[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/29246407[/vimeo] Finland based composer and sound designer Ari Pulkkinen seems to be one of the most listened to composers in the world right now with over 250 million people who have heard his original Angry Birds theme. Pulkkine’s catchy theme was also recently performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra which was part of a music festival in the … [Read more...]
SFX News: Hybrid Electric Car, MIDI Factory, Metal Scrapes, SFX Bible HD Discount
[vimeo]http://vimeo.com/28042190[/vimeo] New Sound Lab has released NSL007 Hybrid Electric Car (24-Bit/96kHz | $30). This library features a collection of exterior and interior sounds from a 2007 Toyota Prius. A majority of the recording was conducted at El Mirage Lake, a six mile long dry lake bed in the Mojave Desert, 90 miles north of Los Angeles. This barren landscape, … [Read more...]
Develop: Martin Stig Andersen on “Limbo”
This month's issue of Develop Magazine is now available for download. On its heard about section, John Broomhall talks with Develop award winner Martin Stig Andersen, composer and sound designer of Limbo. GAME AUDIO people are still talking about Limbo. They may be for some time. One leading audio developer recently stated publically they would likely have made a terrible job … [Read more...]
September’s Featured Sound Designer: Paul Davies
After enjoying a wonderful month with Tim Nielsen, it’s time to move on to our next great guest here at Designing Sound. It’s a pleasure to introduce this month’s featured sound designer: Paul Davies. Based in the UK, Paul has a long, impressive credit list, working as sound designer and supervising sound editor, and he will share articles, tips and thoughts with us. Bio … [Read more...]
The Recordist Releases Prop Planes 2 HD and Beech 58P Airplane HD
The Recordist has released two airplane sfx libraries: Prop Planes 2 HD ($35.00 | 35 files at 96kHz/24-Bit) It’s hard to believe a whole year has passed since the 5th Annual Sandpoint fly in and on August 13, 2011 I traveled to the Sandpoint Idaho Airport and recorded the 6th Annual Fly In. Included are 24-Bit 96K recordings presented as Broadcast WAV files with full … [Read more...]
Inside Look at the Creation of Movie Sound Effects
New article of Mix Magazine dedicated to sound effects, featuring sound editors Harry Cohen, Christopher Assells and Jon Title. From the clang of a sword to the roar of a monster to the rev of a car engine, Hollywood directors depend on sound designers and sound effects editors to craft the sonic elements that help add impact and interest, set the mood or ratchet up the terror … [Read more...]
Interview with Matthew Wood
Home Theater Forum has interviewed Matthew Wood about his work on the Blu-ray edition of Star Wars. We met with Matthew Wood from Skywalker Sound to find out more about the sound mix and what was done to ready it for Blu-ray. He started working on the Blu-ray audio back in 2007. Here are excerpts from that presentation. It was very obvious that he has a lot of passion for … [Read more...]