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Sounds Like the 1930s: The Mixing of ‘Public Enemies’

Re-recording mixers Kevin O’Connell and partner Beau Borders have been working tirelessly since last October on mixing Michael Mann’s period gangster crime drama Public Enemies. Mann’s passion for detail and authenticity has been the hallmark of the film’s sonic nuances, according to O’Connell. […]

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Sound Mission to Cuba

Over the past decade, production sound mixer Chris Newman, CAS — who has been something of a mentor to me during my whole career — has been retired from working on the set and has been teaching a production sound recording class at the School of Visual Arts in New York. […]

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Oscar’s Favorite Re-Recording Mixers: 2017

The 89th Academy Awards nominees in the Best Sound Mixing category cover a broad cross section of films, ranging from the story of an alien invasion to betrayal in Libya, through a harrowing WWII battle, musical fun in the Big Orange and a pan-galactic escapade. […]