Skynet Symphonic

This is A-W-E-S-O-M-E! Made entirely of sound from Terminator 2. Kudos!

Losono 3D Sound

Just read an interesting article on the launch of Losono 3D sound mixing on Creative Cow. This is going to change everything! Very exciting. Check it out here.

Bafta Long List Nominations Released!

Bafta have released the long list nominations for the 2010 ceremony. Featuring heavily is The Hurt Locker (my film of last year along with Let The Right One In), Moon, Inglourious Basterds and Avatar. Up for the sound gong this year are:

Avatar

District 9

An Education

Fantastic Mr Fox

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

The Hurt Locker

Inglourious Basterds

The Lovely Bones

Moon

Nine

Nowhere Boy

The Road

Star Trek

Up

Where the Wild Things Are

I haven't seen all of the above, but recently watched Star Trek and the sound was immense. I expect Up will be right up there, and The Hurt Locker was also fantastic. Disappointing not to see Let The Right One In getting a nod for sound, or possibly the best film for sound of the past year, Katalin Varga. If you haven't watched that yet, make sure you catch it on Blu-Ray. Lynch-esque sound with a backdrop of the Romanian countryside alongside a revenge story. Stunning and inspired. Looking forward to seeing who wins from the above list though, some big guns there. Also, if Christoph Waltz doesn't get the best supporting actor award for his performance as Col. Hans Lander in Inglorious Basterds, there's no justice in the world!

See the full list of nominations here.

More Free Blastwave FX

Blastwave FX Free Download Pack #2 Preview by Blastwave FX

Blastwave FX have released another free download pack containing 60 FX. Click on the soundcloud link above for a preview........

Download FX here.

Also check out there soundsnap page for more goodies.......

Fantastic Mr Fox

Was reading through the latest posts over on Film Sound Daily, and came across this brilliant video of the sound recording techniques employed by Wes Anderson on Fantastic Mr Fox. Never one for conventional techniques, Anderson recorded his actors in the great outdoors on location at a farm; which looked like great fun!

'Fantastic Mr Fox' Behind the Scenes: Recording Voices @ Yahoo! Video

Frank Serefine

Just watched this great video from soundsnap.com on sound designer Frank Serafine. Frank records all his own sound fx, and has made a great deal available to the public via soundsnap.com. This really is a revealing and interesting watch for anyone who loves sound, and I highly recommend you take a look, before checking out Franks FX at soundsnap:

How to Build a Contact Mic

I've been reading a lot into the work of sound recordist and gatekeeper of David Lynch sound designer Alan Splet's archive, Ann Kroeber (more to come on her shortly) and came across this handy guide to building a contact mic from kit thats cheaply available at your local Maplin.

A contact mic is attached to a surface, and picks up vibrations and sound created on this surface. So for instance if you were to freeze the mic in a ice cube, you would pick up the cracks and creaks of the ice cube melting; pretty cool eh? Or in Kroeber's use, blend it with a conventional mic to create new and excting recordings which sound like they're from outer space!

Check it out; I shall be indulging in the build and experimentation myself shortly.