The Star Wars Special continues with our featured sound designer Ben Burtt. Let's talk about the sound desgin of Episode I: Phantom Menace. Ben Burtt left Lucasfilm in 1990 to pursue other interests as a freelancer: writing, directing, editing. He went back to Sound Designer's chair again for the Star Wars Trilogy Special Edition. "I was the only one who could remember where … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt to Receive the Charles S. Swartz Award From the HPA
The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced that Ben Burtt will receive the organization’s Charles S. Swartz Award for Outstanding Contribution in the Field of Post Production, recognizing his powerful artistic impact on the industry. The award will be bestowed on Mr. Burtt on November 12th during the Hollywood Post Alliance Awards gala at the Skirball Center in Los Angeles. HPA … [Read more...]
Interview with the Creators of Brainpipe
Peter Kirn from CDM had an interesting interview with the creators of Brainpipe, a single-player arcade action game with a psychedelic twist from the masters of trippy computer gaming, Digital Eel. I love that you talk about sound being integral with the design process. Even for a musician, though, thinking in more than one medium can be a challenge. How do you approach this … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: WALL-E – The Definitive Interview
"WALL•E" Sound for Film Profile with Ben Burtt from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. When nobody thought that Ben Burtt could return with his robots and laserguns, He strikes back (and even stronger) with WALL-E, an amazing animation film with the perfect dose of sound design that groups all the incredible knowledge, experience and talent of Ben Burtt in one place. Is well as I did … [Read more...]
Sound Design with AudioCubes LoopShaper
Percussa has launched an application for AudioCubes called LoopShaper, the first app in a series of tools we are releasing to let you use AudioCubes without needing other software. It’s a great little sound design tool and hosts your favourite VST plugins. LoopShaper is a standalone application, hosts your VST instruments, and lets you interact with them in a hands on fashion … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – The Sounds [Part 2]
The second part of the special about the sounds of Star Wars, created by Ben Burtt. Let's take a look of the sounds of the characters in the film: Darth Vader, R2-D2, Chewbacca and the amazing Ewokese language. Chewbacca "You have bits and fragments of animal sounds which you have collected and put into lists: here is an affectionate sound and, here is a angry sound and, just … [Read more...]
Cinema Audio Society to honor Randy Thom
Re-recording mixer/sound designer Randy Thom will receive the Cinema Audio Society's Career Achievement Award at the 46th CAS Awards on Feb. 27 at the the Millennium-Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles. He has shared in 14 Academy Award nominations, winning for best sound editing for "The Incredibles" and best sound for "The Right Stuff." He's been nominated four times by CAS and … [Read more...]