The latest episode in the SoundWorks Collection profiles of sound designers and composers for film looks at Oblivion – a new science fiction film directed by Joe Kosinski.
Featured are Composer Joseph Trapanese, M83′s Anthony Gonzalez, Re-recording Mixer Gary Rizzo and Re-recording Mixer Juan Peralta.
Free Music Friday: Still there? If you survived Apocalypse 2012, get ready for the Synthpocalypse with Transponder’s Prophecy. It’s offered as a free (name your own price) download via bandcamp.
More info at Transponder’s site.
The latest episode of the SoundWorks Collection talks with Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Christopher Boyes about the his work on The Avengers.
This unofficial music video was directed by Brad Hasse, who hopes nobody will be offended, especially the people that own the copyrights to the music and the footage from the original Planet of the Apes:
Dear movie studio and Benny Benassi- this video is not intended for commercial use. It is simply a side project created for the fun of it. I like apes and monkeys, I like classic movies like this one, I like dance music, I like Benny Benassi, and I used to like glowsticks when I was 19… so I made this video.
If the usage of this footage or music for this artistic expression causes any issues with you, please contact me directly (info found easily at bradhasse.com) and I’ll take it down. But ever since this idea popped into my head, I couldn’t help but try to make it for the fun of it to see what it would look like if Charlton Heston found a few glowsticks, turntables, and an insatiable urge to dance. Since I work with some amazing graphics people, we decided to just give it a go. This is a result of that collaboration.
Enjoy!
via neatorama
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences has shared a great video featuring sound designer Ben Burtt (Star Wars) discussing the sound design of the sci fi classic Forbidden Planet.
Forbidden Planet (1956) has an iconic soundtrack that was created by Louis & Bebe Barron.
In the video, Burtt demonstrates some of the hands-on techniques that the Barrons used in creating the soundtrack – techniques that have largely been left behind.
You can view it above, or via oscar.org (right side of the page).
Alien Theme by Nostromo
via RomeosLXMusic:
An audio recording of this famous music as played by Nostromo and used at R&J’s Doncaster throughout the years between 1978-1984 A few scratches at the start but it doesn’t spoil things too much!
Anyone know who ‘Nostromo’ was?