If the great SoundWorks Collection profile wasn't enough, now there's a 4-part article at Mix Magazine, featuring Gary Rydstrom talking about the sound of "War Horse". “When I saw it, I was amazed how old-fashioned it felt, in a good way,” comments Gary Rydstrom, who was co-supervising sound editor (with Richard Hymns), sound designer and FX re-recording mixer for the film. … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Talks “War Horse”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/33262964[/vimeo] New profile by SoundWorks Collection, featuring sound designer Gary Rydstrom and composer John Williams talking about the sound and music of "War Horse". From director Steven Spielberg comes “War Horse,” an epic adventure for audiences of all ages. Set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War, … [Read more...]
Ren Klyce Talks “Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
We got to sit down with Ren Klyce, Oscar-nominated sound designer (Social Network, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button), to ask a few questions about the technical and creative sides of the sound design process for The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. We learned how Klyce (pictured below) and his team created the soundscapes of freezing cold and blind terror for the film. … [Read more...]
Silence
"The ultimate metaphoric sound is silence. If you can get the film to a place with no sound where there should be sound, the audience will crowd that silence with sounds and feelings of their own making, and they will, individually, answer the question of, "Why is it quiet?" If the slope to silence is at the right angle, you will get the audience to a strange and wonderful … [Read more...]
Francis Ford Coppola Talks About the Evolution of Movie Sound
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-fNpE9vQJw[/youtube] As early as the Apocalypse Now movie in 1979 when Francis Ford Coppola and sound designer Walter Murch pioneered a quadraphonic sound system for the film tour, Coppola has made sound and audio technology an important part of filmmaking, including building a dedicated mixing facility, American Zoetrope. In 2010, under … [Read more...]
The Sound of “The Muppets”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/32188511[/vimeo] On vacation in Los Angeles, Walter, the world’s biggest Muppet fan, and his friends Gary (Segel) and Mary (Amy Adams) from Smalltown, USA, discover the nefarious plan of oilman Tex Richman (Chris Cooper) to raze the Muppet Theater and drill for the oil recently discovered beneath the Muppets’ former stomping grounds. To stage The … [Read more...]
Harry Cohen Special: Exclusive Interview
Let's get started with this month's special. Below is an interview I had with our guest Harry Cohen, talking about the general aspects of his career. How did you get started in sound design and what's been the evolution of your career? I backed into sound design by accident; I showed up at EFX studios in Burbank to do some piano overdubs on a new-age-y album, and met the … [Read more...]