07|01|2005

Commercial Sound Design Edges Toward 5.1

By Dan Daley

If you’re seeking the conventional wisdom governing sound design for commercials, you’re going to be disappointed....  »
05|01|2005

Forget Smooth and Sexy...

By Dan Daley

Director Ridley Scott’s epic Kingdom of Heaven is aptly timed. Set in Jerusalem in 1186, this blockbuster chronicle of the first Crusade doesn’t duck the politics of religion and militarism...  »
04|01|2005

What Randy Thom Hears

Interviewed by Bryant Frazer

It’s hard to imagine a more golden Hollywood resume than the one sported by Randy Thom. Since getting his first big breaks recording effects for Apocalypse Now and The Empire Strikes Back, the sound designer has left his aural fingerprints...  »
04|01|2005

Choosing & Using

By Dan Daley

Ben Burtt, a sound designer at Skywalker Ranch who has worked on all six Star Wars films, notes that libraries have increasingly become a source for temp scores and character shadings. "Certainly, [music...  »
03|01|2005

The 5.1 Challenge

By Dan Daley

Steven Wright’s famous one-liner “You can’t have everything — where would you put it?" has become the ultimate trope for the broadband digital era. Multichannel sound has permeated virtually every...  »
12|01|2004

Got Gear?

By Dan Daley

The Wireless Wonder Martin Talty arrives on set at The Contender, The Apprentice 2, Joe Millionaire and The Real World with an arsenal that includes the Wendt X5 stereo mixer, the Sennheiser MKH-60...  »
12|01|2004

Piloting The Aviator’s Sound Mix

By Dan Daley

The 1930 film Hell’s Angels was Howard Hughes’ paean to the fighter pilots of World War I who jousted in the skies above France— a film driven by Hughes’ own passion for flying and designing aircraft...  »
10|01|2004

Hey, Sports Fans!

by Dan Daley

"There’s a lot of things we could try if we only had the time," laments Jonathan Freed as he drives to the Detroit airport in the wake of the Pistons’ championship upset over the L.A Lakers last...  »
10|01|2004

Big Foote’s Techies Crank Out Tunes

By Bryant Frazer

"We provide musical solutions to problems," says composer Sherman Foote, co-owner of Big Foote Music in New York City. He’s trying to explain a value proposition that goes beyond just beats, tunes...  »
10|01|2004

Q&A: Sound Mixer Tom Fleischman

By Dan Daley

Tom Fleischman Sound Mixer Sound Track, NY Latest Project: The Manchurian Candidate F&V: What characterizes the Candidate’s soundscape and how did that affect its mix? Fleischman: This is a...  »

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