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John Roesch: MPSE 2013 Career Achievement Award

March 1, 2013

The first Foley artist to receive the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ (MPSE) Career Achievement Award, Foley artist John Roesch has contributed to over 400 movies in the last four decades, including — to name a very few — Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), Back to the Future (1985), Unforgiven (1992), The Matrix (1999) and The Dark Knight Rises (2012), the latter for which he received two MPSE Golden Reel Awards nominations as part of the film’s sound editing team. He was presented the award acknowledging his career accomplishments at the MPSE’s 60th annual Golden Reel Awards on February 17.
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You Ain’t Heard Nuthin’ Yet… Prepare for Sonic Immersion

May 1, 2013

With movie-going audiences expecting fully immersive visuals from 3D presentations, the sound post-production community is fast playing catch-up with immersive surround-sound systems. […]

Is Your Room in Tune?

July 1, 2013

Sound editors and mixers need to be confident that their room acoustics are not skewing their judgment. […]

Music Editor, Jen Monnar, Captures the Folk Scene in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’

November 1, 2013

Fifteen years ago, if you told Jen Monnar that she would one day work as a music editor on films directed by the likes of Marc Webb, Neil LaBute, and Joel and Ethan Coen, she would not have believed you. In fact, she would have very likely asked, “What’s a music editor?”

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The Aural Authority: Formosa Group is the New Sound in Town

January 1, 2014

The owners and participants in Formosa Group are all creatives who together with 10 other seasoned post professionals, comprise the talent pool of a new operation that opened for business in early 2013. […]

Unsettled Scores: When a Music Editor Is Tasked with Finding a Soundtrack

January 1, 2014

A few months before I started working on The Descendants, Alexander told me he wanted the score for that film to be made up solely of pre-existing, traditional Hawaiian music. It was an exciting challenge. […]

Film Lab Workers Get Their Oscar: 2014

May 1, 2014

For over 100 years, the unsung heroes of the film industry have been the thousands of men and women who work in film laboratories. […]

Plugged-In for Sound: Recommended DAW Add-Ons for Designers and Editors

May 1, 2014

With the ubiquitous digital audio workstation (DAW) now a key creative tool for not only sound designers and supervising sound editors, but also re-recording mixers, the choice of plug-ins can make the difference between an average clip and a truly attention-grabbing track. […]