Into the Wild rambled on with a music editing win while Hairspray danced all the way up to the stage … [Read more...]
CAS Award Their Fav
You really can't beat RED CARPET DISTRICT'S coverage of the Cinema Audio Society awards last night, in which the mixers from "No Country for Old Men" walked away with the award for outstanding achievement in sound in motion pictures. Info on the rest of the awards are available HERE. Congrats to all the winners! … [Read more...]
Thursday Scatter Shots
With so many panel discussions and articles in the trades (please send anything I miss), its hard to keep up. Nevertheless, it is awesome to see so much coverage on our craft! NO COUNTRY PANEL (01.27.08) click HERE for the higher rez version (the panel starts after the clips) IN CONTENTION/TECH SUPPORT steals some time away from the sound team to discuss their work, … [Read more...]
Tuesday Scatter Shots
As the Oscar hype machine keeps rollin' I am glad to see coverage on almost all the nominees. Though its hard to keep up with all of it, so if I miss anything of note, please feel free to email me links! (David Giammarco) THE WATER HORSE Has two videos covering James Newton Howard's work on the film that I missed. Tracking at Abbey Road. Collaborating with "The … [Read more...]
MPSE Nominations Drop
The Motion Picture Sound Editor's are celebrating their 55th anniversary this year and of course they will be handing out some golden reels. The annual awards acknowledge the year's best work in the various areas of sound editorial. The nominations dropped this morning and the winners will be announced at the ceremony on Feburary 23rd. Congrats to all the nominees! Click on … [Read more...]
Thursday Scatter Shots
The academy announcements this week set some publicity wheels in motion. The coverage will pick up in the next couple of weeks and though not too meaty, its cool to see and hear some recognition! Check back tomorrow for the MPSE nods! RED CARPET DISTRICT Nabs effects re-recording mixer Greg Russell for a little post nominations perspective. CNET.COM Skysound's horn … [Read more...]
BAFTA Nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts handed down their nominations for Best Sound and Best Music this morning. The Sound award encompasses both mixing and sound editorial. So Production and Re-Recording Mixers as well as the Supervising Sound Editors are eligible. While Best Music goes to the composer. Congrats to all the nominees! BEST SOUND ATONEMENT Danny … [Read more...]