Treasure Planet, an animated film produced by Walt Disney Pictures released on November 27, 2002. Dane A. Davis was the sound designer, sound editor and creator of Morph's (character) amazing voice. Mix Magazine has an interesting article with the information about the sound process of Treasure Planet. Here is some info about sound design: A major challenge was melding … [Read more...]
Dane A. Davis Special: The Matrix [Part 1]
The Sound Design of The Matrix has been one of the most famous in recent years. An awesome sound work by our August featured sound designer Dane A. Davis. Therefore, I decided to divide into several parts the information about the sound of The Matrix (1999), a famous science fiction-action film written and directed by Larry and Andy Wachowski. In this part, I found two amazing … [Read more...]
Randy Thom's Notes at Siggraph
Randy Thom spoke yesterday in the first keynote at the Siggraph Conference. Let's read some notes and ideas delivered by Thom: "creative use of sound is key to making a long-remembered film." Thom, who won sound editing Oscars for "The Incredibles" and "The Right Stuff," said he is often asked about the difference between designing sound for animation and live action. "One … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: KBOO Radio Interview
Here is an interesting interview with Gary Rydstrom conducted in 2007 by Kboo Radio in his Words and Pictures Program. It's About 28:16 minutes. "Academy Award-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom recently jumped into the director's chair to create the animated short "Lifted" for Pixar. Gary hosted a screening at this summer's Platform Animation Festival in Portland, and has … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: Titanic
Gary Rydstrom wasn't the main sound designer of Titanic, he worked as a re-recording mixer, making a wonderful work with the Sound Crew, and won an Academy Award for Best Sound. I couldn't let go this article that I find about the ound design of Titanic. Let's read! "What the extra time gave us," says supervising sound editor Tom Bellfort, "was the ability to come to terms … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: The Haunting
The Hauting, a horror movie directed by Jan de Bont. The Sound Design by Gary Rydstrom, wich had a interesting interview at filmsound.org talking about the sound of The Haunting. Let's see: On a recording soundstage here at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, the movie's sound designer, Gary Rydstrom, had just received an urgent call from a colleague. An image of the movie's … [Read more...]
Gary Rydstrom Special: Terminator 2: Judgment Day
One of the most important Gary Rydstrom's work was the sound of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron and distributed by Tri-Star Movies. Terminator 2 won 4 Oscars and another 19 wins & 18 nominations. In sound won an Academy Award for Best Sound, Academy Award for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing and BAFTA Award for Best Sound Some time ago, Gary talk … [Read more...]