It's April, and you'd be a fool if you didn't check out this past month's freshly released sound libraries. From quiet forests, ocean sounds, and country ambience, to war-torn future soundscapes and the introduction of a new company to the sound design community, plus a BIG contest announcement, Designing Sound's monthly round up has you covered. … [Read more...]
How to Judge the Best Sound Editing Oscar
As the Academy Awards approach, Skip Lievsay expalins at Slate V what goes into great sound editing. Via: FilmSound Daily … [Read more...]
Backstage Interviews with the Winners of the MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2010
SoundWorks Collection has published more than 15 videos featuring backstage interviews and recipient videos with the winners of the MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2010. Check some of them: … [Read more...]
Thoughts of the Oscars Sound Nominees
I've found two interesting articles with thoughts and general info from the sound nominees to the Oscars, talking about his respetive works on films such as "Avatar", "The Hurt Locker", "Star Trek", "Up" and "Inglourious Basterds". The first one is from MPEG, with comments of some of the sound editors with best sound nomination: Though the movies they worked on were all … [Read more...]
The Sound of Pixar's UP
With a $68.2 million opening weekend and a beautiful story, UP has become one of the most representative Pixar's movies. Here we have grouped some information about the music and sound of the film. Staff Directors. Pete Docter and Bob Peterson Music Mixing - Michael Semanick Effects Mixing & Sound Design - Tom Myers Sound Supervising - Michael Silvers Sound Mix: SDDS … [Read more...]
Exclusive Interview with Jana Vance and Dennie Thorpe, Foley Artist on Pixar's UP
Pixar's "Up" was the first ever animated film to open the Cannes Film Festival. Though screened out of competition I believe it could have easily won the Palme d'Or. The film mixed up at Skywalker Sound with Michael Semanick and Tom Myers on dialog/music and effects respectively. Myers also shared sound supervising credit with Michael Silvers and the pair both worked on … [Read more...]