Mix Magazine has published a detailed article on the sound of Jon Favreau's recent film, 'Cowboys & Aliens'. It features interviews with Favreau's long time re-recording mixer/sound designer Chris Boyes, supervising sound editor Frank Eulner, sound designer David Farmer, composer Harry Gregson-Williams, music editor Meri Gavin and score engineer/mixer Malcolm Luker. I was … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/26396415[/vimeo] After eight films over a 10-year span, the epic adventure of Harry Potter and his circle of wizard friends will close the last chapter of this celebrated series with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. Director David Yates returns to direct his fourth Harry Potter film and returns with his talented sound team including … [Read more...]
AudioMedia Game Sound Special 2011
July's issue of AudioMedia features several articles on game audio, including: Martin Stig Andersen on the sound of "Limbo" Richard Wentk talks with Valve's audio team about the sound of "Portal 2" Phil Kovats - Sound Matters Niklas Hed on the sound and music of "Angry Birds" Level Up - Loudness Standards for Games (feat Garry Taylor, Scott Selfon and Rob … [Read more...]
Michael Semanick Presentation at Ex’pression College
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25701601[/vimeo] Michael Semanick is a two-time Academy Award winner and has been nominated six other times for Achievement in Sound Mixing. He was nominated for all three Lord of The Rings films and won for Return of the King in 2004. He received his second Academy Award for Peter Jackson’s King Kong. Semanick has been nominated twice for his work with … [Read more...]
Coll Anderson Special: Documentary Sound
It’s still June and the gifted Coll Anderson is still the sound designer of the month here at Designing Sound. Among many other things, Coll has done a long list of impressive documentaries and doing an interview focused on this part of his work was an obvious choice. Among many award winning documentaries, Coll has worked on Restrepo (2010), Catfish (2010) and the Academy … [Read more...]
The Sound of “Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/25669979[/vimeo] Director Michael Bay and Producer Steven Speilberg return this summer for the third film in the Transformers franchise, Tranformers: Dark of the Moon. The amazing visual effects in this film are complimented by the talented efforts of the sound team including Re-recording Mixers Greg Russell and Jeff Haboush, and Supervising Sound … [Read more...]
Mixing for Games – AMPS Panel Discussion
Audio Director Paul Weir shares a recording of a recent informal panel discussion on Mixing for Games held as part of the Association of Motion Picture Sound (AMPS). Through AMPS (The Association of Motion Picture Sound) we had an informal panel discussion covering the common issues regarding mixing for games. The event brought together game and film audio people and topics … [Read more...]