Columns
Still Telling a Sonic Story
by Kurt Kassulke, CAS Growing up in Minnesota, I was the son of a doctor mom and stepdad, and a […]
Sound Personnel
Features
‘Manchester’ United
by Rob Feld • portraits by John Clifford Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester by the Sea made big news at the 2016 […]
Industry
‘Sicario’ and ‘The Big Short’ Score Feature Wins at HPA Awards
On a chilly Thursday evening in mid-November, the Hollywood Professional Association (HPA, formerly the Hollywood Post Alliance) celebrated the presentation of its 11th Annual HPA Awards at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles. […]
Features
Celebrating a Sonic Centennial: Everything You Wanted to Know About the History of Cinema Sound
Have you seen Laurel and Hardy do exactly the same skit in both a silent and a sound version? Was it actually the quality of John Gilbert’s voice that doomed his career in the talkies? What beloved classic movie used Fantasound? Why did editors resist changing from optical to magnetic sound? […]
This Quarter in Film History
‘Broadway’ Playback
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s film legacy is its musicals. Perhaps because it was the most politically conservative of the major studios, MGM was more comfortable with melodramas and musicals than with social issues. […]
Features
Brando Talks! and Superman Listens
“Brando’s voice and presence serve as a memory bridge back to that time.” – Craig Berkey supervising sound editor/sound designer […]
Features
Canned Music Production Libraries for TV Are Now Calling the Tune
The public’s demand for feature-quality music in everything from reality shows to full-hour TV dramas–has turned the production music market into a half-billion-dollar-a-year intellectual property based business. […]
Features
Location ADR: A Moveable Feast
It’s not only the “when” of ADR that is being re-examined, but also the “how” and “where.” […]