Last friday I watched "Alice in Wonderland". Personally I like the way Tim Burton focused this "version" of Alice. A lot of detail, really beautiful art and a fantastic new adventure, with all kind of places and creatures in a great 3D experience. The sound was also great. The sound team did an excellent job creating the fantastic soundscape of "Wonderland". SoundWorks … [Read more...]
Charles Deenen Special: "Need For Speed" [Exclusive Interview]
For years, Charles Deenen has been the audio director of the Need for Speed Franchise. I had a nice talk with him commenting about some aspects of the audio of the award winning franchise. Let's read: Designing Sound: First of all, tell us something about your passion for cars, and what you enjoy most about working on Need For Speed Games? Charles Deenen: As a kid I played … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Akira"
Sound Notes of japanesse animated film Akira. … [Read more...]
The Sound of "The Princess and the Frog"
SoundWorks Collection strikes back with the last animated film of Walt Disney Animation Studios, returning to the fantastic world of handdrawn 2D animation. A sound for film profile of "The Princess and the Frog", directed by Ron Clements and John Musker of “The Little Mermaid”, “Aladdin”, and “Hercules”. In this profile we talk with Sound Re-Recording Mixer David Fluhr, Sound … [Read more...]
Recording Voices for Fantastic Mr. Fox
A fellow sound editor heard Jason Schwartzman on the radio this morning describe the unorthodox voice recording in Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". I poked around a bit to see if anyone else was talking about how they captured the voices for the animated film and Yahoo didn't disappoint. Enjoy the following clip and go see the film, it's a lot of fun! 'Fantastic Mr … [Read more...]
The Importance of Video Game Localization
George Spanos has published a new article on his website Game Sound Design, talking about the importance of video games localization and his role in game audio production. Video game localization is the process whereby a game's primary language is translated into other languages in order to accommodate foreign speaking gamers. Many video game publishers require their titles to … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: Scarface: The World Is Yours
Scarface: The world is yours was one of the most important achievements in the carrer of Rob Bridgett. We already seen some information about this title, on the special of Randy Thom, who also participated in the making of the sound od Scarface (VG). In the video of the top, you can see Rob Bridgett doing a "live game mixing" demo of Scarface Sound at GDC 2007. (Note that there … [Read more...]