Nice video about the sound of "Army of Two: The 40th Day" of EA Games Montreal. You can see composer Tyler Bates talking about the music and Lewis James talking about the sound design and the weapons sounds. Army of Two: The 40th Day Website … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
Another great work of Rob Bridgett: This was the first experience for me as an audio director dropped into a project as it hit production, so many of the things that are so important to game development like getting to know the team and understanding the project both from a detailed implementation perspective and simultaneously a high-level had to happen very quickly. Joining … [Read more...]
The Sound Design of Dragon Age Origins
Interesting video about the sound design of Dragon Age Origins, the last title of BioWare. You can see the Audio Director Simon Pressey and Sound Designer Jordan Ivey talking about the sound of the video game. Dragon Age Origins Website … [Read more...]
Rob Bridgett Special: Lectures About Game Audio Production
Four lectures of Rob Bridgett with information and good tips for game audio production, focused on the audio model on Scarface. GDC Canada 2009 - Post-production Audio Panel GDC Canada 09 - Post-production Audio Panel By Rob Bridgett, Leonard Paul, Gordon Durity, Jason Ross Genre: game audio Tags: audio, games, lecture, post-production, sound design Download : MP3 Audio A … [Read more...]
The Sound of "Saving Private Ryan"
U.S.O has published an interesting post about the sound and music of Saving Private Ryan, a film with the sound design of our Julys's featured: Gary Rydstrom. Gary Rydstrom (an excerpt from Surround Sound, Second Edition): Since we hear all around us, while seeing only to the front, sounds have long been used to alert us to danger. In Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan, … [Read more...]
Sound Design Essentials: Software (I) – Database & Organization
Some people asked me about the third part of Sound Design Essentials, so here is it: Software (4 parts). Part 1: Database & Organization Part 2: Editing Software Part 3: Advanced Transformation Tools Part 4: Noise Reduction and Restoration I clarify that I'm not gonna talk about DAWs. It's something that has been discussed a lot in many different blogs, forums, etc.. … [Read more...]
Ben Burtt Special: Star Wars – Episode II: Attack of the Clones
hgeunvst6b The last part of the Ben Burtt - Star Wars Special. This time with Episode II: Attack of The Clones. I have two interesting articles to share to you. First article is from Film Sound, a really interesting interview with Ben Burtt talking about the sound of Episode II: It sounds like an enormous undertaking. The thing about any 'Star Wars' film, especially the ones … [Read more...]