Mix Presents Sound for Film: And the Award Goes To…
The Revenant
The core crew of supervising sound editor/sound designer Martin Hernandez and re-recording mixers Frank A. Montano and Jon Taylor—all nominated last year for director Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu’s Birdman—return for the inventive director’s The Revenant, buttressed this time around by sound design work from the likes of Lon Bender and Randy Thom. Innaritu has an artist’s eye for both picture and sound, and he tends to explore the interweaving of music and effects in interesting ways through his work with composers Carsten Nicolai (Alva Noto), Ryuichi Sakamoto and Bryce Dessner, blended with sound “haikus” created with Hernandez. Thom was instrumental in the wind sounds rushing across the prairie, among many other animal and human sounds of survival; wait till you hear them in an Atmos mix. Expect another nomination or two; this crew is good.
Director: Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu
Movie Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Sound Re-Recording Facility: Universal Pictures Studios
Re-Recording Mixers: Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor
Additional Re-Recording: Leff Lefferts, Brandon Proctor
Sound Designer: Martin Hernandez, Randy Thom, supervising sound designer, Lon Bender, Jon Title
Supervising Sound Editor: Martin Hernandez, Randy Thom, Lon Bender, Todd Toon (additional sound supervision)
Sound Editorial: William R. Dean, sound effects editor; Kris Fenske, sound effects editor; D. Chris Smith, sound effects editor; Pernell L. Salinas, first assistant sound editor; Luke Gibleon, second assistant sound editor; Ryan Meadows, field recording/second assistant sound editor; Catherine Harper, Foley artist; Rick Owens, Foley artist; Geordy Sincavage, supervising Foley mixer/Foley editor; Nancy Macleod, Foley editor; Olivia Souder, Foley editor; Aran Tanchum, Foley editor; Ryan Wassil, Foley mixer/editor; Lisa J. Levine, supervising dialog and ADR editor; Paul Hackner, dialog editor; Shane Hayes, dialog editor; Larry Kemp, dialog editor; Tor McAfee Kingdon, ADR mixer; Michael Miller, ADR mixer; Chris Navarro, ADR mixer; Kathleen Edwards, ADR recordist; Candice Todesco, sound assistant
Production Sound Mixer: Chris Duesterdiek
Music By: Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai, Ryuichi Sakamoto
Music Scoring Mixer: Scott Michael Smith, Conrad Hensel
Music Supervisor: Lynn Fainchtein
Music Editor: Steven A. Saltzman, Curt Sobel, Joseph S. DeBeasi