Sound designer John Kassab recently interviewed supervising sound editor James Mather about his work on Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. He kindly sent me the full Q&A for publishing here on the site, so we hope you enjoy it. [By John Kassab for Designing Sound] JK: To What extent is sonic consistency a priority when creating sounds for a film franchise like … [Read more...]
An Interview with Rob Sephton
The guys at Sounddogs Blog has published an interview with sound designer Rob Sephton, talking about general things of his sound design career. S.B.: What would you say is the best part of being a sound designer? R.S.: Well that’s it, the best part of being a Sound Designer is the design of the sound of movies. That’s the fun stuff. As with everything else, there’s the … [Read more...]
"Inception" – Exclusive Interview with Richard King
Photo by Alex Eylar There's been great coverage on the sound of Inception. Mix Magazine, Soundworks Collection, and Wired Magazine posted articles and videos about sound editorial and mixing while Coffey Sound interviewed production sound mixer Ed Novick about his experiences on set. Nevertheless, I attempted to blaze some new trails below in a brief interview with sound … [Read more...]
Bruce Tanis Writes on his Two 2010 Emmy Noms
Bruce Tanis, who was recently featured here, has made a post for Colin Hart talking about his two Emmy nominations for Fringe and Temple Grandin. Hi Colin. As you know, I was lucky enough to be nominated recently for a Sound Editing Emmy Award for this past television season. Actually, I was even luckier and received TWO nominations! One was for sound effects editing on … [Read more...]
"PREDATOR" 1987 – Exclusive Interview with David Stone
This is the start of something new here at Designing Sound. Once a month we'l try to interview a sound person from a past film. I haven't figured out a formula yet of what films or years to feature so It may be a little hurky jerky time period wise as I settle into this. That said, it was easy enough to follow up the "Predators" interview with one of my childhood favs, 1987's … [Read more...]
"Predators" – Exclusive Interview with Paula Fairfield & Carla Murray
Sound designers Paula Fairfield and Carla Murray took time out to answer few questions about their work on "Predators". They have been featured a few interviews already HERE and HERE. Stay tuned for a companinion interview with one of the sound supervisor David Stone from the original 1987 Predator next week. PF = Sound Designer Paula Fairfield CM = Sound Designer Carla … [Read more...]
Randy Thom on the Sound of "How to Train Your Dragon"
SoundWorks Collection has just released a new sound for film profile featuring Sound Designer Randy Thom, talking about the sound of "How to Train your Dragon". Supervising Sound Mixer and Sound Designer Randy Thom talks about Dreamworks Animation 3-D thrilling action-adventure “How to Train Your Dragon”. Find out how the roster of dragons were brought to life and the unique … [Read more...]