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postPerspective: The Meg: What does a giant shark sound like?

September 9, 2018 by Ethan Grafton

Image from postPerspective In this article, Jennifer Walden explores the work of Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Jason Jennings and the E² Sound team on Warner Bros. Pictures’ The Meg. The music is very sparse, just a little bit of violins to give you that shiver up your spine. Then, WHAM!, the sound of the attack just shakes the whole facility. Read the full article on … [Read more...]

Vox News: A Quiet Place’s Very Loud Silence

May 30, 2018 by Victor Zottmann

A Quite Place

American news website, Vox, has recently published an episode for their podcast, I think you're Interesting, featuring sound designers Erik Aadahl and Ethan van der Ryn. For us, it was about really stripping everything out and building up what we needed, which is sometimes kind of the opposite of what happens when you’re putting the sound together for a movie. Everything is … [Read more...]

News: Tonebenders Podcast: Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl

June 16, 2015 by admin

On the most recent episode of the Tonebenders Podcast, the guys talk to experienced sound designers Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl about their long and varied careers, working philosophies, and recent films. Some of the recent films Van der Ryn and Aadahl have worked on are Transformers: Age of Extinction, Godzilla (2014), World War Z, and Argo, among others. Head over to … [Read more...]

Wired: Designing Sounds for “Transformers: Dark of The Moon”

July 18, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

August issue of Wired magazine has an article on the sound of "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", featuring Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn. The pair decamped to their LA studio and fired up Pro Tools 9 and a range of plugins, including GRM Tools and SoundToys, to warp the pitch and speed of a variety of recordings. The slowed-down squeal of a faulty car window became a deep … [Read more...]

The Sound of “The Tree of Life”

June 1, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

New article of Mix Magazine featuring sound designers Craig Berkey and Erik Aadahl talking about his work on "The Tree of Life". Pity the poor journalist who has to write an article about a Terrence Malick film before it’s released. The notoriously publicity-shy director isn’t talking, the official synopsis is tantalizing but sketchy, the actors are purposefully vague in … [Read more...]

Dolby Video Interviews: Gary Rydstrom, Tom Myers, Jeff Haboush, Erik Aadahl

April 4, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY9D6-rpchY[/youtube] Dolby has published a series of video interviews on his YouTube channel, featuring interesting talks with Gary Rydstrom, Tom Myers, Jeff Haboush, Erik Aadahl. I've published the videos on Designing Sound TV: Sound Designer and Mixer Gary Rydstrom Talks About Cinema Sound Sound Mixer Jeff Haboush Talks About … [Read more...]

Painting

April 12, 2010 by Miguel Isaza

"Each and every sound is nothing more than a collection of frequencies that change over time. You can use these frequencies like paint, combining them to make new colors." -Erik Aadahl … [Read more...]

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