Recently, Dolby has unveiled two new technologies, both for films and video games. The first surprise is the announce of Dolby Surround 7.1 at ShoWest 2010. Dolby Laboratories, Inc. announced it is working with Walt Disney Pictures(R) and Pixar(R) Animation Studios to deliver a new audio format, Dolby(R) Surround 7.1. Disney(R) and Pixar have stated that Dolby Surround 7.1 … [Read more...]
Erick Ocampo Talks About the Sound Design of "Front Mission Evolved"
Square Enix has published on his blog a post by Erick Ocampo, who talks about the sound design of "Front Mission Evolved", talking about his work on the Wanzer robots. He also talks about working with our featured sound designer Erik Aadahl, who participated in the creation of the sounds of the video game. My name is Erick Ocampo, I am the Sound Designer on Front Mission … [Read more...]
Erik Aadahl Special: All About the Sound of "Transformers"
Transformers has been one of the most important titles for Erik Aadahl's career. As we are on his special, I take the opportunity to do a mashup of articles, interviews, and videos, trying to put all the info about Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen I found in the Internet, including also material from the rest of the crew on the mix, dialogue and foley. Also … [Read more...]
Recording Voices for Fantastic Mr. Fox
A fellow sound editor heard Jason Schwartzman on the radio this morning describe the unorthodox voice recording in Wes Anderson's "The Fantastic Mr. Fox". I poked around a bit to see if anyone else was talking about how they captured the voices for the animated film and Yahoo didn't disappoint. Enjoy the following clip and go see the film, it's a lot of fun! 'Fantastic Mr … [Read more...]