There is a nice article at The Kartel, providing some notes and ideas given by Akira Yamaoka on his lecture at GDC 2010. Check: Surival-horror fanatics, despite their differences, can all agree that the Silent Hill series was revolutionary for creating both an immersive and creepy environment. Through the use of haunting sound effects, and an original soundtrack, sound … [Read more...]
The Sound Design of "Drag Me to Hell"
Cool featurette on the sound design of "Drag Me to Hell" with comments of re-recording mixers Marti Humphrey and Chris Jacobson and co-sound supervisor Jussi Tegelman. Drag Me to Hell Website (Thanks to Gabriel for the link) … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett and the Dynamics of Narrative
Bob Bridgett has published a new fantastic article at Gamasutra, this time exploring common examples of dynamics from horror cinema and how those rules can be adapted to game design and game audio in any genre through graphic visualisation and planning techniques. 'Design' is one of the most important areas of sound design, in that the sound designer needs to sit down, over the … [Read more...]
All about the Sound of Dead Space
There is no doubt that Dead Space was one of the best games of 2008 and personally, the best game sound design and music of that year. I have collected some information and videos about the sound on this game, let's see.. Developer: Visceral Games Publisher: Electronic Arts Game Engine: Godfather Game engine Platforms: PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows Genre: Survival … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Miguel Rivera, ADR Editor on "The Last House on the Left"
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...]
Exclusive Interview with Marti D. Humphrey, Re-Recording Mixer on “The Strangers”
"The Strangers" introduced itself to theaters May 30th. Supervising sound editor Scott Hecker makes sure you notice the film's sound. Hecker is continuing a horror roll with this falls retelling of "The Tale of Two Sisters” with, "The Uninvited". "The Strangers" mixed in Burbank at "the dub stage" with Marti D. Humphrey and Chris M. Jacobson on dialog/music and effects, … [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...]