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THE SOUND AND MUSIC OF THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

August 1, 2012 by Jack Menhorn

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...]

“The Dark Knight Rises” – On the Sound Stage with Christopher Nolan

July 13, 2012 by Miguel Isaza

For someone who considers themselves the ultimate Batman fanatic (I freely admit, I’m a bit of nerd when it comes to this), just the opportunity to meet Christopher Nolan would have been enough. To visit the sound stage, where “The Dark Knight Rises” sound-mixing took place would have been enough. Even just getting to see the movie a few weeks ahead of everyone else definitely … [Read more...]

The audio of Batman: Arkham City

May 15, 2012 by Michael Taylor

Eurogamer has published a video promoting the upcoming Game of The Year edition of Batman: Arkham City, focusing on the foley techniques and sound design aesthetic employed to create the stunning audio that brought the game to life. Featuring Rocksteady audio director Nick Arundel, and foley artist John Roesch and gun recording expert Bryan Watkins Click here for the video … [Read more...]

AudioMedia: The Sound of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” and “Batman: Arkham City”

October 12, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

October's issue of AudioMedia has two interesting articles, one about the sound of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and other one about the sound of Batman: Arkham City. AudioMedia - October 2011 … [Read more...]

“The Dark Knight” (Pt.4) – Exclusive Interview with “Ambient Sound Designer” Mel Wesson

August 28, 2008 by Jake Riehle

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...]

“The Dark Knight” (Pt.3) – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Richard King

July 28, 2008 by Jake Riehle

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

July 23, 2008 by Jake Riehle

"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...]

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