Tonebenders Podcast

Paul Hsu welcomes Tim and Teresa into his studio at C5 Sound in New York City, for this in-person interview. He talks about his epic collaboration with director Ari Aster on the film Beau Is Afraid. We dig into many specific moments and the over all approach to this mind bending work, where the sounds both help clear things up and further confuse the audience. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/245---beau-is-afraid/ Podcast Homepage: tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow

We talk about the challenge of creating the sound design for Marvel's newest super hero, Kahhori, introduced in the new season of the Disney Plus series, What If...? Supervising Sound Editor/Sound Designer Mac Smith and Re-Recording Mixer Jeff King take us through their design process, how the final mix came into focus and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/244---what-if/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

For the first time in a long time, all 4 Tonebenders hosts get together to hang out and do a draft of our favorite genres to do sound design for. Tim, René, Teresa and Mark take turns picking the types of movies we have always wanted to tackle in our own work. We each have to pick one genre from each of the following subsets: 1 - Talkies: Mystery (Knives Out, Memento, Twin Peaks) War Film (1917, All Quiet On The Western Front, Saving Private Ryan) Historical Drama (The Revenant, The Favourite, 12 Years A Slave) Oscar Bait (Tar, The King's Speech, House Of Gucci) 2 - Guns and Punches: Police/Gangster (The Departed, Serpico, Goodfellas) Action/Adventure (Raiders of The Lost Ark, Fast And Furious, Bourne films) Martial Arts (Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Drunken Master) Western (Hateful 8, True Grit, Power of the Dog) 3 - Scary Stuff: Zombie (The Last of Us, World War Z, Dawn of the Dead) Slasher (Scream, Child's Play, Elm Street) Thriller (Fatel Attraction, Get Out, American Psycho) Paranormal (The Ring, The

Crowds are so hard to make sound authentic & alive in sports films. So much work goes into designing large crowds that roar with emotion. In The Iron Claw, the wrestling scenes have crowds that sound fantastic and we have the audio team here to tell us how they created them. From capturing the extras on set and recording loop group, through sound design and final mixing we go into each step to creating great sounding crowds. Production sound mixer Paul Ledford, Dialog/ADR supervisor Martin Gwynn Jones, Sound Designer Brennan Mercer, Re-Recording Mixer and Sound Supervisor Matt Chan and Re-Recording Mixer Graham Rogers tell us about making crowds and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/242---the-iron-claw/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Picture Editor Hilda Rasula is joined by Supervising Sound Editor Mandell Winter and Supervising Dialog /ADR Editor Sang Jun Kim, to talk about their work on American Fiction. This film has excellent writing and acting, so it was up to the post production team to live up to those standards and carry it through to the end. They discuss the tight rope walk of keeping the comedy alive while also not letting it tip over into farce, and making buildings and spaces rich with sonic character to help tell story points. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/241---the-sound--picture-of-american-fiction/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Michael Mann's new film "Ferrari", is a personal drama at heart, but we all know that it is the CARS that will draw people to see this one. Fortunately those cars sound amazing and we have the sound team with us, to talk about how they created and designed those sounds. Production sound mixer Lee Orloff, Supervising Sound Editors Tony Lamberti & Bernard Weiser, and Re-recording mixer Andy Nelson tell us about how they recorded the antique cars, how they differentiated the sounds for each vehicle in the races and lots more. This is a spoiler free conversation. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/240---ferrari/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Johnnie Burn joins in to talk about his work on the new Yorgos Lanthimos film, Poor Things. He discusses his working process with Yorgos, the sonic differences between the black and white portion and the full color parts of the film as well as how he figured out the vocals for the hybrid animals. We even briefly touch on his work on Zone Of Interest. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/239---poor-things-with-johnnie-burn/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Friend of the podcast Mark Mangini invites us into his studio to talk about his work on the new documentary 32 Sounds. He tells us about his experience learning how to mix for headphones, what his personal "ghost sounds" are and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/238---32-sounds-with-mark-mangini/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Doing sound design for water is incredibly difficult, and this film involves a lot of water! We talk with Deborah Wallach & Grant Elder about their work on new Netflix film Nyad. They tell us about the challenges of making long cinematic swimming sequences sound dynamic and varied. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/237---nyad/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Production Sound Mixer Nina Rice and Supervising Sound Editors Ai-Ling Lee & Dan Kenyon tell us about the rules of what sounds can exist in Barbie Land, how that contrasts with the Real World and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/236---barbie/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We dig into the sound of the sonically amazing race scenes in the Neill Blomkamp film, Gran Turismo. Re-recording Mixer Beau Borders and co-supervising sound editors Erin Oakley & Kami Asgar talk us through how they wanted the sound of the cars to feel like they are always from the POV of the drivers, so they felt hyper real. They also discuss how the story is being told through the race teams comms and headsets, how they earned the director's trust and made him at least a little less scared of using ADR. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/235---gran-turismo/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com info on how to submit your fav field recording stories by Nov 19th: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

Let's talk about the criminally under-discussed topic of cutting ambiences for film and series. This important craft, often feels like it has become an after thought in post audio workflows. Our guests are here to praise the role backgrounds play in making movies feel and sound real. Tim Nielsen, Kayla Stewart, Mitchell Lestner and Michael O'Connor tell us why they love cutting BGs and share a lot of the lessons they have learned through years of experience with the craft. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/234---the-importance-of-ambiences-roundtable/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead Come on out to our Sound Design Meet-Up in NYC on Oct 26th, 7pm, at The Crompton Ale House in Chelsea. Make sure you say "hi" to Tim and Teresa while you are there.

In this episode we talk with the sound people behind some of our favorite scripted podcasts, to learn how they are put together. Guests Allison Grasso, Marcus Bagala, Jonathon Roberts, Jamie Coupar and Daniel Brunelle share their experiences working on great shows like Quiet Part Loud, Limetown, Case 63, Harley Quinn and Joker: Sound Mind, Shipworm, Melon's House Party and lots lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/233---sound-design-for-scripted-podcasts-roundtable/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead To Submit your favorite field recording story for our upcoming crowdsourced episode, get full details at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ Don't forget about our Sound Design Meet-up in New York City on Oct 26th 2023 at Crompton Ale House in Chelsea

Tonebenders host, Timothy Muirhead, tells tales of some of his favourite field recording (mis)adventures and invites all our listeners to send in their own stories of capturing interesting sounds in the wild. Tim shares stories of recording in unusual places, when strangers find microphones left to record on their own, his favourite sound he has ever recorded and lots more. Full information on how to submit your field recording stories at https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/?p=3073 Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we talk to members of the sound teams from some recent animated features, about the art of sound design for this tricky genre. Julian Slater (The Bad Guys/Puss in Boots: The Last Wish), Justin Davey (My Father's Dragon), Bill Dean & Jesse Pariseau (DC League of Super-Pets) and Jay Jennings (The Bad Guys/Puss in Boots: The Last Wish/My Father's Dragon) all tell us about their adventures making these films sound amazing. Show Notes & Full Transcript: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/231---sound-design-for-feature-animation-roundtable/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

In this episode we talk with the team behind the new amazing sound effects library Cataclysm. Mattia Cellotto, Kyle Fraser and Robbie Elias tell us about their adventures recording propane cannons in remote mountain locations as well as many other loud and explosive source sounds for the library. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/230---recording-cannons-for-cataclysm/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & René Coronado

this episode Doc Kane tells us about his illustrious career as the main voice and ADR recordist at Disney Studios in Burbank California. He also talks about how he runs a session, which microphones he likes and lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/229---doc-kane/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

We are joined by re-recording mixers Lindsey Alvarez and Mathew Waters from the fictional rock and roll series Daisy Jones & The Six. They talk about how they worked to put the music in all the venues the band played in, from garages to stadiums. They also dig into how they created the sound of 20,000 fans singing along with the band, plus lots more. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/228---daisy-jones--the-six/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Timothy Muirhead

VR game Moss: Book II. Kristen Quinn (Audio Director), Stephen Hodde (Voice Director, Engineer) and Sun Kim (Senior Sound Designer) tell us about how the games soundscape came together. They discuss telling stories with sound in virtual reality, a clever approach to spatialization, and why one of their team members is a magical unicorn?! Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/227---moss-book-ii/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Host This Episode: Mark Kilborn

We are joined by Supervising Sound Editor Nicholas Renbeck, ADR Supervisor Angela Organ and Re-Recording Mixer Andy Kris from the HBO series Succession. They tell us about their work on the final season of the series, with a special focus on how the series handles dialog. We also dig deep into the game changing 3rd episode and how its incredible sound was achieved. Show Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/226---the-sound-of-succession/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com Tonebenders Hosts This Episode: Timothy Muirhead & Teresa Morrow