Paul Thomas Anderson's "There Will Blood" gushed into limited release this December. Supervisor Matthew Wood and Sound Designer Chris Scarabosio manned editorial. Scarabosio lent his sound expertise in 2007 on "The Simpsons Movie." Wood supervised the "Star Wars" prequels. Mixing took place at Skywalker Sound on the Akira Kurosawa Stage. Tom Johnson handled dialog while Michael … [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...]
The Seeker: Dark is Rising – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Craig Henighan
"The Seeker: Dark is Rising" arrives in theaters October 5th. Sound Supervisors Craig Henighan and John A. Larsen honed their sound editorial powers on the film. Together the team already supervised this summer's "Fantastic Four 2: Rise of the Silver Surfer". Henighan is currently designing on Doug Liman's next "Jumper", and Larsen is hard at work on Eddie Murphy's next … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Michael O’Farrell, Supervising Sound Editor on “Eastern Promises”
"Eastern Promises" hits theaters September 14th. Supervising Sound editors Wayne Griffin and Michael O'Farrell helped mark the soundtrack with dialog, ADR, effects, and Foley. O'Farrell, whom supervised director David Cronenberg's last, "A History of Violence, is currently mixing one of Judd Apatow's next projects, the David Gordan Green directed "Pineapple Express". While … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Rob Nokes, Sound Effect Recordist on “3:10 To Yuma”
"3:10 to Yuma" saunters into theaters September 7th. Donald Sylvester, who supervised director James Mangold's last effort "Walk the Line," dueled with the sound editorial. Sylvester, a sound editing renaissance man has cut everything from foley to ADR to dialog to effects during his career. Re-recording mixers Paul Massey and David Giammarco came out, faders blazing on FOX's … [Read more...]
“The King of Kong” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Editor/Re-recording Mixer Nathan Smith
"The King of Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters" releases limited August 17th and wider on the 24th. I love this documentary, not only for nerdy, nostalgic reasons but because this is a great story, essentially about good verses evil. I never figured I would find myself so emotionally invested in the subject matter of the film but the struggle of the main character is compelling and … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Gwen Whittle, Supervising Sound Editor on “The Simpsons Movie”
"The Simpsons Movie" does the Bartman into theaters July 27th. Helping bring the sounds of Springfield to the big screen are Supervising Sound Editor Gwen Whittle and Sound Designers Chris Scarabosio and Randy Thom. All fixtures at Skywalker Sound, the trio have each worn numerous hats in post sound. Each person has done a big film this year, Whittle Supervised the ADR on … [Read more...]