James Bond is celebrating it’s 50th anniversary with the release of the 23rd feature Skyfall. Since the early days, the Bond franchise has evolved into a highly sophisticated combination of top-of-the-line action, impeccable fashion and luxurious cars and gadgets. To promote the film (which has already broken box office records around the world), the producers created a Read MoreRead More
In this SoundWorks Collection video they talk with the sound and music team of Disney’s Wreck-it Ralph including David Fluhr (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Gary Rizzo, (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Frank Eulner (Supervising Sound Editor), and Composer Henry Jackman. An 8-bit video-game character attempts to shed his bad-guy image by escaping into a popular first-person shooter, but Read MoreRead More
Melody Sheep created this retrospective of the history of the universe, mashing together footage from documentaries set to Our World (which you can purchase here)Read More
The SoundWorks Collection talks with the sound and music team of Disney’s Wreck-it Ralph including David Fluhr (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Gary Rizzo, (Sound Re-recording Mixer), Frank Eulner (Supervising Sound Editor), and Composer Henry Jackman.Read More
A quick fly on the wall glimpse of two masters at work.Read More
The Wallraf Square in Cologne Germany got a surprise rendition of the Star Wars Theme as performed by the WDR Symphonic Orchestra, Cologne. Via Go Into The StoryRead More
Derek Watkins is an extraordinary trumpet player who started his James Bond recording history with Dr. No when he was just 17 years old. This small production blog for the new Bond Film Skyfall introduces us to Derek Watkins and composer Thomas Newman. Here’s Derek Watkins recording for Casino RoyaleRead More
In this 60 Minutes interview, you’ll hear from the famously reticent Daniel Day-Lewis on his feelings for Lincoln, the man, in the actor’s first interview about “Lincoln,” the movie. It also gives a first look at the making of the “Lincoln” movie with details about the historical accuracy of the set, props, and acting from Read MoreRead More
This comprehensive lesson from Audio Tuts+ covers everything you need to know about reverb for your sound and music mixes. Reverb is an incredibly important effect that can add life to a track. How you use it is totally up to you. Reverb can be subtle or blatant, sound natural or add interesting flavors to Read MoreRead More
A NASA spacecraft records the radio emissions caused by Earth’s magnetic field. These “Songs of Earth” could be resposible for the proliferation of deadly electrons in the Van Allen Belts.Read More
It’s remarkable how modern it sounds and yet so faithful the theme of 007.Read More
Building on a month of “found sounds” Nathan Johnson created the organic musical sound of “Looper”. Here’s a sample of Nathan Johnson’s work http://youtu.be/kmyWohOuGKE What inspired you to go out and record found sounds to then manipulate into music to create the score? How did you select the sounds you wanted to record? Looper is Read MoreRead More
