Mix Presents Sound for Film: And the Award Goes To…
CONCUSSION
It’s a film loaded with controversy, a real-life tale of a doctor who exposed CTE brain trauma and forced the NFL into a decade-long program of reckoning and response. And it’s ongoing, to the point that the NFL stepped in last spring and sought to look at the content. That’s all good for an end-of-year film in the news, but from a sound angle, it stands on its own, from the body-crushing tackling on the field to the laboratory environments and board-room ambience. The dynamics from the playing field to the courtroom are expertly captured, edited and mixed, with the three-time Oscar-winning Mike Minkler at the helm. A real-life drama with real-life, rooted sounds.
Director: Peter Landesman
Movie Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment
Sound Re-Recording Facility: Sony Pictures Studios
Re-Recording Mixers: Mike Minkler, Christian P. Minkler
Sound Designer: David Esparza
Supervising Sound Editor: Dave McMoyler
Sound Editorial: Ando Johnson, sound effects editor; Branden Spencer, sound editor; Michelle Pazer, dialog editor; Gary A Hecker, supervising Foley artist; Rick Owens, Foley artist; Howard London, ADR mixer; Devin Doucette, ADR recordist;
Production Sound Mixer: Jim Emswiller, Nerses Gezalyan; George E. Simpson, Jr.
Music By: James Newton Howard
Music Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy
Music Editor: Jim Weidman, supervising music editor