Wait the Oscars were last weekend? Hurt Locker blew up winning both sound categories, positioning sound soup and re-recording mixer Paul Ottosson up on stage for back to back acceptance speeches. Production sound mixer Ray Beckett was the only other sound winner for the film sharing the mixing award with the Swedish ex-sniper. Below are a few interviews with Paul and Ray(the … [Read more...]
All About the Sound of "The Hurt Locker"
As you may already know, Paul N.J. Ottosson has won the academy award for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing with Ray Beckett. Need to know why "The Hurt Locker" won the two prizes? Here are some links to the posts previously published, all with info about the sound of this amazing film: “The Hurt Locker” and “Avatar”, Two Different Paths on Sound Editing Thoughts of … [Read more...]
Randy Thom Special: Ratatouille
As you know, Randy Thom is the June's featured Sound designer. Let's talk about Ratatouille, an animated movie produced by Pixar and distributed by Disney Pictures and whose sound design was done by Randy Thom. Ratatouille was nominated for five Academy Awards, 13 Annie Awards, and won the Best Animated Feature Award from multiple associations. Well, let's talk about our part: … [Read more...]
Video Interview: Tetro
What it must be like on the sound crew for a film like "Tetro". I'd be nervous as hell to go and mix with Walter Murch then again I'm not re-recording mixer Pete Horner who chalks up this film as his second with Walter. In the following colemanfilm produced interview, Horner does a great job detailing what they tried to accomplish in the new Coppola film. "Tetro" Sound for … [Read more...]
“The Dark Knight” (Pt.2) – Exclusive Interview with Sound Mixer Ed Novick
"The Dark Knight" swooped into theaters July 18th. Helping Nolan create a Gotham City that sounds as real as it looks is sound supervisor and designer Richard King. Riding tall with his work on"The Assassination of Jesse James..." King returned to work with Nolanafter a previous collaboration for 2006's "The Prestige". Mixing took place at Warner Bros. stage 10 where … [Read more...]
MPSE Nominations Drop
The Motion Picture Sound Editor's are celebrating their 55th anniversary this year and of course they will be handing out some golden reels. The annual awards acknowledge the year's best work in the various areas of sound editorial. The nominations dropped this morning and the winners will be announced at the ceremony on Feburary 23rd. Congrats to all the nominees! Click on … [Read more...]
Oscar Picks His Favs
Early this morning the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced their nominees, with news dropping yesterday that Jonny Greenwood's work on "There Will Be Blood" and Michael Brook's for "Into the Wild" was deemed ineligible by the academy for a best score nod. I added polls to the sidebar, feel free to vote for YOUR favorite in each category(please only vote once, … [Read more...]