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Special Academy Award Granted to VR Experience ‘Carne y Arena’

October 30, 2017 by Luca Fusi

Special Academy Award Granted to VR Experience ‘Carne y Arena’

For only the second time in history (the first was 1996's Toy Story), the Academy is granting a special Oscar, this time to Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu for the virtual reality experience, Carne y Arena (Virtually Present, Physically Invisible). The experience was hosted at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year and remains on exhibition in Los Angeles, … [Read more...]

The Sound Design Of Star Wars Rogue One

March 24, 2017 by Michael Klier

The Sound Design Of Star Wars Rogue One

Sound On Sound just released a in depth behind the scenes video of the Sound Design of Star Wars Rogue One. We had the great pleasure of visiting the iconic Skywalker Sound in Northern California to talk to Supervising Sound Editors Christopher Scarabosio and Matthew Wood about world creation, making sci-fi weapons sound realistic, and how some unexpected sampling brought … [Read more...]

News: Dolby Institute “Conversations with Sound Artists” Podcast Series

August 27, 2015 by admin

We as a community are lucky to have a number of amazingly informative resources available to us, and podcasts count among the most popular. Well, add a new one to your listening list: the Dolby Institute, in conjunction with SoundWorks Collection, is presenting a limited number of podcasts in a series entitled "Conversations with Sound Artists". For the first episode, released … [Read more...]

“ADC, it’s easy as 1 10 11” – A Retrospective from the Pros

February 28, 2015 by Richard Gould

“ADC, it’s easy as 1 10 11” – A Retrospective from the Pros

I was born in England in 1988. Some of my earliest memories involve old BBC and Mac computers. I grew up listening to CDs, MiniDisks, playing "Duck Hunt" on my sister's NES. The dial-up modem sounds are imprinted on my memory. I recall my father ordering books from Amazon.com back when that's all Amazon sold. In my teen years I assembled my own computer to save money and grew … [Read more...]

SoundWorks Collection – Leslie Ann Jones

October 9, 2014 by admin

[vimeo]http://www.vimeo.com/107447137[/vimeo] In the latest offering from SoundWorks Collection, the spotlight is on Leslie Ann Jones, Director of Music and Scoring at Skywalker Sound. This 10-minute profile explores Jones’ musical roots and her 30-year career as a recording and mixing engineer. Check out other SoundWorks Collection videos at: soundworkscollection.com … [Read more...]

The Carpetbagger Blog Talks to Steve Boeddeker and Randy Thom

February 26, 2014 by Shaun Farley

The Carpetbagger, a New York Times blog dedicated to the film awards season we are now in the flush of, has spoken to Steve Boeddeker and Randy Thom at Skywalker Sound. “Before there was a here here, I was here,” said Randy Thom, the director of sound design at Skywalker Sound, part of George Lucas’s Skywalker Ranch complex outside of San Francisco. “It used to be called … [Read more...]

Film Music and Sound Design Brought Closer Together With New Sundance Partnership

August 8, 2013 by admin

Film Music and Sound Design Brought Closer Together With New Sundance Partnership

Where does a film's score end and sound design begin? A new partnership between the Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound will seek to bring these two components of the film soundtrack closer together, with the aim of fostering a more integrated dialogue between filmmakers, sound designers and score composers. Composers Lab, Sundance's annual mentoring scheme for aspiring … [Read more...]

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