“In Bruges” is hiding out in theaters now. Supervisor Julian Slater helped populate the soundtrack of the quaint medieval town. Slater supervised the hilarious “Hot Fuzz” last year and had another release this past weekend with “The Other Boleyn Girl”. Mixing took place at Hackenbacker Audio Post in London with Nigel Heath dubbing with Oliver Brierley assistning. Nigel, also of … [Read more...]
The MPSE Unravel Their Reels
The 55th annual Motion Picture Sound Editor's Golden Reel awards acknowledging the year's best work in the various areas of sound editing, were held last night in Los Angeles with the sound team from The Bourne Ultimatum claiming both dialog/ADR and effects and foley awards. Into the Wild rambled on with a music editing win while Hairspray danced all the way up to the stage … [Read more...]
“The Orphanage” – Exclusive Interview with Sound Designer Oriol Tarragó
“The Orphanage” has been haunting U.S. theaters since Dec 29th. The second highest opening in Spanish film history, it is director Juan Antonio Bayona's first feature. Helping the film scare the living daylights out of me was sound designer Oriol Tarragó. Tarragó also designed on last year's Spanish horror film, “REC”. Much in the same vein as last week's “Cloverfield”, “REC” … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Anna Behlmer, Re-recording Mixer on “Cloverfield”
"Cloverfield" terrorizes theaters January 18th. Creating the sounds of rampage and mayhem are co-supervising sound editors Douglas Murray and Will Files. Both Skywalker Sound mainstays, Douglas "Owned the Night" this past fall, while Files designed sounds for a rat chef, a bee movie, and santa's little helper. "Cloverfield" mixed on the Howard Hawks Stage at Fox with Andy … [Read more...]
BAFTA Nominations
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts handed down their nominations for Best Sound and Best Music this morning. The Sound award encompasses both mixing and sound editorial. So Production and Re-Recording Mixers as well as the Supervising Sound Editors are eligible. While Best Music goes to the composer. Congrats to all the nominees! BEST SOUND ATONEMENT Danny … [Read more...]
“There Will be Blood” – Exclusive Interview with Re-recording Mixer Michael Semanick and Sound Designer Chris Scarabosio
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...]
“Walk Hard” – Exclusive Interview with Re-recording Music Mixer Bill Benton
"Walk Hard" December 21st. Sound editorial was performed by sound supervisor Joel Shryack with sound designer Robert Grieve on drums, er sound design. Both worked on director Jake Kasdan's last, "The TV Set" and have another Apatow property coming out in February with "Drillbit Taylor". Mixing took place at Sony on the Burt Landcaster Theater, with Tateum Kohut,Gregg Landaker, … [Read more...]