sound
Ben Burtt on Revolutionizing Sci-Fi Sound With ‘Star Wars’ and Creating Darth Vader’s Breathing
Ben Burtt created the sound of my childhood. He gets that a lot. “Yeah, I hear that often,” says the legendary sound designer, creator of the lightsabre swish and Darth Vader’s electronic wheezing, the voice of R2-D2, Chewbacca and, for a younger generation, that of Pixar’s WALL-E. “I guess I altered the DNA of a […]
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‘Civil War’ Sound Editor on Balancing “Oppressive” Battle Noise With Abrupt Silence
In notching A24’s highest-grossing opening weekend to date, Alex Garland’s debate-stirring combat film Civil War has made plenty of noise — both figuratively and literally. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Cailee Spaeny and Wagner Moura, the project has spurred conversation over its depiction of a small group of journalists witnessing the violently divided U.S. en route to […]
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How ‘Finality of Dusk’ Breaks New Ground for Deaf Moviegoers
When the post-apocalyptic drama Finality of Dusk has its world premiere Friday at the Red Nation Film Festival in Los Angeles, it’s a good bet co-writer and Deaf filmmaker Katarina Ziervogel will be seated near to the back of the theater. That’s because Ziervogel and sound design supervisor Daniel Pellerin shaped the sonic landscape for […]
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Formosa Group Employees Petition Parent Company to Keep CEO Bob Rosenthal After His Resignation (Exclusive)
Following what was described as Formosa Group CEO Bob Rosenthal’s emotional last day with his team, there’s more developing at the leading audio postproduction company. Rosenthal’s last official day at Formosa Group was Friday. A day earlier, a so-called “Formosa Group Collective” — a name being used to include employees from “all divisions, domestic and […]
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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Sound Team Acknowledges Category Credits Issue As They Win Oscar: “It Would Be Great If It Was a Little More Flexible”
The thrilling work of the Top Gun: Maverick sound team, which placed audiences into Naval aircrafts amid high-flying action, won the Oscar for best sound on Sunday, delivering Academy Awards to the team of Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor. Despite the happy moment for the team, others who […]
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How the ‘Bridgerton’ Sound Team Captured Season 2’s (Breathy) Love Story
In one particular Bridgerton season two sequence, Viscount Anthony Bridgerton confesses — right before an intimately breathy, yet maddeningly nearly touchless tangle — that Kate Sharma is dually the “bane” of his existence and the “object” of all his desire. The line easily whipped up a frenzy among fans of the couple, the utterance seemingly capturing […]
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‘A Quiet Place Part II’ Sound Supervisors Featured in THR’s ‘Behind the Screen’ Episode
Erik Aadahl and Ethan van de Ryn, the supervising sound editors on John Krasinksi’s A Quiet Place Part II, are featured in a new episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Behind the Screen.” The sequel to the 2018 Paramount thriller — which opened in theaters last weekend with $57 million, the highest debut for a movie since the […]
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