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Sound Profile: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

Posted on August 19, 2010 by zquarles

“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” Sound for Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

When you meet the girl of your dreams, would you defeat her ex-boyfriends to win her love? The London based sound team behind“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” share their stories about bringing to life the comic book pages of this alternative universe. Featured in this exclusive SoundWorks Collection Sound for Film Profile is Re-recording Mixer Chris Burdon, Re-recording Mixer Doug Cooper, and Supervising Sound Editor Julian Slater.

Movie Synopsis:
In Toronto, 23-year-old Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is the bass guitarist for the band Sex Bob-omb and has just met the girl of his dreams, Ramona Flowers (Mary Elizabeth Winstead). Scott learns that he must battle Ramona’s seven evil exes, who are coming to kill him, to finally win Ramona’s heart. As Scott gets closer to Ramona, his encounters include skateboarders, vegan rock stars, and identical twins. To stay with Ramona, Scott must vanquish all of the seven evil exes before they defeat him.

Directed by:
Edgar Wright

Sound Department
Dafydd Archard	….	sound mix technician
Wade Barnett	….	adr recordist
Antony Bayman	….	sound mix technician
James Boyle	….	sound designer
Chris Burdon	….	sound re-recording mixer
Peter Burgis	….	foley artist
Pat Cassin	….	boom operator
Greg Chapman	….	sound mixer
Ed Colyer	….	foley mixer
Doug Cooper	….	sound re-recording mixer
Nick Del-Molino	….	mix assistant
Mike Filippov	….	music playback
Glen Gathard	….	assistant foley mixer
Arthur Graley	….	foley editor
James Harrison	….	sound effects designer
Zach Hunter	….	second boom
John ‘Wheels’ Hurlbut	….	on set Pro Tools operator
Gerard Loret	….	sound editor
Matthew McKenzie	….	adr mixer
Colin McLellan	….	adr recordist
Ben Meechan	….	sound effects editor
Zak Melemendjian	….	dialogue editor
Markus Moll	….	sound mix technician
Dan Morgan	….	supervising adr & dialogue editor
Chris Navarro	….	adr mixer
Jeremy Price	….	additional sound effects editor
James Shannon	….	dolby sound consultant
Julian Slater	….	supervising sound editor
Andy Stallabrass	….	adr recordist
Jason Swanscott	….	foley artist
Philip Young	….	adr recordist

Posted in Film Sound, recording, sound design | Tagged 8 bit sound, Doug Cooper, Edgar Wright, Film Sound, Julian Slater, Scott Pilgrim, sound design | Leave a comment

Sound Profile: There Will Be Blood

Posted on August 11, 2010 by zquarles

For Wednesday, I’ve posted an older sound profile for the gorgeous Paul Thomas Anderson epic: There Will Be Blood.

“There will be Blood” Sound for Film Profile from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

From SoundWorks Collection:

Skywalker Sound re-recording mixer Michael Semanick describes designing subtle and gritty “oil sounds” for the epic saga “There Will Be Blood”.

Movie Studio:
Warner Brothers Studio

Mix Studio:
Skywalker Sound

Directed by:
Paul Thomas Anderson

Original Music by:
Jonny Greenwood

Sound Department:

Michael Babcock	….	additional sound supervisor
Chris Barron	….	digital transferer (as Christopher Barron)
Andrew Bock	….	assistant sound
John Countryman	….	digital transferer
Kelly Doran	….	utility sound technician
Coya Elliott	….	first assistant sound editor
Jonathan Greber	….	digital transferer
J.R. Grubbs	….	sound effects editor
Robin Harlan	….	foley artist
David L. Horton Jr.	….	foley editor (as David Horton Jr.)
Bryan Jerden	….	sound effects editor
Tom Johnson	….	sound re-recording mixer
Richard King	….	sound consultant
Vanessa Lapato	….	dialogue editor
Zach Martin	….	sound recordist
Sarah Monat	….	foley artist
Timothy Nielsen	….	sound effects editor
Juan Peralta	….	assistant sound re-recording mixer
Juan Peralta	….	sound mixing technician
John Pritchett	….	sound mixer
David M. Roberts	….	boom operator
Ronald G. Roumas	….	recordist
Jeff Sawyer	….	sound effects editor
Christopher Scarabosio	….	additional re-recording mixer
Christopher Scarabosio	….	sound designer
Michael Semanick	….	sound re-recording mixer
Randy Singer	….	foley mixer
Clint Smith	….	sound recordist
Bruce Tanis	….	foley editor
Rachael Tate	….	adr recordist
Hugo Weng	….	dialogue editor
Matthew Wood	….	supervising sound editor
Christopher Flick	….	foley editor (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves	….	adr mixer (uncredited)
Hamilton Sterling	….	sound effects editor (uncredited)

Movie Synopsis: (IMDB)
The film follows the rise to power of Daniel Plainview – a charismatic and ruthless oil prospector, driven to succeed by his intense hatred of others and psychological need to see any and all competitors fail. When he learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son H.W. to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview’s gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life.

Posted in Film Sound, music, recording, sound design | Tagged Film Sound, Paul Thomas Anderson, sound design, sound mix, There Will Be Blood | Leave a comment

Music from Star Wars: The Old Republic

Posted on July 30, 2010 by zquarles

Props to my friends Jesse Harlin and Wilbert Roget II! Looking forward to it, guys!

http://www.swtor.com/media/trailers/music-old-republic?sourceid=eag2724

UPDATE: I’ve removed the embedded media because the autoplay functionality in WordPress seems to be a bit borked.

From www.swtor.com:

The emotional experience of Star Wars™ comes to life in new music created exclusively for The Old Republic™. From soft melodies that ring in the forest of Alderaan to the magnificent booming of a battle scene on Ord Mantell, a talented team of composers, musicians and developers came together to create a magical score for the game.

Watch Developer Dispatch: Music of The Old Republic to see what goes into weaving the familiarStar Wars riffs with a new original score. And learn how music impacts the thrilling moments in video games as well as movies.

Posted in film score, music, video game audio | Tagged jesse harlin, john williams, star wars, The Old Republic, video game music, Wilbert Roget II | Leave a comment

Diego Stocco

Posted on July 23, 2010 by zquarles

Many of you are well-versed in Mr. Diego Stocco’s huge contributions to the sound-design/sampler world (he’s a producer and featured sound designer for Spectrasonics. Many of his recordings/creations are available within the Atmosphere, Omnisphere, Trillian and Stylus RMX libraries). Diego’s experimental sound-design and musical instrument adventures are equally legendary. His use of real-world objects (both organic and manufactured) in his music pieces and sampler projects are both incredibly inspiring and staggeringly mind-boggling.

He has been known to make entire piece of music out of a living tree in his back yard:

Diego Stocco – Music From A Tree from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

And has been known to rip apart multiple existing instruments and reconstruct them to form something totally unique:

Diego Stocco – Experibass from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Diego Stocco – Bassoforte from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

In addition to being a remarkably creative sound-designer and experimental instrument creator, he is also a phenomenal musician. He has been featured on Hans Zimmer’s Sherlock Holmes score, and his work has been present on multiple video game scores and movie trailers. If you are not a follower of Diego, chances are you have heard his work.

Anyway, being such a fan, I thought I’d go ahead and write up an entry to consolidate some of my favorite videos of his and link his pages so you can watch all of them!

Enjoy.