Just met up with Gary Rizzo and had lunch with him and a few friends. Lots of cool stuff to talk about in a future post, but I had a chance to ask him today what his favorite moments were in Inception. I'm going to watch it tonight, and wanted to know what to listen for. I didn't record the questions, nor did I have anything to write his answers down with, so I'm just going to paraphrase: I asked him; "What are your favorite sound moments in Inception?" He replied (in my words...). There are a couple of great moments in the movie. The first one is this sequence that happens in Paris. You are down on the street in Paris, and all of a … [Read more...]
Skywalker Sound does Sound Design and Mixing for Avatar
February 13, 2010 By Leave a Comment
With its stunning visuals and other-worldly (literally) creatures, Avatar needed to pack a huge sonic punch, or there was no way Cameron would be able to sell Pandora to the audience. When you need a post audio job that big, who better to go to than Skywalker Sound.Skywalker Sound, stationed in George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch, 45 minutes north of San Francisco, is the pinnacle of all that is sound design, especially when it comes to science fiction. With a staff stacked with the legends of sound design, such as Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Indiana Jones, ET, Wall-E, Star Trek, etc...) and Randy Thom (Star Wars, Cast Away, Harry Potter, War of the … [Read more...]
