On Sunday, Michael Hopkins died in a rafting accident in New Zealand. Mike's best known work was with Peter Jackson. He and I worked on the Jackson film "The Frighteners." He won Oscars for his work on "Lord Of The Rings" and "King Kong." Mike Hopkins was as kind, generous, and humble a man as you might hope to meet, and a world class sound editor/designer. Everybody who spent … [Read more...]
Erik Aadahl Special: All About the Sound of "Transformers"
Transformers has been one of the most important titles for Erik Aadahl's career. As we are on his special, I take the opportunity to do a mashup of articles, interviews, and videos, trying to put all the info about Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen I found in the Internet, including also material from the rest of the crew on the mix, dialogue and foley. Also … [Read more...]
The Sound Design of "The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Two Towers"
More videos! Let's check these videos of The Lord Of The Rings, with director Peter Jackson, producer Barrie Osborne, co-producer Rick Porras, supervising sound editors Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van Der Ryn, sound designer David Farmer, ADR Recordist Chris Ward, and re-recording mixers Chris Boyes and Michael Semanick talking about the sound design of "The Lord Of The Rings: The … [Read more...]
Transformers 2: Interview Round Up
I planned on interviewing some of the post sound crew from "Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen" but there are so many great interviews out there already about the great work they did, I might as well be a blogger in disguise and just link to them. AUDIO-MEDIA magazine: Interview with Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, and Greg Russell. EDITORS-GUILD magazine PT.1: Q and A … [Read more...]
“Transformers” Sound Off
Wow, I feel like Daniel Plainview in "There Will Be Blood": "I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my child!" Sorry for the long gap in posts. The current gig has ruined any free time I had to do this thing, but we're almost into final mix so things here will get back on track. So I promised some coverage on last week's "Transformers" event. There is some great stuff already … [Read more...]