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Designing Napoleon’s Epic Audio – with Oliver Tarney and James Harrison

Sound supervisors/sound designers Oliver Tarney and James Harrison share details on the sound of ‘Napoleon,’ which recently earned a spot on the Oscars Shortlist for Best Sound. Here, they discuss their approach to recording weapons and horses, building era-appropriate battles of varying scales and levels of precision, recording and designing battle walla, and so much more!

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Establishing the ’80s Era for ‘AIR’ – with Sound Supervisors Ai-Ling Lee and Susan Dawes

Sound supervisors Ai-Ling Lee and Susan Dawes talk about setting the stage sonically for Amazon Studios’ biographical sports drama ‘AIR.’ Set in 1984, the story mainly unfolds in the offices at Nike, where talent scout Sonny Vaccaro changed history by signing rookie Michale Jordan to a deal that ultimately led to the creation of the iconic AIR Jordan shoeline.

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Film sound design for No One Will Save You

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‘No One Will Save You’: How Lack of Dialogue Created Abundant Opportunities for Superb Sonic Storytelling:

‘No One Will Save You’ is a sci-fi/horror film that is missing one key element found in most films – dialogue! Here, award-winning supervising sound editors/re-recording mixers Will Files and Chris Terhune talk about their unique experience of using effects, foley, and the breath track to tell much of the story, the challenges and opportunities of mixing without a dialogue track, and so much more:

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