October 01, 2024 - 09:30 PM
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), the premier organization of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, will celebrate the 25th anniversary of David Fincher’s groundbreaking film FIGHT CLUB on Oct. 27 with a special event that includes a screening of the film, followed by an in-depth conversation with the film’s sound designer, Ren Klyce. This invitation-only event, hosted by MPSE Vice President Eric Marks at IMRSV Sound in Berkeley, CA, is part of the MPSE’s ongoing “MPSE Presents” screening series, which highlights sound achievements in film, television, and games with special events in cities across the globe.
December 10, 2021 - 11:00 PM
Kick off Awards Season with Mix‘s Shortlist Sneak Peek, offering an early look at some of the contenders for the 2022 Oscars, MPSE Golden Reels and CAS Awards. Shortlist nomination voting for the Oscars begins December 10, so before checking off your ballot, check out our conversations with the sound teams behind some of the top films in contention!
August 20, 2020 - 07:00 PM
The Cinema Audio Society recently joined together with the Motion Picture Sound Editors and The Association of Motion Picture Sound in sending an open letter to the entertainment industry regarding grouping together key sound professionals and positioning them in the credits in proximity with other key roles.
July 23, 2020 - 02:45 AM
Minecraft Dungeons is a new action-adventure game set in the Minecraft Universe. In this episode you can eavesdrop on a choir of villagers and find out if we opted for an original soundtrack or a dubstep remix of Vanilla.
July 22, 2020 - 08:45 PM
Desperados III is a story-driven, hardcore tactical stealth game, set in a ruthless Wild West scenario. In this long-awaited prequel to the beloved classic Desperados: Wanted Dead or Alive, John Cooper will join forces with the runaway bride Kate, the shady hitman Doc McCoy, the giant trapper Hector, and Isabelle, a mysterious lady from New Orleans. On Cooper’s quest for redemption, his adventures lead him and his gang from rural towns, over swamps and riverbanks, and finally to a dramatic showdown worthy of Wild West legends.
February 11, 2020 - 08:30 PM
Songwriter extraordinaire Diane Warren and operatic prima donna Anna Netrebko have been named the Laureates for the 2020 Polar Music Prize, to be presented in a ceremony at the Grand Hotel on June 9. The announcement was made Tuesday morning (Feb. 11) at Stockholm City Hall by Alfons Karabuda, chairman of the Polar Music Prize award committee.
January 20, 2020 - 07:00 AM
The Motion Picture Sound Editors tonight presented the 67th MPSE Annual Golden Reel Awards at a black-tie ceremony at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. Golden Reel Awards recognizing outstanding achievement in sound editing were presented in 23 categories encompassing feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, special venue and other media.
August 20, 2019 - 05:00 PM
Continuing its iconic Deep Note movie trailer tradition, THX unveils its newest trailer. It’s a next-gen, deeply engaging audio-visual experience created by the award-winning Hollywood creative team at American Meme. With Ben Rosenblatt, known for “the Alienist”, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Star Trek Into Darkness, at the helm as executive producer, plus Andrew Kramer and Robby Stambler, known for their Star Wars: The Force Awakens animation and sound work respectively, viewers take an unprecedented 60 second journey, based on the distinguished Deep Note signature sound. Adding to the experience is the pre-rendered immersive THX Spatial Audio mix which draws audiences into the middle of the story. Listen with headphones to experience it with deeper immersion and incredible realism.
July 11, 2019 - 05:00 AM
Join Academy Award®-winning sound editor Richard King (Dunkirk, Inception) for a candid discussion on his approach to sound design, workflow advice for new sound artists and more.
January 23, 2019 - 08:00 AM
Dolby Laboratories’ Dolby Institute and Sundance Institute, along with the Ray and Dagmar Dolby Family Fund, today announced that Honey Boy, directed by Alma Har’el and written by Shia LaBeouf, and The Sound of Silence, directed by Michael Tyburski and co-written by Ben Nabors and Michael Tyburski, have both received the Dolby Family Fellowship. The Fellowship offers recipients a wide array of post-production technologies including Dolby Atmos, and new this year, the addition of Dolby Vision to further amplify the filmmakers’ visions. Honey Boy will premiere at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival in Dolby Atmos at the Eccles Theatre on Friday January 25 at 3:30 p.m. MT, and the world premiere of The Sound of Silence takes place Saturday, January 26, in Dolby Atmos at the Ray Theater at 12:30 p.m. MT.
January 10, 2019 - 11:00 PM
To celebrate the release if Bohemian Rhapsody in theaters on November 2, Queen fans around the world recorded their best rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” at PutMeInBohemian.com. John Warhurst, the supervising sound and music editor working on the film, mixed thousands of fans’ recordings together to create part of the crowd singing during the live performance scene in the movie.
December 26, 2018 - 02:15 AM
Disneyland’s version of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the highly anticipated Star Wars-themed land, will open in summer of 2019, while Disney World’s version in Hollywood Studios will open later in Fall 2019. But while the grand opening of those lands are a little less than a year away, the Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade just made that far, far away premiere date seem just a bit closer. The annual parade gave us a Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge sneak peek that will hold Star Wars fans over until the summer and fall 2019 debuts.
September 04, 2018 - 09:09 PM
Sound always plays a particularly important role in the horror genre, but A Quiet Place takes this a step further, making sound itself a key element of the story. So in this video I talk to the sound designers of the film, Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn, to learn more about the ways sound can be used in storytelling.