A remake of Wes Craven's 1972 horror classic, "The Last House on the Left" hit theaters March 13th. The film was mixed at Widget Post in West Hollywood with Rick Ash and Gary Gegan at the helm. Sound editorial and design was handled by the LA based company "Fury and Grace" headed up by supervising sound editors Jon Johnson and Sandy Gendler. Production sound mixer Simon Rice … [Read more...]
“Twilight” – Exclusive (Little) Interview with Composer Carter Burwell
"Twilght" descended into theaters November 21st, luring millions of tweens and this blogger, (only for this post, I swear!) to multiplexes. Supervising sound editor Frank Gaeta clocked time in editorial as well as the dub stages at Wildfire Studios alongside fellow re-recording mixers Marshall Garlington and Leslie Shatz. While Gaeta continued his working relationship with … [Read more...]
“The Dark Knight” (Pt.4) – Exclusive Interview with “Ambient Sound Designer” Mel Wesson
Batman-on-film.com (self explanatory) reported last fall that a man by the name of Mel Wesson posted on his personal site that he was to be the "Ambient Music Designer" on "The Dark Knight". Not only was I excited that a Batman fan site was highlighting someone in the music department(other than the composer), I was intrigued with the idea of that job title. After some IMDB … [Read more...]
“The Dark Knight” (Pt.3) – Exclusive Interview with Supervising Sound Editor Richard King
UPDATE: Holy technical difficulties Batman, Richard King's interview is back online! I switched hosting sites for the audio interviews and will migrate all the rest of them this weekend. Thanks for bearing with all the mess. In a recent "Wired" Magazine article, "The Dark Knight" director, Chris Nolan stated, “Even if you're trying to portray something fantastical and … [Read more...]
“The Dark Knight” (Pt.2) – Exclusive Interview with Sound Mixer Ed Novick
"The Dark Knight" swooped into theaters July 18th. Helping Nolan create a Gotham City that sounds as real as it looks is sound supervisor and designer Richard King. Riding tall with his work on"The Assassination of Jesse James..." King returned to work with Nolanafter a previous collaboration for 2006's "The Prestige". Mixing took place at Warner Bros. stage 10 where … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Wylie Stateman, Supervising Sound Editor of “Wanted”
While "Wanted" seemed a little too much like gun porn with not much else, I was amazed by it's soundtrack. as I walked out of the theater I knew I had to get someone to discuss some sound conventions that caused said amazement. Most notably the playfulness between music and sound effects. Luckily, I got a hold of veteran Sound Supervisor Wylie Stateman for a quick phone … [Read more...]
“Wall-E” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer Ben Burtt
On a recent trip to Disneyland, I was bummed to find that the animatronic version of Wall-E wasn't at the park to greet me. I guess he was too busy doing TV spots like the example below... (bare with the blow hard anchors) I almost can't contain my excitement for "Wall-E" and if that pesky Batman film wasn't releasing next month, that little boxy guy could be accepting my … [Read more...]