Ends June, and the Randy Thom Special too. Let's see some interesing interviews and articles by Randy talking about his work, his techniques, and special sound development for several movies and games. What is Sound Design? You may assume that it’s about fabricating neat sound effects. But that doesn’t describe very accurately what Ben Burtt and Walter Murch, who invented the … [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...]
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...]
Tech Suppport: Best Sound Editing Preview
Hope everyone who celebrates it had a great Thanksgiving Day! Sorry for being late to the party on this one, Gerard Kennedy's Tech Support provides a little overview of potential nods in the looming best sound editing Oscar race. … [Read more...]
Tech Support: Ethan Van Der Ryn and Randy Thom
Tech Support column delivers the goods, an interview with Sound Supervisor/Designer, Ethan Van der Ryn(who will be speaking next week, HERE) and Sound Supervisor/Designer/Mixer, Randy Thom. Both craftsmen discuss the "technical" moniker that affiliates itself with filmsound work. Randy was also interviewed recently by the "Scene Unseen" podcast which if you have itunes can be … [Read more...]
October: Mix Magazine
October's issue of Mix Magazine unloaded a few film sound articles online today. Mostly mini-bio's on each person along with links to past articles featured in the publication... SKIP LIEVSAY KEN HAN AND BILL MARINO HANS ZIMMER BEN BURTT … [Read more...]
September: Mix Magazine
September's issue of Mix Magazine unloaded a bunch film sound articles online today.... "The Invasion's" Gregg Rudloff, "Captivity's" Melissa Hofmann, and "Halloween's" Perry Robertson unleash their tales of horror sound, HERE. Franklin Martin, director of the documentary "Walking on Dead Fish" carries us through post production of his film, HERE. A showcasing of composer … [Read more...]