The Music of Elio with Composer Rob Simonsen
Composer Rob Simonsen joins guest host Jon Burlingame to discuss his sweeping and emotionally rich score for Pixar’s “Elio.” The composer shares how he approached scoring the story of a young boy making first contact with aliens, weaving together emotional warmth, cosmic wonder, and a sense of fun. He also discusses how Dolby Atmos® helped shape the immersive quality of the soundtrack, after being a bit of a skeptic of the technology at first.
MOVIE STUDIO
Pixar Animation Studios
SOUND STUDIO
Skywalker Sound
DIRECTOR
Adrian Molina, Domee Shi, Madeline Sharafian
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Rob Simonsen
Synopsis
Elio, a space fanatic with an active imagination, finds himself on a cosmic misadventure where he must form new bonds with alien lifeforms, navigate a crisis of intergalactic proportions and somehow discover who he is truly meant to be.
Sound Credits
- Stuart Allen-Hynd
- Dialogue Recording Engineer
- Phoenix Aquino-Thomas
- client services
- Steve Bissinger
- sound effects editor
- Jeremy Bowker
- sound designer / supervising sound editor
- Ronni Brown
- foley artist
- Vince Caro
- production sound mixer
- Omisha Chaitanya
- dialogue recordist
- Brian Chumney
- supervising sound editor (rumored)
- Nathan Crowe
- dialogue recordist
- Jessey Drake
- sound effects editor
- Richard Duarte
- foley mixer
- Thor Fienberg
- additional mixer
- Richard Gould
- sound effects editor
- Lora Hirschberg
- re-recording mixer
- Doc Kane
- production sound mixer
- Devon Kelley
- assistant supervising sound editor
- Samuel Lehmer
- production sound editor
- Scott R. Lewis
- re-recording mixer (rumored)
- Andy Manganello
- dialogue recordist
- Liz Marston
- mix technician
- Paul McGrath
- production sound mixer
- Steve Morris
- head of engineering
- Jordan Myers
- foley editor
- Cheryl Nardi
- supervising dialogue editor
- Jon Null
- head of production
- David Peifer
- digital editorial support
- Michael Peters
- head of production finance & planning (as Mike Peters)
- Joel Raabe
- sound effects editor
- Gary A. Rizzo
- re-recording mixer (rumored)
- Jesus Rodriguez
- sound recordist
- Dee Selby
- foley editor
- Scott Theakston
- Digital Editorial Support
- Randy Thom
- sound designer & re-recording mixer (rumored)
- Jana Vance
- foley artist
- Philip von Düring
- recording engineer
- Bonnie Wild
- re-recording mixer
- Bill Higley
- original dialogue mixer (uncredited)
- Jamison Rabbe
- dialogue recordist (uncredited)