SoundWorks Collection

By Colemanfilm Media Group

What's SoundWorks Collection about?

The goal for the SoundWorks Collection is simple; we are dedicated to profiling the greatest and upcoming sound minds from around the world and highlight their contributions. We take you behind the scenes and straight to the dub stage for a look into audio post-production for feature films, video game sound design, and original soundtrack composition.

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SoundWorks Collection episodes:

11.04.2021
The Sound of DUNE with Director Denis Villeneuve and Sound Team
Visionary director Denis Villeneuve discusses the creative benefits of early collaboration with his sound team, the process of crafting Dune’s unique soundscapes including: Arrakis desert, sandworm, ornithopter, spice (melange) and the voice of the Bene Gesserit. Featuring Supervising Sound Editor...
08.30.2021
The Sound of Demonic with Director Neill Blomkamp
In this exclusive conversation we chat with Director Neill Blomkamp about his new horror film, Demonic which is being released by IFC Midnight. We also feature his sound team including Vince Renaud (Sound Supervisor, Dialogue Editor, Re-recording Mixer) Jo Rossi...
08.12.2021
The Sound and Music of The Social Dilemma
In our conversation we chat with Director Jeff Orlowski about his Emmy nominated documentary The Social Dilemma now streaming on Netflix. We also feature Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Designer, Richard Gould, Foley Artist Andrea Gard and Composer and...
08.02.2021
Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry w/Director R. J. Cutler and Music Director Aron Forbes
We chat with Director R. J. Cutler and Emmy-nominated Music Director Aron Forbes who was nominated for Outstanding Music Direction and Outstanding Sound Mixing for a non-fiction or reality programming about their recent collaboration on Billie Eilish: The World's A...
07.12.2021
The Sound of Zenimation on Disney+
In the exclusive conversation we talk with the creative team behind Zenimation on Disney+ including creator and editor David Bess, Executive Producer Amy Astley, Re-recording Mixer David Fluhr and Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Shannon Mills. Unplug, relax, and refresh...
07.06.2021
The Sound of F9: The Fast Saga
In this conversation we talk with Re-recording Mixers Jon Taylor and Frank A. Montaño about their longtime collaboration with Director Justin Lin and their explosive and dynamic sound mix on F9: The Fast Saga.
06.25.2021
Sound Editing and Mixing: Comedy, Drama and In-Between - Mix Sessions 2021
Subtle choices in timing, backgrounds, EQ, reverb or overall balance in the dialog, music and effects can make the difference between a good mix and an award-winning mix. From production sound, to editing, to the re-recording stage, these expert sound...
03.23.2021
Mark Mangini and Pro Sound Effects Odyssey Creatures Library
In the exclusive conversation we chat with sound designer and sound supervisor Mark Mangini about the new Pro Sound Effects, Odyssey Creatures library. Sonify the beasts and critters of your wildest dreams with The Odyssey Collection: Creatures. Add life and energy...
03.08.2021
Composer Jermaine Stegall - The Music of Coming 2 America
We chat with Composer Jermaine Stegall about the music of Coming 2 America directed by Craig Brewer and now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Set in the lush and royal country of Zamunda, newly-crowned King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and his trusted...
02.22.2021
The Sound of Nomadland
We chat with Supervising sound editor Sergio Diaz and re-recording mixer Zach Seivers about Director Chloé Zhao's new film, Nomadland. Frances McDormand and director Chloé Zhao met a day before the 33rd Independent Spirit Awards in March 2018, and instantly wanted...
02.19.2021
News of the World with Composer James Newton Howard
In this episode we chat with Composer James Newton Howard about his recent collaboration with Director Paul Greengrass on his new film, News of the World. ABOUT THE FILM: Five years after the end of the Civil War, Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd...
02.18.2021
The Sound of The Invisible Man
We chat with Director Leigh Whannell about the sound and music of his new science fiction horror film, The Invisible Man starring Elisabeth Moss. Also featuring Composer Benjamin Wallfisch, Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer Will Files and Supervising Sound Editor...
02.11.2021
The Sound of The Trial of the Chicago 7
In this chat we explore Director Aaron Sorkin's new film, The Trial of the Chicago 7 with Supervising Sound Editor Renee Tondelli and Re-recording Mixer Julian Slater. The film is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by...
02.08.2021
The Sound of Tenet
We're excited to have Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Richard King and Re-recording Mixer Gary Rizzo, who recently collaborated with Director Christopher Nolan on his latest science fiction action-thriller film TENET. Tenet was released in September of 2019 and was...
02.04.2021
Composer Christophe Beck and the Music of WandaVision
We chat with Composer Christophe Beck about his return to the Marvel universe scoring original music for the new Disney+ series, WandaVision. Disney is releasing official WandaVision soundtracks the week after episodes air, including the incredibly catchy theme songs by Kristen...
02.02.2021
Sundance Film Festival in the Time of COVID
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s Sundance Film Festival will be entirely virtual. But what exactly does a virtual film festival look like? Glenn sits down with Keri Putnam, CEO of the Sundance Institute, Tabitha Jackson, the brand...
01.28.2021
Very Important Announcement!
A message from our friends at the Dolby Institute who have partnered with Soundworks Collection for the past 5+ years. The Dolby Institute Podcast has moved and they have a brand new show title (Soundworks Collection podcast continues!): Sound + Vision...
01.12.2021
Composer Steven Price - Over the Moon and David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
We chat with Composer Steven Price about the music of Netflix’s animated musical, Over the Moon and documentary feature, David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet. Steven Price is an Academy Award winning film composer. His unique, story-driven approach to the...
12.08.2020
The Music of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with Composer Jack Wall
We chat with Composer Jack Wall about his work on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. Black Ops Cold War is set during the early 1980s of the Cold War. Its campaign follows CIA officer Russell Adler as he pursues...
12.03.2020
Dallas Taylor - Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast & Defacto Sound
This episode we chat with Dallas Taylor, the host and creator of Twenty Thousand Hertz, a lovingly crafted podcast revealing the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds. Dallas is also the Creative Director of Defacto Sound, where...
11.30.2020
The Sound of Zappa with Composer John Frizzell
We chat with Composer John Frizzell about his recent work on Alex Winter's new music documentary, Zappa and explore the creative process for melodically representing the life of musician and composer Frank Zappa. With unfettered access to the Zappa family trust...
11.23.2020
Sound Of Metal with Supervising Sound Editor Nicolas Becker
Sound Of Metal with Supervising Sound Editor Nicolas Becker, moderated by Michael Coleman of SoundWorks Collection. Sound of Metal is a 2019 American drama film directed and co-written by Darius Marder and starring Riz Ahmed, Olivia Cooke, Paul Raci, Lauren Ridloff...
10.09.2020
Muse - Simulation Theory Live Concert Film
In this episode, we chat with the sound team from Muse’s Simulation Theory live concert film featuring Supervising Sound Editor & Sound Designer Gerry Vazquez, Re-recording Mixer Aleks von Korff and Re-recording Mixer James Parnell. The latest live film coming from...
09.03.2020
The Sound of Bleeding Audio with Director Chelsea Christer
Told through the eyes of quirky, charming, and humble bandmates: Shawn, Jon, Matt, and Justin, Bleeding Audio is an intimate portrait detailing The Matches' promising career, defeating break up, and inspiring reunion, as they reflect on what success truly means...
08.18.2020
Composer Mark Isham - Bill & Ted Face the Music / Little Fires Everywhere
We chat with Composer Mark Isham about his recent Emmy nomination on the Hulu show, Little Fires Everywhere and explore the close collaboration with Florence + the Machines' Isabella Summers and drummer Vinnie Colaiuta. We also discuss their work on...
08.06.2020
The Sound of The Last of Us: Part 2
In this conversation we chat with the sound team from Naughty Dog to discuss their extensive work on The Last of Us: Part 2. We explore the gun and foley sound recordings, creating the terrifying sounds of the infected, the...
07.20.2020
Composer Mac Quayle - The Last of Us Part II
Composer Mac Quayle discusses working on The Last of Us Part II with Composer Gustavo Santaolalla and Naughty Dog Studios. We discuss the creative process for scoring a wide range of musical textures that were implemented throughout the game including...
07.16.2020
The Sound of Ozark
In the Netflix series Ozark, Marty and Wendy appear to have a normal suburban life, but that’s all a front for their real job: laundering money for a Mexican drug cartel. As with the story, the sound in the show...
07.09.2020
The Sound of Hamilton
Hamilton is a landmark Broadway production of remarkable scope, now streaming into your home on Disney+. In producing the film version, the show’s creative team sought to give the audience “the best seat in the house,” and in this podcast...
07.02.2020
The Sound of MindHunter
Cinema director David Fincher created one of the first original streaming series with House of Cards, and his innovative spirit infuses the Netflix original series Mindhunter, now in its second season. In this podcast episode, the sound team discuss Fincher’s unique...
07.01.2020
The Sound of Little Fires Everywhere
In this exclusive conversation we chat with Re-recording Mixer Marc Fishman and Supervising Sound Editor Mark Relyea about Little Fires Everywhere which is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Celeste Ng and currently streaming on Hulu. The...
06.25.2020
The Sound of Westworld - Susan Cahill, Benjamin Cook, Keith Rogers
In season 3, the Emmy-award winning Westworld leaves the parks behind for the sounds of the “real” world, circa 2057. In this episode, the sound team behind the remarkable show discusses showrunner Jonah Nolan’s design concept that noise-reduction technology has...
06.18.2020
The Sound of The Mandalorian - Bonnie Wild, Sound Effects Editor and Re-recording Mixer
Bonnie Wild, the sound effects editor and re-recording mixer of Disney+’s hit show The Mandalorian, takes us behind the scenes for a conversation about achieving cinematic scale and production value on a television budget, balancing the palette of new sound...
06.04.2020
Composer Kris Bowers - (Mrs. America, Green Book, Dear White People, Kobe Bryant's Muse)
This week we chat with Composer Kris Bowers about his recent work on the Hulu show, Mrs. America and the challenges of completing his score during the COVID-19 pandemic. ABOUT KRIS BOWERS Emmy Award-winning composer and pianist, Kris Bowers, creates genre-defying music...
04.29.2020
The Sound of Strange Negotiations
In this exclusive roundtable conversation we talk with documentary Director Brandon Vedder and re-recording mixer Tony Villaflor about their work on the biographical music documentary, Strange Negotiations. After abandoning his long-held Christian beliefs and walking away from his critically-acclaimed band, Pedro...
04.20.2020
Coachella: 20 Years in The Desert Documentary with Re-recording mixer Eric Fischer
In this episode we chat with re-recording mixer Eric Fischer from Autumn Audio who worked on the new music documentary, Coachella: 20 Years in The Desert‎. A documentary feature two decades in the making, “Coachella: 20 Years in the Desert” opens...
04.02.2020
James Mockoski - Film Archivist and Restoration Supervisor at American Zoetrope
James Mockoski, head of production and archives at American Zoetrope joins us this week to discuss his work supervising the restoration department for Director Francis Ford Coppola’s production company. We discuss his recent work on the 4K Dolby Atmos release...
03.30.2020
Crip Camp with Directors James Lebrecht & Nicole Newnham
In this episode we chat with Crip Camp Directors James Lebrecht & Nicole Newnham about how the project developed, structuring their complex storyline and the deeper issues the film addresses. Crip Camp won the Audience Award for U.S. Documentary at the...
03.24.2020
Composer Gareth Coker - Ori and the Will of the Wisps
From the creators of Ori and the Blind Forest - the acclaimed adventure game with more than 50 awards and nominations - comes the highly-anticipated sequel, Ori and the Will of the Wisps. Embark on an all-new adventure in a vast...
02.27.2020
Meyer Sound Cinema Speaker Chat with Miles Rogers
We chat with Miles Rogers from Meyer Sound about a wide range of cinema focused speakers including the Bluehorn System, Amie Precision Studio Monitor, HMS Cinema Surround Loudspeakers and the VLFC (Very Low Frequency Control Element) recently used by Director...
01.30.2020
The Sound of Ford v Ferrari - Oscar Podcast 2020
Ford v Ferrari is so much more than a race car movie. At its core, it’s a movie about a friendship, and about two men fighting for what they believe. In this episode the sound team talks about the carving...
01.29.2020
The Sound of 1917 - Oscar Podcast 2020
As a large-scale historical film, 1917 creates an intense and realistic soundscape of World War I. In this episode, we talk with the sound team, nominated for Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing, about the challenges and fun experiences...
01.28.2020
The Sound of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Oscar Podcast 2020
Supervising sound editors Matthew Wood and David Acord delve into the conceptual and sonic intricacies of evolving “force lightning,” and about working in stages from temp mixes to the final mix in a film with a legacy. They share experiences...
01.27.2020
The Sound of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Oscar Podcast 2020
Three time Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Mike Minkler, multiple Oscar-nominated supervising sound editor Wylie Stateman, and effects mixer Christian Minkler discuss how they recreated 1969 Los Angeles for director Quentin Tarantino, including their approach to building the distinctive sound of...
01.24.2020
The Sound of Ad Astra with Gary Rydstrom - Oscar Podcast 2020
In this episode, seven-time Academy Award-winner Gary Rydstrom delves into using sound to create an increasingly unsettling journey for the audience through the use of subliminal ambiences, manipulated vocal loops, and strategically used distortion. We also deconstruct the film’s...
01.23.2020
Ford v Ferrari Production Sound Mixer Steve Morrow - Oscar Podcast 2020
Ford v Ferrari is so much more than a race car movie. At its core, it’s a movie about a friendship, and about two men fighting for what they believe. In this episode production sound mixer Steven Morrow shares some...
01.22.2020
Production Sound Mixer Mark Ulano - Ad Astra & Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 2020 Oscar Series
Academy Award winning production sound mixer Mark Ulano talks double nominations for Ad Astra and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino's nicknames for his crew, and about how his passion for sound takes him from McDonald's meetings to...
01.22.2020
The Sound of Joker - 2020 Oscar Series
Academy Award winning supervising sound editor Alan Murray, re-recording mixer and sound designer Tom Ozanich and re-recording mixer Dean Zupancic discuss their continued debates over Joker theories, the layered artistic approach of sound, and how sound is used to explore...
01.01.2020
10 Years of SoundWorks Collection
SoundWorks Collection was started in 2009 with the simple goal to profile the greatest and upcoming sound minds from around the world and highlight their contributions. Over the past decade we have had the incredible honor to meet hundreds of sound...
12.24.2019
The Sound of The Irishman
Martin Scorsese’s longtime sound collaborators Eugene Gearty and Tom Fleischman (Oscar-winners for Hugo) have joined the acclaimed filmmaker once again for the epic film The Irishman. Much has been written about the visual effects used to de-age the actors playing...

What's SoundWorks Collection about?

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SoundWorks Collection episodes:

The Sound of DUNE with Director Denis Villeneuve and Sound Team

The Sound of Demonic with Director Neill Blomkamp

The Sound and Music of The Social Dilemma

Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry w/Director R. J. Cutler and Music Director Aron Forbes

The Sound of Zenimation on Disney+

The Sound of F9: The Fast Saga

Sound Editing and Mixing: Comedy, Drama and In-Between - Mix Sessions 2021

Mark Mangini and Pro Sound Effects Odyssey Creatures Library

Composer Jermaine Stegall - The Music of Coming 2 America

The Sound of Nomadland

News of the World with Composer James Newton Howard

The Sound of The Invisible Man

The Sound of The Trial of the Chicago 7

The Sound of Tenet

Composer Christophe Beck and the Music of WandaVision

Sundance Film Festival in the Time of COVID

Very Important Announcement!

Composer Steven Price - Over the Moon and David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet

The Music of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War with Composer Jack Wall

Dallas Taylor - Twenty Thousand Hertz Podcast & Defacto Sound

The Sound of Zappa with Composer John Frizzell

Sound Of Metal with Supervising Sound Editor Nicolas Becker

Muse - Simulation Theory Live Concert Film

The Sound of Bleeding Audio with Director Chelsea Christer

Composer Mark Isham - Bill & Ted Face the Music / Little Fires Everywhere

The Sound of The Last of Us: Part 2

Composer Mac Quayle - The Last of Us Part II

The Sound of Ozark

The Sound of Hamilton

The Sound of MindHunter

The Sound of Little Fires Everywhere

The Sound of Westworld - Susan Cahill, Benjamin Cook, Keith Rogers

The Sound of The Mandalorian - Bonnie Wild, Sound Effects Editor and Re-recording Mixer

Composer Kris Bowers - (Mrs. America, Green Book, Dear White People, Kobe Bryant's Muse)

The Sound of Strange Negotiations

Coachella: 20 Years in The Desert Documentary with Re-recording mixer Eric Fischer

James Mockoski - Film Archivist and Restoration Supervisor at American Zoetrope

Crip Camp with Directors James Lebrecht & Nicole Newnham

Composer Gareth Coker - Ori and the Will of the Wisps

Meyer Sound Cinema Speaker Chat with Miles Rogers

The Sound of Ford v Ferrari - Oscar Podcast 2020

The Sound of 1917 - Oscar Podcast 2020

The Sound of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - Oscar Podcast 2020

The Sound of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Oscar Podcast 2020

The Sound of Ad Astra with Gary Rydstrom - Oscar Podcast 2020

Ford v Ferrari Production Sound Mixer Steve Morrow - Oscar Podcast 2020

Production Sound Mixer Mark Ulano - Ad Astra & Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - 2020 Oscar Series

The Sound of Joker - 2020 Oscar Series

10 Years of SoundWorks Collection

The Sound of The Irishman