Behind Alien: Romulus’ Awe-Inspiring Sound – a film sound deep-dive with Lee Gilmore and Will Files

FILM SOUND DEEP DIVE: ‘Alien: Romulus’ Sound Supervisor/Sound Designer Lee Gilmore & Re-recording Mixer Will Files on their approach to creating new sounds that felt true to the original Alien (1979) film, mixing a vintage feeling film for modern-day cinemas, the sounds of Xenomorphs, the adversarial android Rook, and much, much more!

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Designing a Retro Vibe for ‘Riddle of Fire’ – with Garrard Whatley, Hamed Hokamzadeh, and Reece Miller

Director Weston Razooli’s award-winning indie film ‘Riddle of Fire’ – available now on VOD – is a fun, children-led adventure that calls to mind nostalgic films ‘Goonies’ and ‘The Neverending Story.’ The film’s warm, grainy look (it was shot on Kodak 16mm film) had a huge impact on the sound team’s approach. Here, Garrard Whatley (supervising sound editor/re-recording mixer), Hamed Hokamzadeh, MPSE (Studio Manager at MelodyGun), and Reece Miller (foley artist) talk about finding sonic inspiration from ’70s and ’80s-era films, designing sound to capture the nostalgic feel of the film, recording foley props on and off the foley stage, and so much more!

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