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What an honor to share this conversation with Sound Designer/Editor/Mixer Gary Rydstrom, who has been collaborating to create the sounds of Steven Spielberg for over 25 years and whose credits include 'Jurassic Park,' 'Toy Story' and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' among many others.
In our conversation we discuss Gary's creative approach to sound in movies, his time at Pixar and the opportunities that creating sound in animation offers, the bone-shaking experience of creating the Omaha beach landing in 'Saving Private Ryan,' the thrilling NYC car chase from 'Ready Player One' and much more.
It was a treat to share this conversation with Academy Award-nominated editor and composer John Ottman, whose credits include 'The Usual Suspects', 'Superman Returns', and this year's critically acclaimed 'Bohemian Rhapsody', for which John received his first Oscar nomination for Best Editing.
In our conversation we talk about John's creative process in regards to creating the musical identity of the 'X-Men' franchise, the challenges of being a composer and editor on the same movie, and how 'Bohemian Rhapsody' evolved throughout production to become the $ 845 million-grossing, 5-time Academy Award-nominated film we know today.
Make sure to catch this year's Academy Awards on Sunday, February 24th at 5PM PST!
What an honor to sit down and chat with award-winning editor Eddie Hamilton, whose credits include 'X-Men: First Class', 'Kingsman' and 'Kingsman: The Golden Circle', 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' and this year's 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout.' He's currently hard at work on 'Top Gun: Maverick', to be released in the summer of 2020.
In our conversation we talk about Eddie's passion and understanding for the art of editing, what he learned from collaborating with editor Lee Smith, ACE and his creative process with director Christopher Nolan, and his experience with creating story on the last two 'Mission: Impossible' films with Chris McQuarrie and Tom Cruise.
Ep 13 | James Vanderbilt, Writer/Director/Producer ('Zodiac', 'The Amazing Spiderman') by Soundstage Access
We are honored to get on the phone and chat with legendary Disney artist Floyd Norman, whose credits as an animator and story artist include 'Toy Story 2', '101 Dalmatians' and 'The Jungle Book'.
In our conversation, we discuss a wide range of topics - from Floyd's early beginnings at the Walt Disney studio in 1956, his work on 'Sleeping Beauty' and '101 Dalmatians', and his relationship with Walt Disney himself.
What a treat it was to sit down with Academy-award nominated Sound Designer/Mixer JULIAN SLATER, who created the soundscape for all of director Edgar Wright’s movies and whose latest film ‘Bad Times at the El Royale’ opens this weekend!
In our conversation, Julian lays out the elements of what makes for great Sound Design, what was it like working on George Miller’s ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’, his career-long collaboration and creative partnership with Edgar Wright, and specifically creating together their Oscar-nominated work on 2017’s hit ‘Baby Driver’
We were so lucky to sit down with award-winning composer Joe Kraemer, whose credits include 'Jack Reacher', 'Comrade Detective' and 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation'.
In our conversation, we cover a wide range of topics - from Joe's early experience scoring his first feature film at age 15, the creative influence that the work of John Williams had on his life and cinema in general, and an in-depth discussion on his award-winning work on 'Jack Reacher' and 'Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.’
With the highly-anticipated release of the newest 'Mission: Impossible' movie, we sat down a few months back to cover Part 2 of our conversation with the film's Stunt Coordinator and 2nd Unit Director - Wade Eastwood.
In our conversation, we discuss earlier projects in his career (like doubling for James Bond himself in 'The World Is Not Enough'), his view on the stunt industry today, as well as his process working with Tom Cruise to create the most impressive stunts ever committed to film for 'Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation' and 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'.
A conversation years in the making, we sit down to chat with the sweet and talented Elísabet Ronaldsdóttir whose credits include 'John Wick', 'Atomic Blonde' and the new 'Deadpool 2'.
In our conversation, we cover a wide range of projects - along with Elísabet's view of the art of editing today and how it plays an emotional role in the movie we love to enjoy. Support by sharing, liking and subscribing to the podcast!
It was a treat to sit down with Academy-award winning sound mixer KEVIN O’CONNELL, whose incredible record story brought him his first Oscar after 20 nominations.
In our conversation Kevin shares wonderful anecdotes from sets and the creative process behind mixing films like TOP GUN, HACKSAW RIDGE, and SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING among others. Just so you know, Michael Bay stories are included in this episode.
We sit down to chat with Adam Rifkin about his latest film 'The Last Movie Star'. In our conversation we discuss Adam's early success in Los Angeles during his late teens, how getting fired off a job led to writing (and selling!) his spec script for 1997's 'Mouse Hunt', and the emotional experience that was sharing the set and directing his childhood hero Burt Reynolds in A24's 'The Last Movie Star'.
In our interview with film composer David Newman, we discuss classic film scores like Chinatown and King Kong, David's experience growing up playing in orchestras, his composing process, and some of his memorable projects like Jingle All The Way and Throw Mamma From The Train.
We caught up with stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood on the phone from London just before he was headed back to another day on the set of 'Mission: Impossible - Fallout'. In our conversation, we talk about what his creative process working with Tom Cruise and writer/director Chris McQuarrie, the implications of Tom's injury while shooting a stunt in London on the newest 'Mission: Impossible' film, and what it means to manage risk as a stunt coordinator.
We sit down with Dan Laustsen, DFF to discuss about his imaginative creative process in films like 'Crimson Peak' and 'John Wick 2', and to celebrate his collaboration with director Guillermo Del Toro on the making of the film 'The Shape of Water', nominated for 13 Academy Awards.
We sit down to talk with Academy-Award nominated cinematographer John Schwartzman, ASC about his fantastic career: starting with his early days as a film student at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, growing up with a very young Michael Bay and transitioning together into features with projects such as 'The Rock' and 'Armageddon', and later on reaching extraordinary creative input in films such as 'The Amazing Spider-man' and 'Jurassic World'.
At the time of this recording in May 2017, Schwartzman was still attached to shoot 'Star Wars: Episode IX' with director Colin Trevorrow. They have since moved on to other great projects.