Batman-on-film.com (self explanatory) reported last fall that a man by the name of Mel Wesson posted on his personal site that he was to be the "Ambient Music Designer" on "The Dark Knight". Not only was I excited that a Batman fan site was highlighting someone in the music department(other than the composer), I was intrigued with the idea of that job title. After some IMDB … [Read more...]
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“The Dark Knight” (Pt.3) – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Richard King
UPDATE: Holy technical difficulties Batman, Richard King's interview is back online! I switched hosting sites for the audio interviews and will migrate all the rest of them this weekend. Thanks for bearing with all the mess. In a recent "Wired" Magazine article, "The Dark Knight" director, Chris Nolan stated, “Even if you're trying to portray something fantastical and … [Read more...]
“The Dark Knight” (Pt.2) – Exclusive Interview with Sound Mixer Ed Novick
"The Dark Knight" swooped into theaters July 18th. Helping Nolan create a Gotham City that sounds as real as it looks is sound supervisor and designer Richard King. Riding tall with his work on"The Assassination of Jesse James..." King returned to work with Nolanafter a previous collaboration for 2006's "The Prestige". Mixing took place at Warner Bros. stage 10 where … [Read more...]
THE SOUND AND MUSIC OF THE DARK KNIGHT RISES
Visionary Director Christopher Nolan returns for the final chapter of the Batman saga. In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection video we profile the sound and music team including Composer Hans Zimmer and Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Richard King. Special thank to SoundWorks Collection for putting this together. … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview: Bryan Jerden on Trailer Sound Design
For quite a few years, sound design for trailers has become increasingly creative and interesting. For blockbusters in Hollywood, an imaginative trailer campaign seems to be more and more important and sound is quite often utilized in inspired and inspiring ways. One of the top sound designers of Hollywood trailers is Bryan Jerden who has worked on prominent movie trailers … [Read more...]
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Exclusive Interview with Tammy Fearing, ADR Editor on “Step Brothers”
Following all that production sound talk from "The Dark Knight" I knew I needed my next post to focus on something I never really covered here, ADR. In a mix, ADR and production dialog try to play nice, hopefully resulting in a pristine dialog track that keeps an audience engaged. Luckily, people like ADR supervisor Tammy Fearing are on call, ensuring the viewing public an … [Read more...]