Heikki Kossi is an illustrious Foley artist and supervisor from Kokkola, Finland. He and his colleagues at H5 Film Sound have provided bespoke Foley since the year 2000 for numerous feature films, shorts, video games, TV-dramas, documentaries and animations, amassing hundreds of credits (Heikki has 40 to his name in 2017 alone!). These include "Beguiled", "Bill Nye: Science … [Read more...]
Diego Stocco – Sound Composing Fear from his DIY Nightmares
Covering both the subject of last month's DIY and this month's of Fear, we spoke with Diego Stocco about his work as a sound designer, composer and performer. Diego creates eclectic musical experiences with custom built instruments and experimental recording techniques. He loves discovering hidden sounds from organic sources, objects and materials, with an unorthodox musical … [Read more...]
Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast: Spooky Sounds
Fitting our monthly theme "Fear", a recent episode of the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast explores how Hollywood crafts the sounds of horror and why these sounds trigger fear. Guests include Formosa Group Senior Sound Editor/Sound Designer Trevor Gates and Dan Blumstein, professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UCLA. You can listen to the episode here. [image … [Read more...]
Gamasutra Audio Design Deep Dive: Martin Stig Andersen On Scoring Wolfenstein II Using Baschet Sonic Sculptures
Martin Stig Andersen (Limbo, INSIDE) has written an extensive piece about his recent work on Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus in which he describes his use of Baschet Instruments, unique sound sculptures created by two French Brothers named François and Bernard Baschet. You can read the full article here. … [Read more...]
Riot Games: Creative Contest 2017 This Year With Category Sound Design
Riot Games has recently announced this years creative contest including for the 1st time a Sound Design category. The rules will be announced at the beginning of the contest. It starts November 6th and lasts until January 31 2018. You can read the official announcement here. [image credit: Riot Games] … [Read more...]
Nathan Smith – One Prop at a Time
Nathan Smith is Sound Design Supervisor at Dallas,Texas based Gearbox Software. He has worked in TV, films including "The King of Kong" and video games such as the Borderlands franchise. What brought him to my attention was a series of videos he produced demonstrating various boxes and gadgets he constructed to capture sound assets for his various projects. I asked him some … [Read more...]
Soundworks Collection: The Sound Of Blade Runner 2049
Soundworks Collection has just published a in-depth video about the sound & music of Bladerunner 2049. You can watch it here. … [Read more...]