Another week another round of scatter shots. The Golden Globes came and went silently, Dario Marianelli's work on "Atonement" won him best original score while Eddie Vedder nabbed a best orignial song globe for "Guarranteed" from "In to the Wild". I didn't post about "Atonement" so I was happy to find Q and A with Marianelli from November. I really dug the typewriter he … [Read more...]
Cinema Audio Society: Nods In Approval
Early this morning the Cinema Audio Society announced their nominees for outstanding achievement in sound mixing for motion pictures. Four out of five of the CAS' picks have been in line with the Oscars' every year since 2000. Winners will be announced in a sealed envelope ceremony in the Crystal Ballroom of the Millennium Biltmore Hotel on February 16, 2008. Congrats to all … [Read more...]
Tuesday Scatter Shots
Media coverage momentum builds as award season approaches. Nominations trickle out as early as this Thursday with the Cinema Audio Society. For fun, I plan to have a few polls on the blog once the "bigger" nods are announced to let you guys vote on your favorites. Until then, below is this week's scatter shot of articles covering an array of film sound related topics. THE NEW … [Read more...]
December: Mix Magazine
December's issue of Mix Magazine has a great piece on "The Golden Compass" sound supervisor Glenn Freemantle. Its Available HERE. … [Read more...]
MPSE Sound Show ’07 (Updated)
UPDATE: The Editors Guild has posted a article on the night HERE. I just wanted to take a sec to thank Scott Haller, Bobbi Banks, and the rest of the MPSE for putting on such a great show tonight at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. I saw a few cameras taping the event so if and when it is available online, I will be sure to link it here. Sound editorial members Erik Aadahl … [Read more...]
CAS – Career Achievement Award
The Cinema Audio Society announced this year's recipient of their "Career Achievement Award". DENNIS SANDS, CAS TO RECEIVE CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY’S CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Los Angeles --Music Scoring and Sound Re-recording Mixer, Dennis Sands, CAS will receive the Cinema Audio Society’s highest accolade, the CAS Career Achievement Award, to be presented at the 44th CAS … [Read more...]
News Flash: MPSE Sound Show Returns!
Extra, extra, the MPSE sound show is back! As hinted a few weeks earlier, here in Los Angeles on Nov. 5th, 2007, a sound event featuring editorial crew members (and maybe other craftsmen) of "Transformers" is being put on by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. Though my favorite transformer Soundwave didn't make it into the film, I am excited that the MPSE is putting on what … [Read more...]