The Best Sound Designer

[miker]

as per usual sound gets totally forgotten in the 'Best of' categories posted by the mediated experience generation.

answer: Ben Burt, maybe thingy as well, whats his name ... Walter Murch, yeah!

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[deanl]

Hey there.

"as per usual sound gets totally forgotten in the 'Best of' categories posted by the mediated experience generation.
answer: Ben Burt, maybe thingy as well, whats his name ... Walter Murch, yeah!"


Is Ben Burt a sound? How does Walter Murch go again?


P.S
for the record THX 1138 sucked big time.

Despin out

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"Ive got bad feeling about this."

[miker]

Ben Burt is a sound if you say it out-loud.

He's also a talented sound-designer IMHO, who else would put hamlet's soliqueythingy in Empire Strikes Back?

THX1138 is Lucas' best bit of directing IMHO

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[miker]

[Star Wars anorak on:]

when the probot transmits back to the Empire, what you are hearing is a heavily processed sound-sample of a well known actor reciting Hamlet.

[anorak to off position]

His signature is an "aaarrrggghhh" which he puts in all his movies [that he does sound design on] which originates from some old western film. It can be heard most clearly in Jedi when Fett falls into the Sarlacc. I think that's the one, my anorak's off ;-)


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it's on the internet, it must be true:
http://www.eeggs.com/items/6776.html




[This message has been edited by miker (edited February 03, 2002).]

[twister!]

I didn't know that. Isn't it weird that with films that are so famous/loved by the people even the most trivial piece of information is interesting.

But back to the original point, sound design is a very underated area. I would have difficulty naming more than a few. What I found interesting (relating to both Lucas and Murch) was the documentary on the American Graffiti DVD. There was no score for the film just music by bands. Murch, the sound man had to use sound effects to create tension and suspense when there were no songs. Examples being when Dreyfuss is about to 'do' the police car there is some kind of fire engine siren (or something) in the background which gets louder and louder as his tension increases. And when the Terry the Toad character is lost in the woods the sounds of grasshoppers can be heard along with his heartbeat - when the girl he is with appears it suddenly stops. Very subtle and clever. One of the better DVD 'extras' I've seen.

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[twister!]

What's that about Hamlet and The Empire Strikes Back?

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