While there have been numerous videos and interviews on the sound of "Apocalypse Now", Andrew Quinn's posted two awesome videos on his blog, featuring discussions between Walter Murch, Francis Coppola and the rest of the team. It does show how important collaboration, ideation & conflict is when trying to achieve what is best for a film. Also featured are interviews with … [Read more...]
Behind the Art: Randy Thom
Welcome to "Behind the Art", a new section of Designing Sound created with the goal of studying the artistic and creative aspects of sound design, featuring several interviews dedicated to explore the minds and creative approaches of professional sound designers out there, with the goal of expand our creative worlds and learn how others tell stories with sound. There are a lot … [Read more...]
Video: "How to Train Your Dragon" M.P.S.E Sound Show, with Randy Thom, Al Nelson and Gary Rizzo
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/16554818[/vimeo] SoundWorks Collection has published a new fantastic video featuring Supervising Sound Mixer and Sound Designer Randy Thom, Sound Designer Al Nelson, Sound re-recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, Director Chris Sanders, and Film Editor Darren Holmes talking about the sound of "How to Train Your Dragon" in the M.P.S.E Sound Show at Skywalker … [Read more...]
"SOUNDSCAPE: The School of Sound Lectures 1998-2001" Book Reprinted and Available Now
The School of Sound has announced the release of a reprinted version of "SOUNDSCAPE: The School of Sound Lectures 1998-2001", one of the most amazing books to read if you're involved with sound design or sound in general. SOUNDSCAPE is a compendium of presentations given during the first four years of the School of Sound investigating the modern soundtrack and the ways sound … [Read more...]
Wired Magazine: Ben Burtt Talks "The Sounds of Star Wars" Book
Wired has published an exclusive video featuring Ben Burtt, Randy Thom and the guys behind the sound of "Star Wars: Clone Wars" (Matthew Wood and David Acord) talking about the recently announced "The Sounds of Star Wars" book from J.W Rinzler and the legacy of the Star Wars sounds. There are also several video footage of the original recording sessions that Ben and Randy had … [Read more...]
Randy Thom on "The Last Airbender"
The July-August issue of Editors Guild Magazine is now available for viewing online. There is an interesting article about sound work of Randy Thom on "The Last Airbender". This movie is a playground for sound,” says Randy Thom, CAS, referring to director M. Night Shyamalan’s latest film, The Last Airbender, for which he serves as supervising sound designer, co-supervising … [Read more...]
Exotic
"Anybody can make weird sounds easily, but it takes hard work and talent to come up with sounds that are exotic enough to put a useful twist on a scene, but organic enough to be entirely believable." -Randy Thom … [Read more...]