"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...]
Dane A. Davis Special: Treasure Planet
Treasure Planet, an animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures released on November 27, 2002. Dane A. Davis was the sound designer, sound editor and creator of Morph's (character) amazing voice. Mix Magazine has an interesting article with the information about the sound process of Treasure Planet. Here is some info about sound design: A major challenge was melding … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: KBOO Radio Interview
Here is an interesting interview with Gary Rydstrom conducted in 2007 by Kboo Radio in his Words and Pictures Program. It's About 28:16 minutes. "Academy Award-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom recently jumped into the director's chair to create the animated short "Lifted" for Pixar. Gary hosted a screening at this summer's Platform Animation Festival in Portland, and has … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Ratatouille
As you know, Randy Thom is the June's featured Sound designer. Let's talk about Ratatouille, an animated movie produced by Pixar and distributed by Disney Pictures and whose sound design was done by Randy Thom. Ratatouille was nominated for five Academy Awards, 13 Annie Awards, and won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations. Well, let's talk about our part: … [Read more...]
The Sound of Pixar's UP
With a $68.2 million opening weekend and a beautiful story, UP has become one of the most representative Pixar's movies. Here we have grouped some information about the music and sound of the film. Staff Directors. Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Music Mixing - Michael Semanick Effects Mixing & Sound Design - Tom Myers Sound Supervising - Michael Silvers Sound Mix: SDDS … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Jana Vance and Dennie Thorpe, Foley Artist on Pixar's UP
Pixar's "Up" was the first ever animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival. Though screened out of competition I believe it could have easily won the Palme d'Or. The film mixed up at Skywalker Sound with Michael Semanick and Tom Myers on dialog/music and effects respectively. Myers also shared sound supervising credit with Michael Silvers and the pair both worked on … [Read more...]
"Monsters vs. Aliens" – Exclusive Interview with Sound Supervisor Erik Aadahl
"Monster's vs. Aliens" went to war in theaters March 27th. Though, on screen Dreamworks Animation introduced audiences to a new cast of characters, behind the scenes boasted a familiar band of sound craftsmen. Following their work on last year's "Kung Fu Panda", re-recording mixers and Dreamworks Animation darlings Andy Nelson and Anna Behlmer once again rolled their chairs up … [Read more...]