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Alan Howarth Interview on Horror, Hip Hop, and the Sonics of Fear

April 18, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

Great interview at Thirteen with Alan Howarth, talking about scoring and creating sound for horror films, his early influences and experiments, anecdotes from works with Hip-Hop artists, and more. RC: What’s the craziest contraption you’ve used to capture a wild effect? AH: When I was developing sound effects for The Hunt For Red October I wanted to record underwater sounds, … [Read more...]

More About the Sound of “James Bond 007: Blood Stone”

January 6, 2011 by Miguel Isaza

The December/January issue of Develop Magazine is available to download or view online. There you can find a very cool article (Page 61) about the sound of "James Bond 007: Blood Stone", featuring lead sound designer Mathias Grunwaldt and composer Richard Jacques. There's also a nice article (Page 66) about the voice casting for Fable III. Develop Magazine - Dec '10/Jan '11 … [Read more...]

"Flower" – Sound and Music as Narrative

July 29, 2010 by Miguel Isaza

The video on the top is from a session given by sound designer Steve Johnson and composer Vincent Diamante. In the session they talked about the use of sound design and music as narrative elements in Flower, a game for PS3 developed by Thatgamecompany. Thatgamecompany's Flower was an ambitious and unconventional game that saw fruition through an equally unconventional … [Read more...]

"Observe and Report" – Exclusive Interview with Composer Joseph Stephens

April 20, 2009 by Jake Riehle

Giving audiences a peek at the day-to-day of Mall Cop Ronnie Barnhardt, "Observe and Report" opened in theaters April 10th. Sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Terry Rodman brought along re-recording mixer Steve Pederson for an old-fashioned mixing stake out on dub 12 at the WB lot. The newly redesigned stage is put through a "normal morning" of prep, HERE. Production sound … [Read more...]

“Twilight” – Exclusive (Little) Interview with Composer Carter Burwell

December 8, 2008 by Jake Riehle

"Twilght" descended into theaters November 21st, luring millions of tweens and this blogger, (only for this post, I swear!) to multiplexes. Supervising sound editor Frank Gaeta clocked time in editorial as well as the dub stages at Wildfire Studios alongside fellow re-recording mixers Marshall Garlington and Leslie Shatz. While Gaeta continued his working relationship with … [Read more...]

“3:10 To Yuma” Score Video

December 1, 2007 by Jake Riehle

Lionsgate Films has posted a great little video with composer Marco Beltrami about his work on "3:10 to Yuma". CLICK HERE for a version of better quality. … [Read more...]

“The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Pt.1) – Exclusive Interview with Scoring Mixer Jake Jackson

September 21, 2007 by Jake Riehle

"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" drifts into theaters September 21st. Sound supervisor Richard King and additional sound supervisor Hamilton Sterling wrangled up their sound posse and staked their claim on the editorial. King and Sterling completed Leonardo DiCaprio's "The 11th Hour," earlier this year and King recently started work on the film I am … [Read more...]

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