Web Exclusives
Once Upon a Pair of Wheels: Julian Slater Revs Up the Sound for ‘Baby Driver’
The eponymous hero of ‘Baby Driver,’ played by Ansel Elgort, is forced to work for a veteran kingpin in exchange for the start of a better life. […]
Sound Editors
Features
You Want It ‘Darker’
Listening to singer-songwriter Halsey’s new single, “Not Afraid Anymore,” as it pulsates through a fresh Dolby Atmos mix on a stage at Universal Studios in the company of music editors Angie Rubin, MPSE, and Bill Abbott can be a bit of an unsettling experience. […]
Features
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. […]
Web Exclusives
Oscar’s Favorite Sound Editors: 2017
On January 24, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed its list of nominees for the 2017 Oscars. The sound editing teams behind Arrival, Deepwater Horizon, Hacksaw Ridge, La La Land, and Sully were all nominated. CineMontage spoke to these sound editors about the challenges and highlights of working on their respective movies. […]
Web Exclusives
Panel to Showcase Sound for Hit Series ‘Stranger Things’
On January 31 at the Sportsmen’s Lodge in Studio City, a joint AES/SMPTE meeting will showcase the intricate sound editorial and re-recording of the Netflix miniseries ‘Stranger Things’. […]
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Recreating the Boston Marathon Bombing in ‘Patriots Day’
CineMontage recently attended a screening of Patriots Day, followed by a panel of major below-the-line craftspeople, including picture editor Colby Parker, Jr, ACE; re-recording mixer, sound designer and supervising sound editor Dror Mohar; and sound designer and supervising sound editor Piero Mura. […]
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‘Passengers’: The Custom-Designed Soundscape of a Starship
It is a late Friday afternoon in November and the post-production crew is carefully refining the soundtrack for a scene from Reel 6 of director Morten Tyldum’s Passengers. […]
Departments
Frank Warner
Sound editor and sound designer Frank Edward Warner died peacefully at home in Sedona, Arizona, on August 31. He was 85. […]
Web Exclusives
Imagining a Philip Roth Novel for the Big Screen
Philip Roth’s American Pastoral was published in 1997 and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction the following year. The film adaptation, from a screenplay by John Romano, directed by and starring Ewan McGregor, with editing by Melissa Kent and sound editing supervision by Christopher S. Aud, premiered September 9 at the Toronto International Film Festival and opened in limited release October 21. […]
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A Passion for Sound: Mix Magazine’s Annual Film & TV Conference
On Saturday, September 17, Mix magazine presented its third annual Sound for Film and Television conference at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, in cooperation with the Cinema Audio Society (CAS) and the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE). […]
