Sound Perspective

Andy Wright is a sound supervisor, ADR recordist, and all round interesting person who works at Soundfirm in Sydney, and in recent years won an Oscar for his work as sound supervisor on Hacksaw Ridge. In this interview we talk about how he approaches working with actors in ADR, mixing a war scene, Mel Gibson's as a director and the Chinese film industry.

I had the pleasure of interviewing Dean Hurley, David Lynch's regular sound supervisor for over a decade, while he was here in Sydney working on the upcoming Sydney Festival event Masters of Modern Sound, where him and other sound practitioners are composing and performing works in response to the Art Gallery of NSW's current exhibition, Masters of Modern Art from the Hermitage.

Walking through the gallery space we discussed how an artwork creates a musical response, working with the director Werner Herzog, and the collaborative process between himself and David Lynch.

Masters of Modern Sound is on at the Art Gallery of NSW from January 10th-12th; more info can be found at the AGNSW website or https://www.sydneyfestival.org.au/events/masters-of-modern-sound

In this special episode I talked to the Oscar-winning director of the Mad Max franchise, George Miller, as well as many of the people behind the soundtrack of this visceral action film, including David White, Wayne Pashley, Derryn Pasquill, Mark Wasiutak and Andrew Miller. In this comprehensive look at a franchise, I discuss with them how George approaches sound in his his films, the extensive pre-production process of Fury Road, the difficulties of the production sound, creating sonic personalities for cars and how they translated George's vision into a concrete soundtrack. This debut is not to be missed!