Posted on January 31, 2012 in Music | No Comments
David Lynch once said: “Sound is almost like a drug. It’s so pure that when it goes in your ears, it instantly does something to you.” In light of his forthcoming BFI retrospective, The Guardian put together some of his greatest musical moments.
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Posted on November 14, 2011 in Music | 1 Comment
In this video Jarmusch discuses the importance of music in film and how he enlisted Neil Young to score his movie Dead Man. Some critics loved the score others hated it. What do you think?
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Posted on October 25, 2011 in Directing, Music | No Comments
Conductor Charles Hazlewood talks about the role of trust in musical leadership — then shows how it works, as he conducts the Scottish Ensemble onstage. Yes he’s talking about musical directing, but the leadership lesson here is applicable to all sorts of artistic directing.
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Posted on October 20, 2011 in Audio, Music, Sound Design | 1 Comment
“Sound” is a short film on how sound connects us to the world, featuring musicians and sound experts Moby, Imogen Heap, and others. The video was created by the audio sharing platform SoundCloud.
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Posted on September 26, 2011 in Music, Sound Design | No Comments
The SoundWorks Collection sits down with currently the most listened to composer and sound designer in the world, Ari Pulkkinen the creator of the catchy Angry Birds theme.
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Posted on August 25, 2011 in Music, Sound Design | 3 Comments
In this primer on horror movie soundtracks author and musician Stephen Thrower discuses how the scariest horror films don’t just make you want to cover your eyes, but your ears, too.
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Posted on July 4, 2011 in Music, Sound Design | 5 Comments
This tutorial shows how to calibrate your edit suite or home studio to 79db, a standard reference level for audio work for film and television.
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Posted on June 27, 2011 in Music, Sound Design | No Comments
Helping to bring to life the sound and music of John Lasseter’s “Cars 2″ Composer Michael Giacchino, Re-recording Mixer and Sound Designer Tom Myers, and Sound Effects Editor Al Nelson. Git-R-Done!
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Posted on June 16, 2011 in Music | 3 Comments
Ever wonder what instrument is making all those creepy noises you hear so often in horror films? It’s the Waterphone.
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Posted on May 16, 2011 in Music | No Comments
In these clips from ArtistsHouseMusic.org – Joel C. High, a music supervisor based in Los Angeles, CA, describes for an audience at Loyola University, New Orleans the role and responsibilities of a music supervisor in the film industry.
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Posted on April 15, 2011 in Music | No Comments
Randy Newman speaks on the process of film scoring. Randy has been involved in the music for many hugely successful movies such as Toy Story, Pleasantville, Meet The Parents, and more.
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Posted on April 10, 2011 in Music, Sound Design | No Comments
The viral music video for the recorded version of “This Too Shall Pass” off of the album “Of the Blue Colour of the Sky” was recently remixed in Dolby 5.1 Surround as part of an upcoming CES announcement from Dolby.
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Posted on April 7, 2011 in Filmmaking 360, Music | 2 Comments
This video explains why Stanley Kubrick used the song Daisy Bell for the death of HAL in 2001: A Space Odyssey. It should also be noted that HAL’s name comes from the letters before IBM.
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Posted on April 1, 2011 in Casting Directors, Cinematography, Editing, Filmmaking 360, Music | No Comments
Working on a microscopic budget and small crew is always a challenge. But for almost a decade, I’ve been able to make it work for my commercial filmmaking business and my own personal narrative short films. Over the past 9 months, I’ve chronicled my experiences on my latest 23 minute short film “Pitch Black” here on FilmmakerIQ.com…
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Posted on March 30, 2011 in Music | 1 Comment
In 1986 Stephen King interviewed his favorite band AC/DC for MTV to promote his new movie Maximum Overdrive. AC/DC’s album, Who Made Who, was released as the Maximum Overdrive soundtrack. It includes the best-selling singles Who Made Who, You Shook Me All Night Long, and Hells Bells.
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