Before I got out to see Tron: Legacy I had the impression that the movie would be heavily influenced and involved with Daft Punk’s musical score. Upon seeing it my theory was apparent and the score was on the forefront of the soundscape for the film.  This isn’t a bad thing by any means however [...]

The SoundWorks Collection recently captured an intimate discussion with the sound team of Director David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”.  In this 50-minute discussion, we are led through the creative process by Supervising Sound Editor/Designer Odin Benitez, M.P.S.E., Re-Recording Mixer Myron Nettinga, and Re-Recording Mixer John Ross, C.A.S. The discussion was moderated by Bruce Carse.

No, this video series is not about a self help group that has been wronged by RØDE microphones. I’m actually not quite sure why it’s called RØDE “Rage” because the videos that have been published today have all gone over rather smoothly. Through the jump I have posted interviews with, Scott Gershin, Watson Wu, Alan [...]

There has been a NPR interview circling the audio community with Ben Burtt and author J.W. Rinzler discussing the new “Sounds of Star Wars” book.  For those of you that would like to check it out here, I have embedded the audio after the jump.  Enjoy!

“Darren Aronofsky’s (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) “Black Swan” is a ballet thriller that follows Nina (Natalie Portman) as she is given the lead role in Swan Lake. As Nina sinks deeper and deeper into her role as the Black Swan, her life starts to spin out of control. Aronofsky’s long time sound collaborator, [...]

I’m not sure if SoundWorks Collection is being commissioned by studios to perform these “behind the scenes” videos now but I want everyone to make sure not to take them for granted.  They are awesome and Michael Coleman and his team have been pumping them out on a frequent basis.  I’ve kept myself from watching [...]

Designing Sound has launched a brother site in designingsound.tv. It’s focus will be to filter and host quality videos pertaining to the art of sound design and the audio industry. From the site there are a variety of ways to search and find videos that grab your interest. Head on over and check it out.

/film has stumbled upon some internet greatness. The standard movie rating on IMDB.com goes up to ten however Spinal Tap is so bad ass it needed a higher rating scale. Guess what it goes to…

“Lemmy” was released last March but didn’t see a distribution through the Americas until…soon.  Along with that, the street dates of the double disc DVD and Blu-Ray releases have been announced.  Wait, am I getting ahead of myself?  You’ve never heard of “Lemmy”?  BAH!  “Lemmy” is a documentary following the life and times of Motorhead [...]

I think we can all agree that The Lord of The Rings trilogy probably has some of the best pieces, if not, the best pieces composed for film in the last decade.  According to /film via The Province, Howard Shore has stated that he will be returning to score Peter Jackson’s “The Hobbit”.