Davyd, A.I. Remix by Pogo
Nick Bertcke (AKA Pogo) created this remix titled Davyd, using voices, chords and sound effects from Spielberg’s ‘AI: Artificial Intelligence’.Read More
Soundtrack Design
Sound, a Short Film on how sound connects us to the world
“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.Read More
The Sound of Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Acting as a foundation with an origin story for a new film series, Director Rupert Wyatt takes the audience on the science fiction summer hit, Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The stunning visual effects produced by Weta Digital for the apes are complimented by the wide range of sounds recorded and edited for the film.Read More
The Art of Horror Movie Music
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.Read More
Capturing Sound for Independent Films
Scott Weber Sound Supervisor for Avid’s demo movie Agent MX-Z3RO, offers indie filmmakers some sound advice.Read More
Dolby Presents Surrounded: 7.1 Cinema & Beyond
Dolby gathered a group of cinema industry leaders and innovators from around the world for an exclusive Filmmakers’ Forum held on Monday, July 11, 2011 in San Francisco, CA.Read More
DSLR Sound and Audio Post Production
In this video NextWaveDV shows you several workflow options for working with audio and your DSLR footage.Read More
OK GO “This Too Shall Pass” Music Video + 5.1 Dolby Surround Mix
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.Read More
Licensing Prerecorded Music
Since American Graffiti, the modern film musical has been reinvented as a greatest hits collection of popular or cutting-edge genre music. But if a filmmaker wishes to use recordings of popular songs, she must enter the byzantine world of music licensing.Read More
’3-D sound’ Unveiled
Iosono, a spinoff company of Germany’s Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology unveiled a breakthrough in theatrical sound dubbed “3-D sound” at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers’ Technical Conference and Exhibition. The Hollywood Reporter writes, “The 3-D sound system at the Mann is a ring of 380 speakers, set six inches apart, Read MoreRead More
Copyright: Music, Composers and Performers
By Jon M. Garon Gallagher, Callahan & Gartrell, PC This is part of a series of book excerpts from Independent Filmmaking, The Law & Business Guide for Financing, Shooting & Distributing Independent & Digital Films designed as an introduction to the many legal issues involved in the filmmaking process. Music & Sound For most modern Read MoreRead More
The Free Sound Project
The Free Sound Project is a huge, collaborative database of sound clips licensed for free sampling and remixing. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs. Search for sounds or browse the tag list, which includes “water,” “tick,” “toilet,” “children,” “screaming,” “kitchen,” “subway” and “sweep” – all sounds released under a Creative Commons license. Great resource Read MoreRead More