Tonebenders Podcast

We are joined by Steven Ticknor (Supervising Sound Editor) and Michael Babcock (Re-Recording Mixer) from the recent Sci-fi film “65”. The challenge of designing sound for dinosaurs and spaceships makes the soundscape especially unique. They tells us how to craft the sound of a jump scare, about the idea of “speaker real estate” and how to make he most of the ATMOS possibilities.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/219-the-sound-of-65/

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Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We dig into the fantastic sound in Evil Dead Rise with the film's writer/director Lee Cronin as well as the Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor Peter Albrechtsen. We talk about their creative use of ATMOS, designing scenes where sound is doing the heavy lifting and lots more.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/218---evil-dead-rise-with-director-lee-cronin--sound-designer-peter-albrechtsen/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead and special co-host Tim Atkins

Dmitry and Mattia talk about their adventures recording many different animals, both big (like Lions and Wolves!) and small (Guinea pigs!). They talk about the gear they use, how to approach the creature's keepers to gain permission to record and how to best interact with animals to get the best vocalizations out of them. Plus some great stories on how they captured specific sounds. Stay tuned to the end for some great examples of their recordings.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/217---recording-animals-with-mattia-cellotto--dmitry-chernov/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & René Coronado

BAFTA Award winning director Mark Jenkin joins us to talk about his unique approach to sound for his films. He shoots his films on a bolex camera, entirely without sound and only adds ADR (which he records himself) after the film is edited. He also writes and records the score himself. All of this to make utterly unique films that have found both an audience and critical acclaim in the UK and beyond.

Show Notes & Pictures: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/216---mark-jenkin-director-of-bait-and-enys-men/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

In this episode we talk about the expressive sound world of The Rings of Power series on Prime. Supervising Sound Editors Robert Stambler and Damian Del Borrello as well as Sound Designer Paula Fairfield, tell us about living up to the legacy of the original trilogy, building ambiences for fantasy scenes, designing creature vocals and making magic sounds that feel organic.

This is our final episode before our Los Angeles Sound Design meetup at 7pm on February 28th (2023), at the Thirsty Merchant in Studio City. If you are in the LA Area it would be great to see you and raise a glass together. We have the outdoor patio set aside for us, Full details can be found at www.tonebenderspodcast.com

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/215---the-rings-of-power/

Podcast Homepage: https://www.tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we talk with the presidents of The Motion Picture Sound Editors (Mark Lanza) and The Cinema Audio Society (Karol Urban) about the various reasons for joining these organizations.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/214---should-you-join-mpse-and-cas/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

To learn more about The Motion Picture Sound Editors or buy tickets to the upcoming Golden Reel Awards go to mpse.org

Andor, the latest Disney+ series from the Star Wars universe, is an exciting series for sound design. Supervising Sound Editors David Acord & Margit Pfeiffer tell us about building crowds with emotion, creating massive action sequences and the special moments when no sound at all is the scariest possible sound.

Get tickets for the upcoming MPSE Golden Reel Awards at https://www.mpse.org

Remember to mark your calendar for our up coming Sound Design Meetup in Los Angeles. Starting at 7pm on Tuesday Feb 28th, at the Thirsty Merchant in Studio City.  We have the patio reserved and it would be great to hang out and talk shop with everyone. 

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/213---andor-with-david-acord--margit-pfeiffer/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

For our 3rd and final episode in our series on Sound Design for Documentaries we talk with the director and sound team behind the magnificent David Bowie doc Moonage Daydream. They talk about rebuilding all the music from the original 24 track recordings, making the crowds feel realistic/immersive, merging extensive sound design into iconic songs and cleaning up archival dialog so it can cut through. Sound Supervisors Nina Hartstone & John Warhurst, Re-Recording Mixers Paul Massey & David Giammarco and Director Brett Morgen have stories to spare about how this great film broke new sonic ground.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/212---documentary-sound-focus-moonage-daydream/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

This talk with the sound team behind director Sarah Polly's new film, Women Talking, was recorded on location at Formosa Studios in Toronto. The film offered some surprisingly difficult sound issues, including an incredibly tricky dialog clean up and edit. Predominantly in a single location, sound was left to tell the story outside those walls. Supervising Sound Editors Jane Tattersall & David McCallum as well as re-recording mixer Joe Morrow give us a deep dive on how this soundtrack came together.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/211---women-talking/

Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we have two absolutely all-timers join us for a fun talk about their long standing working relationship and their earliest memories of going to the movies. After that we dig deep into the soundscape of The Fablemans, director Steven Spielberg's latest and most personal film to date.

Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/210---gary-rydstrom--andy-nelson-from-the-fabelmans/

Podcast Home Page: www.tonebenderspodcast.com

Tonebenders Host this episode: Timothy Muirhead