The Sound of Avatar
The groundbreaking technical and directorial abilities of Director James Cameron can be experienced in his breathtaking visual world of Pandora in “Avatar”. This never before seen world is filled with landscapes, creatures, and civilizations that have also never been heard before by audiences.
Bringing to life the sounds of Pandora include the talent of Skywalker Sound’s Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Re-recording Mixer, and Sound Designer Chris Boyes in this SoundWorks Collection sound for film exclusive profile.
MOVIE STUDIO
20th Century Fox
SOUND STUDIO
Skywalker Sound
DIRECTOR
James Cameron
ORIGINAL MUSIC
James Horner
Synopsis
AVATAR takes us to a spectacular world beyond imagination, where a newcomer from Earth embarks on an epic adventure, ultimately fighting to save the alien world he has learned to call home. James Cameron, the Oscar®-winning director of “Titanic,” first conceived of the film 15 years ago, when the means to realize his vision did not yet exist. Now, after four years of production, AVATAR, a live action film with a new generation of special effects, delivers a fully immersive cinematic experience of a new kind, where the revolutionary technology invented to make the film disappears into the emotion of the characters and the sweep of the story. We enter the alien world through the eyes of Jake Sully, a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth’s energy crisis. Because Pandora’s atmosphere is toxic, they have created the Avatar Program, in which human “drivers” have their consciousness linked to an avatar, a remotely-controlled biological body that can survive in the lethal air. These avatars are genetically engineered hybrids of human DNA mixed with DNA from the natives of Pandora… the Na’vi. Reborn in his avatar form, Jake can walk again. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na’vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious ore. But a beautiful Na’vi female, Neytiri, saves Jake’s life, and this changes everything. Jake is taken in by her clan, and learns to become one of them, which involves many tests and adventures. As Jake’s relationship with his reluctant teacher Neytiri deepens, he learns to respect the Na’vi way and finally takes his place among them. Soon he will face the ultimate test as he leads them in an epic battle that will decide the fate of an entire world.
Sound Credits
- Marco Alicea
- digital sound transfer
- Christopher Boyes
- sound designer
- Christopher Boyes
- sound re-recording mixer
- Christopher Boyes
- supervising sound editor
- Tim Burby
- digital sound editorial services
- Frank Clary
- sound effects assistant
- Ryan Cole
- sound recordist
- John Countryman
- digital sound transfer
- Luke Dunn Gielmuda
- foley editor
- Sean England
- foley recordist
- Ken Fischer
- sound effects editor
- Kim Foscato
- dialogue editor
- Thomas Giordano
- boom person
- Tim Gomillion
- recordist
- Kyle Griffiths
- cable operator
- Howie Hammerman
- sound engineering services
- David Hunter
- digital sound editorial services
- Richard Hymns
- adr editor
- Tony Johnson
- production sound mixer
- Jesse Kaplan
- boom person
- William B. Kaplan
- production sound mixer
- Noah Katz
- sound editor
- Tom Lalley
- sound re-recording engineer
- Mike Lane
- sound client services
- Davis Lee
- production sound mixer
- James Likowski
- foley editor
- Stuart McCowan
- adr editor
- Shannon Mills
- sound effects editor
- Steve Morris
- chief sound engineer
- Steve Morris
- facility designer
- Cheryl Nardi
- dialogue editor
- Andy Nelson
- sound re-recording mixer
- Gordon Ng
- sound client services
- Timothy Nielsen
- sound effects editor
- Stacey Parish
- cable operator
- Paul Pavelka
- sound re-recording engineer
- Juan Peralta
- additional re-recording mixer
- Eva Porter
- sound client services
- Frank Rinella
- foley mixer
- Renee Russo
- post-production sound accountant (as Renée Russo)
- Christopher Scarabosio
- sound effects editor
- Dee Selby
- field recordist
- Tony Sereno
- sound mix technician
- Steve Slanec
- adr editor
- James Spencer
- recordist
- Sam Spicer
- boom operator
- William Stein
- sound re-recording engineer (as Bill Stein)
- Gary Summers
- sound re-recording mixer
- James M. Tanenbaum
- production sound mixer (as Jim Tanenbaum)
- Addison Teague
- additional sound designer
- Addison Teague
- supervising sound editor
- Dennie Thorpe
- foley artist
- John Torrijos
- sound video services
- Jana Vance
- foley artist
- Mark Williams
- boom operator
- Marshall Winn
- dialogue editor
- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- supervising sound editor
- Neil Aldridge
- adr recordist (uncredited)
- Petra Bach
- sound recordist (uncredited)
- Sean Byrne
- sound re-recordist (uncredited)
- Derek Casari
- stage sound engineer (uncredited)
- Sean England
- foley mixer (uncredited)
- Paul Froula
- sound mixer (uncredited)
- Daniel A. Greenwald
- boom operator (uncredited)
- Doc Kane
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- David Lee
- sound mixer
- Scott R. Lewis
- mix technician (uncredited)
- Rhys Maitland-Jones
- sound mix technician (uncredited)
- Dana McCommon
- additional adr recordist (uncredited)
- Jim Ridgley
- boom operator (uncredited)
- Brian Seagrave
- audio post-conform (uncredited)
- Mark Sheffield
- sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
- Clint Smith
- sound recordist (uncredited)
- John Soukup
- sound transfer (uncredited)
- Greg Steele
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- James Wright
- sound consultant