Tonebenders Podcast

Are you nervous about starting a new project? Don?t worry; so is everyone else, including your sound design hero, Randy Thom. Spotting sessions are a chance to talk through the edit, scene by scene. These gatherings give the director, the composer and the rest of the editorial team a chance to sort out out technical issues and determine the direction and shape the soundtrack is going to take. Randy joins us to talk about about what kind of attitude, questions and objectives he brings to the spotting sessions for new film projects. (This episode was originally released in March 2020) Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/258---randy-thom-on-getting-the-most-out-of-spotting-sessions-re-podcast/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

Laurence Anslow, who recently recorded and mixed the score for the recent Percy Jackson series and also worked on Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, joins us this week.  He is at the top of the game, and yet his workflows as a score recordist and mixer, are a complete mystery to many in audio post.  So I asked him to come on the show and talk us through what a orchestral score recording session is like, how he delivers his tracks and who he is interacting with the most from the rest of the sound team. I learned a lot while talking with Laurence and I hope you are able to gain a bunch of knowledge as well. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/257---the-art-of-recording--mixing-score-with-laurence-anslow/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Magic is always a massive challenge to do sound design for and we can alway use advice on how to tackle it. So we brought in the experts from the team behind the impressive new sound library Conjure, from Echo Collective. Rene Coronado and Brad Dale discuss their approach to magic sound design, recording new material and props, the tools they use in processing and lots more. Check out their Conjure magic library at https://echocollectivefx.com/product/conjure Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/256---sound-design-for-magic/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

The sound work of the recent Netflix series "Avatar The Last Airbender" was a massive challenge on both the sound design and the dialog side of things. We talk with Re-Recording Mixers Joe Barnett & Adam Jenkins as well as Supervising Sound Editors Tim Kimmel & Luke Gibleon about how they made massive battle sounds for powers based on fire, water/ice, earth and air. Plus they talk about how they organize a session to go from editorial to the mix stage smoothly. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/255---the-sound-of-avatar-the-last-airbender/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We talk with Norway's own Tormod Ringnes, about his excellent sound work on director Margreth Olin's new documentary, Songs Of Earth. As the film's title implies, the sound of the film is extremely important. We follow the director's 83 year old father as he hikes the rugged and beautiful nature of Norway in every season of the year. From intense ice sound design to desolate mountain silence. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/254---songs-of-earth-with-tormod-ringnes/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Tonebenders ran episodes with members of the sound teams of all five nominees in the "Best Achievement In Sound" category at this year's Oscars. So here are some of our favourite clips from each interview. Plus a few un-aired minutes from the Oppenheimer interview that we saved for this episode. Starting with James Mather talking about the epic Fiat car chase scene in Mission Impossible:Dead Reckoning Pt 1. Then Richard King talks about the immense research the team did to get the sounds correct on Oppenheimer. Next is Tom Ozanich explaining his approach to making the huge climatic orchestra scene work emotionally. After that is Erik Aadahl discussing how explosions can't just go "boom" they have to reflect the plot when they happen in the story. Finally we have Johnnie Burn explaining how the two films he worked on last year, Zone Of Interest & Poor Things, intersected with each other. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/253---oscar-pool-sound-category-round-up/ Podcast website: www.tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host this episode - Timothy Muirhead

Richard King joins the podcast to talk about his amazing last couple of films, Oppenheimer and Maestro. He explains how his approaches varied between the two films, before spending the majority of the talk digging deep into some of the most arresting sound design scenes in Oppenheimer. LA based listeners, don't forget about The Los Angeles Tonebenders Sound Design Meet-Up this Thursday, Feb 29th. We will be gathering on the covered patio at the Thirsty merchant in Studio City. Full Details at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/tonebenders-los-angeles-sound-design-meet-up/ Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/252---oppenheimer-with-richard-king/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Dane Davis will be getting the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Motion Picture Sound Editor?s Golden Reel Awards.  So I asked him walk down memory lane and talk about many of the amazing films he has worked on over the years.  In part 1, episode 250, you can hear him talk about his long and successful collaboration with The Wachowskis.  In part 2, we get into his work and relationships with other film makers, including Walter Murch on Romeo is Bleeding! Dane also digs into his latest project "Expats" on Prime.  This pyscholicaly complex drama, starring Nichole Kidman, features excellent opportunities for the sound design to tell stories that the camera is not showing on screen. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/251---dane-davis-part-2/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

For our 250th episode we got one of our all-time favourite guests, Dane Davis, to come back on Tonebenders. He is going to be receiving the Lifetime Achievement Award at the MPSE Golden Reels this year, so we took the opportunity to have him walk us through his storied career. In this episode, part one, Dane talks mostly about his long collaboration with The Wachowskis. Starting with the indie hit film Bound, through 4 Matrix films, multiple other films and series like Sense8. He shares how he built the relationship with the directors and what it took to keep it strong. Look for Part 2 next week when Dane will talk about his work on other projects, including the excellent new Prime series Expats. Get Tickets to The Golden Reel Awards on March 3rd at https://www.mpse.org Get info on The Los Angeles Tonebenders Sound Design Meet-Up on Feb 29th at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/tonebenders-los-angeles-sound-design-meet-up/ Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/250---dane-davis-part-1/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

The Creator is the recent film by Director Gareth Edwards, that features a sound design philosophy of Retro Futurism. The world is going to war over Artificial Intelligence and the robots, or simulants, powered by AI. Oscar Nominees for their sound work on The Creator, Erik Aadahl & Ethan Van der Ryn, give sonic life to multiple generations of futuristic robots, weapons and vehicles. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/249---the-creator-with-erik-aadahl--ethan-van-der-ryn/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Alan Wake II was released in the fall of 2023 to great critical acclaim. In this episode we talk with the sound team about their work crafting sounds for Bright Falls, The Dark Place, radio shows, strange commercials, a late night talk show, and all the other oddities that make up Alan's terrifying world. Joining us for this discussion are Richard Lapington (Audio Director), Arthur Tisseront (Senior Dialog Designer), Anika Neubert (Development Manager) and Kit Challis (Senior Technical Audio Designer). Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/248---alan-wake-ii/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Mark Kilborn

We dig into the ambitious sound work done on Director Bradley Cooper's latest film, Maestro. They recorded the London Symphony Orchestra live on set with out any pre-recorded tracks. I am not sure anything like this has been attempted before? In addition to the huge orchestra scenes, there are intensely quiet scenes, that required a whole different set of skills to pull off. Re-Recording Mixers Dean Zupancic & Tom Ozanich are joined by Production Mixer Steven Morrow and Supervising Music Editor Jason Ruder to walk us through how they pulled off their Oscar nominated work. Show Notes:https://tonebenderspodcast.com/247---maestro/ Podcast Homepage: tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We are joined by 5 members of the sound team from The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring. They walk us through their memories of working on this influential film, the sounds they created and the impact this experience had on their careers. Tim Nielsen (Sound Effects Editor), Katy Wood (Assistant Effects Editor, Foley Editor, Sound Effects Recordist), Brent Burge (Sound Effects Editor), David Farmer (Sound Designer) and Chris Boyes (Re-Recording Mixer) have lots of stories to share and have clear bonds that have lasted through the years. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/246---the-lord-of-the-rings-looking-back/ Podcast Homepage: tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Paul Hsu welcomes Tim and Teresa into his studio at C5 Sound in New York City, for this in-person interview. He talks about his epic collaboration with director Ari Aster on the film Beau Is Afraid. We dig into many specific moments and the over all approach to this mind bending work, where the sounds both help clear things up and further confuse the audience. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/245---beau-is-afraid/ Podcast Homepage: tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

We talk about the challenge of creating the sound design for Marvel's newest super hero, Kahhori, introduced in the new season of the Disney Plus series, What If...? Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Mac Smith and Re-Recording Mixer Jeff King take us through their design process, how the final mix came into focus and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/244---what-if/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

For the first time in a long time, all 4 Tonebenders hosts get together to hang out and do a draft of our favorite genres to do sound design for. Tim, René, Teresa and Mark take turns picking the types of movies we have always wanted to tackle in our own work. We each have to pick one genre from each of the following subsets: 1 - Talkies: Mystery (Knives Out, Memento, Twin Peaks) War Film (1917, All Quiet On The Western Front, Saving Private Ryan) Historical Drama (The Revenant, The Favourite, 12 Years A Slave) Oscar Bait (Tar, The King's Speech, House Of Gucci) 2 - Guns and Punches: Police/Gangster (The Departed, Serpico, Goodfellas) Action/Adventure (Raiders of The Lost Ark, Fast And Furious, Bourne films) Martial Arts (Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Drunken Master) Western (Hateful 8, True Grit, Power of the Dog) 3 - Scary Stuff: Zombie (The Last of Us, World War Z, Dawn of the Dead) Slasher (Scream, Child's Play, Elm Street) Thriller (Fatel Attraction, Get Out, American Psycho) Paranormal (The Ring, The Conjuring, Exorcist) 4 - Out of This World: SciFi (Alien, 5th Element, Nope) Fantasy (Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter, The Witcher) Superhero (Ironman, The Batman, Guardians of The Galaxy) Monster Movie (Godzilla, Pacific Rim, Cloverfield) 5 - Real Life: Doc (March of the Penguins, Kid Stays in the PIcture, They Shall Not Grow Old) Music Doc/Concert Film (Moonage Daydream, Get Back, Woodstock) Bio Pic (King Richard, Social Network, Ferrari) Sports Film (Rocky, Friday Night Lights, Iron Claw) 6 - Lighter Fair: Comedy (Bridesmaids, Zoolander, Rushmore) Family Animation (Puss In Boots, The Bad Guys, Toy Story) RomCom (Harry Met Sally, Always Be My Maybe, Red White & Royal Blue) Musical (LaLa Land, West Side Story, Tick Tick Boom) Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/243---year-end-hang-out--genre-draft/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead, René Coronado, Teresa Morrow, Mark Kilborn

Crowds are so hard to make sound authentic & alive in sports films. So much work goes into designing large crowds that roar with emotion. In The Iron Claw, the wrestling scenes have crowds that sound fantastic and we have the audio team here to tell us how they created them. From capturing the extras on set and recording loop group, through sound design and final mixing we go into each step to creating great sounding crowds. Production sound mixer Paul Ledford, Dialog/ADR supervisor Martin Gwynn Jones, Sound Designer Brennan Mercer, Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Supervisor Matt Chan and Re-Recording Mixer Graham Rogers tell us about making crowds and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/242---the-iron-claw/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Picture Editor Hilda Rasula is joined by Supervising Sound Editor Mandell Winter and Supervising Dialog /ADR Editor Sang Jun Kim, to talk about their work on American Fiction. This film has excellent writing and acting, so it was up to the post production team to live up to those standards and carry it through to the end. They discuss the tight rope walk of keeping the comedy alive while also not letting it tip over into farce, and making buildings and spaces rich with sonic character to help tell story points. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/241---the-sound--picture-of-american-fiction/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Michael Mann's new film "Ferrari", is a personal drama at heart, but we all know that it is the CARS that will draw people to see this one. Fortunately those cars sound amazing and we have the sound team with us, to talk about how they created and designed those sounds. Production sound mixer Lee Orloff, Supervising Sound Editors Tony Lamberti & Bernard Weiser, and Re-recording mixer Andy Nelson tell us about how they recorded the antique cars, how they differentiated the sounds for each vehicle in the races and lots more. This is a spoiler free conversation. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/240---ferrari/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Johnnie Burn joins in to talk about his work on the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, Poor Things. He discusses his working process with Yorgos, the sonic differences between the black and white portion and the full color parts of the film as well as how he figured out the vocals for the hybrid animals. We even briefly touch on his work on Zone Of Interest. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/239---poor-things-with-johnnie-burn/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Friend of the podcast Mark Mangini invites us into his studio to talk about his work on the new documentary 32 Sounds. He tells us about his experience learning how to mix for headphones, what his personal "ghost sounds" are and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/238---32-sounds-with-mark-mangini/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Doing sound design for water is incredibly difficult, and this film involves a lot of water! We talk with Deborah Wallach & Grant Elder about their work on new Netflix film Nyad. They tell us about the challenges of making long cinematic swimming sequences sound dynamic and varied. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/237---nyad/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Production Sound Mixer Nina Rice and Supervising Sound Editors Ai-Ling Lee & Dan Kenyon tell us about the rules of what sounds can exist in Barbie Land, how that contrasts with the Real World and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/236---barbie/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We dig into the sound of the sonically amazing race scenes in the Neill Blomkamp film, Gran Turismo. Re-recording Mixer Beau Borders and co-supervising sound editors Erin Oakley & Kami Asgar talk us through how they wanted the sound of the cars to feel like they are always from the POV of the drivers, so they felt hyper real. They also discuss how the story is being told through the race teams comms and headsets, how they earned the director's trust and made him at least a little less scared of using ADR. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/235---gran-turismo/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com info on how to submit your fav field recording stories by Nov 19th: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Let's talk about the criminally under-discussed topic of cutting ambiences for film and series. This important craft, often feels like it has become an after thought in post audio workflows. Our guests are here to praise the role backgrounds play in making movies feel and sound real. Tim Nielsen, Kayla Stewart, Mitchell Lestner and Michael O'Connor tell us why they love cutting BGs and share a lot of the lessons they have learned through years of experience with the craft. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/234---the-importance-of-ambiences-roundtable/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead Come on out to our Sound Design Meet-Up in NYC on Oct 26th, 7pm, at The Crompton Ale House in Chelsea. Make sure you say "hi" to Tim and Teresa while you are there.

In this episode we talk with the sound people behind some of our favorite scripted podcasts, to learn how they are put together. Guests Allison Grasso, Marcus Bagala, Jonathon Roberts, Jamie Coupar and Daniel Brunelle share their experiences working on great shows like Quiet Part Loud, Limetown, Case 63, Harley Quinn and Joker: Sound Mind, Shipworm, Melon's House Party and lots lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/233---sound-design-for-scripted-podcasts-roundtable/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead To Submit your favorite field recording story for our upcoming crowdsourced episode, get full details at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ Don't forget about our Sound Design Meet-up in New York City on Oct 26th 2023 at Crompton Ale House in Chelsea

Tonebenders host, Timothy Muirhead, tells tales of some of his favourite field recording (mis)adventures and invites all our listeners to send in their own stories of capturing interesting sounds in the wild. Tim shares stories of recording in unusual places, when strangers find microphones left to record on their own, his favourite sound he has ever recorded and lots more. Full information on how to submit your field recording stories at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/?p=3073 Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we talk to members of the sound teams from some recent animated features, about the art of sound design for this tricky genre. Julian Slater (The Bad Guys/Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Justin Davey (My Father's Dragon), Bill Dean & Jesse Pariseau (DC League of Super-Pets) and Jay Jennings (The Bad Guys/Puss in Boots: The Last Wish/My Father's Dragon) all tell us about their adventures making these films sound amazing. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/231---sound-design-for-feature-animation-roundtable/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we talk with the team behind the new amazing sound effects library Cataclysm. Mattia Cellotto, Kyle Fraser and Robbie Elias tell us about their adventures recording propane cannons in remote mountain locations as well as many other loud and explosive source sounds for the library. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/230---recording-cannons-for-cataclysm/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & René Coronado

In this episode Doc Kane tells us about his illustrious career as the main voice and ADR recordist at Disney Studios in Burbank California. He also talks about how he runs a session, which microphones he likes and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/229---doc-kane/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We are joined by re-recording mixers Lindsey Alvarez and Mathew Waters from the fictional rock and roll series Daisy Jones & The Six. They talk about how they worked to put the music in all the venues the band played in, from garages to stadiums. They also dig into how they created the sound of 20,000 fans singing along with the band, plus lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/228---daisy-jones--the-six/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

VR game Moss: Book II. Kristen Quinn (Audio Director), Stephen Hodde (Voice Director, Engineer) and Sun Kim (Senior Sound Designer) tell us about how the games soundscape came together. They discuss telling stories with sound in virtual reality, a clever approach to spatialization, and why one of their team members is a magical unicorn?! Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/227---moss-book-ii/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Mark Kilborn

We are joined by Supervising Sound Editor Nicholas Renbeck, ADR Supervisor Angela Organ and Re-Recording Mixer Andy Kris from the HBO series Succession. They tell us about their work on the final season of the series, with a special focus on how the series handles dialog. We also dig deep into the game changing 3rd episode and how its incredible sound was achieved. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/226---the-sound-of-succession/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

James Mather joins in to talk about the amazing work he and his team did on Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning Pt 1. He discusses, with depth, the sound design of the car chase scene in Rome, the sonic representation of "The Entity", the train sequence in the final act and lots more. Don't miss this one! Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/225-mission-impossible-dead-reckoning-pt-1-with-james-mather/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Co-Supervising Sound Editors John Marquis and Nancy Nugent Title, join us for a talk about their sound work on The Flash. We discuss the various ways they tackled electricity sounds in the film, dealing with dialog recorded on an LED volume stage, and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/224---the-flash/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode Kate Finan & Jeff Shiffman, from Boom Box Post in Burbank California, tell us about their experience of transforming a former auto body shop into a brand new multi-room audio post facility. From finding a building, hiring acousticians and architects, overseeing the actual build, and deciding on the gear to outfit the studios with, they discuss every step they went through. Jeff and Kate can laugh now as they share their biggest triumphs and mistakes. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/223---building-a-studio-facility-from-scratch-with-boom-box-post/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

The Bourne Trilogy changed the way action films sound, and raised the bar for everything that came after them. Supervising Sound Editor Per Hallberg takes us back through his work on all three films (Identity, Supremacy & Ultimatum). We dig into the sound design for the mesmerizing fight scenes, the intense car chases and even the tension built into the CIA's war rooms. Special Thanks to Formosa Hollywood for hosting this talk. (This interview was originally scheduled to include Per's co-supervisor on these films, Karen Baker Landers. Sadly she was ill that day and could not attend) Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/222---looking-back-at-the-sound-of-the-bourne-trilogy/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Co-Sound Supervisors Bobbi Banks and Greg Hedgepath join us to talk about their wonderfully detailed sound work on the new film - Chevalier. They tells us about designing the period accurate crowd reactions, sword fights, riots and a bunch more. Lots of big laughs in this one. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/221---chevalier/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Michael Benavente (Supervising Sound Editor) and Chris Battaglia (Sound Designer) tell us about the amazing sound work they did on the HBO series The Last of Us. We talk about the pressure to stay true to the sound work done on the original games, designing decrepit and terrifying soundscapes and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/220-the-last-of-us/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We are joined by Steven Ticknor (Supervising Sound Editor) and Michael Babcock (Re-Recording Mixer) from the recent Sci-fi film ?65?. The challenge of designing sound for dinosaurs and spaceships makes the soundscape especially unique. They tells us how to craft the sound of a jump scare, about the idea of ?speaker real estate? and how to make he most of the ATMOS possibilities. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/219-the-sound-of-65/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We dig into the fantastic sound in Evil Dead Rise with the film's writer/director Lee Cronin as well as the Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor Peter Albrechtsen. We talk about their creative use of ATMOS, designing scenes where sound is doing the heavy lifting and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/218---evil-dead-rise-with-director-lee-cronin--sound-designer-peter-albrechtsen/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead and special co-host Tim Atkins

Dmitry and Mattia talk about their adventures recording many different animals, both big (like Lions and Wolves!) and small (Guinea pigs!). They talk about the gear they use, how to approach the creature's keepers to gain permission to record and how to best interact with animals to get the best vocalizations out of them. Plus some great stories on how they captured specific sounds. Stay tuned to the end for some great examples of their recordings. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/217---recording-animals-with-mattia-cellotto--dmitry-chernov/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & René Coronado

BAFTA Award winning director Mark Jenkin joins us to talk about his unique approach to sound for his films. He shoots his films on a bolex camera, entirely without sound and only adds ADR (which he records himself) after the film is edited. He also writes and records the score himself. All of this to make utterly unique films that have found both an audience and critical acclaim in the UK and beyond. Show Notes & Pictures: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/216---mark-jenkin-director-of-bait-and-enys-men/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

In this episode we talk about the expressive sound world of The Rings of Power series on Prime. Supervising Sound Editors Robert Stambler and Damian Del Borrello as well as Sound Designer Paula Fairfield, tell us about living up to the legacy of the original trilogy, building ambiences for fantasy scenes, designing creature vocals and making magic sounds that feel organic. This is our final episode before our Los Angeles Sound Design meetup at 7pm on February 28th (2023), at the Thirsty Merchant in Studio City. If you are in the LA Area it would be great to see you and raise a glass together. We have the outdoor patio set aside for us, Full details can be found at www.tonebenderspodcast.com Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/215---the-rings-of-power/ Podcast Homepage: https://www.tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we talk with the presidents of The Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mark Lanza) and The Cinema Audio Society (Karol Urban) about the various reasons for joining these organizations. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/214---should-you-join-mpse-and-cas/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead To learn more about The Motion Picture Sound Editors or buy tickets to the upcoming Golden Reel Awards go to mpse.org

Andor, the latest Disney+ series from the Star Wars universe, is an exciting series for sound design. Supervising Sound Editors David Acord & Margit Pfeiffer tell us about building crowds with emotion, creating massive action sequences and the special moments when no sound at all is the scariest possible sound. Get tickets for the upcoming MPSE Golden Reel Awards at https://www.mpse.org Remember to mark your calendar for our up coming Sound Design Meetup in Los Angeles. Starting at 7pm on Tuesday Feb 28th, at the Thirsty Merchant in Studio City.  We have the patio reserved and it would be great to hang out and talk shop with everyone.  Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/213---andor-with-david-acord--margit-pfeiffer/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

For our 3rd and final episode in our series on Sound Design for Documentaries we talk with the director and sound team behind the magnificent David Bowie doc Moonage Daydream. They talk about rebuilding all the music from the original 24 track recordings, making the crowds feel realistic/immersive, merging extensive sound design into iconic songs and cleaning up archival dialog so it can cut through. Sound Supervisors Nina Hartstone & John Warhurst, Re-Recording Mixers Paul Massey & David Giammarco and Director Brett Morgen have stories to spare about how this great film broke new sonic ground. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/212---documentary-sound-focus-moonage-daydream/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

This talk with the sound team behind director Sarah Polly's new film, Women Talking, was recorded on location at Formosa Studios in Toronto. The film offered some surprisingly difficult sound issues, including an incredibly tricky dialog clean up and edit. Predominantly in a single location, sound was left to tell the story outside those walls. Supervising Sound Editors Jane Tattersall & David McCallum as well as re-recording mixer Joe Morrow give us a deep dive on how this soundtrack came together. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/211---women-talking/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we have two absolutely all-timers join us for a fun talk about their long standing working relationship and their earliest memories of going to the movies. After that we dig deep into the soundscape of The Fablemans, director Steven Spielberg's latest and most personal film to date. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/210---gary-rydstrom--andy-nelson-from-the-fabelmans/ Podcast Home Page: www.tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host this episode: Timothy Muirhead

For the first time in a long time, all 4 Tonebenders hosts get together to hang out and play a game of audio post production based trivia. Tim, René and Mark go head to head in attempting to answer Teresa's oddball quiz. Feel free to play along at home!? Lots of laughs and general fun as we wrap up our most successful year yet. Thanks to everyone for listening in 2022. If you missed our year end blog post, please give it a read: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/looking-back-on-2022/ Stay glued to our feed as we have some of our best episodes ever coming up in 2023! Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/209---year-end-hang-out/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead, René Coronado, Teresa Morrow and Mark Kilborn