Composer David Kitay

Jun 1, 2006, By Gary Eskow

Like so many in the audio industry, David Kitay grew up in a musicmaking home. His mother was an opera singer who exposed him to a variety of influences,...

Dario Marianelli

Jun 1, 2006, By Bryan Reesman

What do feudal India, pre-Victorian England and modern-day Rwanda have in common? They have all inspired the eclectic soundtrack work of composer Dario...

Restoring Oklahoma!

Apr 1, 2006, By George Petersen

Debuting more than a half-century ago, Oklahoma! represented a number of firsts. This big-budgeted film retelling of the Rodgers & Hammerstein Broadway...

Composer Harry Gregson Williams

Apr 1, 2006, By Gary Eskow

Growing up just south of London, Harry Gregson Williams spent hours every school day performing works by the English choral masters as a member of a refined...

Audio on the Airwaves

Apr 1, 2006, By Blair Jackson

Live recording is a difficult and demanding art and science under the best conditions. And engineers will tell you that getting the best conditions is...

Spotting For Episodics

Apr 1, 2006, By Matt Hurwitz

For decades, scoring music for television has simply involved a scaled-down version of the art and process used on theatrical features: orchestral music...

The Natural Sound of 'The New World'

Feb 1, 2006, By Tom Kenny

Terrence Malick sees and hears the world differently from most people. Perhaps it's a result of his many years walking and exploring in the natural world,...

Composer Spotlight: Angelo Badalamenti

Jan 1, 2006, By Bryan Reesman

Angelo Badalamenti is one of the most original musical voices in film. The Italian-American composer and longtime David Lynch collaborator bends the rules...

Good Night, and Good Luck

Jan 1, 2006, By Blair Jackson

Good Night, and Good Luck is completely unlike any other film currently playing at your local multiplex. Shot in a sort of faux v black and white to evoke...

Entering the World of Narnia

Jan 1, 2006, By Tom Kenny

Movie audiences certainly hear the big scenes the battles, the sword hits, the crowd roars with grunts and groans. The sound effects demand attention...

Rent

Dec 1, 2005, By Blair Jackson

On a splendid May morning in Building 180 on Treasure Island, in the middle of the San Francisco Bay, the principal cast members of director Chris Columbus'...

Neff Plants Post Work

Dec 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

San Francisco Bay Area based audio engineer/film mixer John Neff recently completed a mix of Michael Franti's new documentary film, I Know I'm Not Alone,...

The Interior Life of Jarhead

Dec 1, 2005, By Blair Jackson

In some ways, the 1991 Gulf War, in which the United States and its allies decimated the armies of Saddam Hussein and ended his takeover of oil-rich neighbor...

The Sound of Silents

Dec 1, 2005, By Matt Hurwitz

Epic films can put both composers and scoring mixers to the test, requiring considerable amounts of cues, stings and lush melodies to accompany visually...

The Producers

Dec 1, 2005, By David Weiss

Frank Wolf is caught up in a classic case of things moving full circle the hilarious 1968 Mel Brooks film The Producers gave way to a 21st-century Tony...

An Excess of Gear for INXS

Nov 1, 2005, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Mark Burnett Productions' (Survivor, The Apprentice, Contender) RockStar:INXS, which searched for the next INXS lead singer (the winner, J.D. Fortune,...

Walk the Line

Nov 1, 2005, By Blair Jackson

With the triumph of Jamie Foxx's uncanny portrayal of Ray Charles still fresh in our minds, buzz in the movie industry has now turned to the lead performances...

Track Transformations

Oct 1, 2005, By Michael Axinn

When George Lucas famously postulated that sound was 50 percent of the movie-going experience, a generation of audio professionals began to see themselves...

Foley Recording

Sep 1, 2005, By Blair Jackson

One of the most critical, yet underappreciated links of the film sound chain is Foley recording. You probably know the basics. It was named after the...

Make Way for Family Guy

Sep 1, 2005, By Maureen Droney

You wouldn't expect people who listen to Family Guy jokes all day to look so, well, normal. But in person, the post-production sound crew for Family Guy...

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