The Sound of The Fighter
The SoundWorks Collection recently captured an intimate discussion with the sound team of Director David O. Russell’s “The Fighter”.
In this 50-minute discussion, we are led through the creative process by Supervising Sound Editor/Designer Odin Benitez, M.P.S.E., Re-Recording Mixer Myron Nettinga, and Re-Recording Mixer John Ross, C.A.S.
The discussion was moderated by Bruce Carse.
MOVIE STUDIO
Paramount Pictures
SOUND STUDIO
424 Studios
DIRECTOR
David O. Russell
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Michael Brook
Synopsis
As a welterweight from the wrong side of the tracks, Irish-American Dicky Eklund is the pride of working class Lowell, Massachusetts. Living in his shadow is his half-brother and sparring partner Micky Ward. After fighting Sugar Ray Leonard, Eklund plunges into a nightmare of crack addiction, violence and prison. His family's hopes are crushed in the wake of Dicky's decline. Like a real life Rocky, Micky fights on his own terms and pulls his family out of despair with his meteoric rise in the ring. Freshly paroled Dicky finds redemption training his little brother, now known as "Irish" Micky Ward, for his Welterweight Championship bout with Shea Neary.
Sound Credits
- Odin Benitez
- sound designer
- Odin Benitez
- supervising sound editor
- Jason Brennan
- sound effects editor
- Moe Chamberlain
- sound mixer
- Brian Courchine
- boom operator
- Andreas Drost
- dubbing recordist
- Stefan Fraticelli
- foley artist
- Anton Gold
- sound mixer
- Beau Hilkene
- second assistant sound editor
- Kaspar Hugentobler
- sound re-recording recordist
- Tim Song Jones
- sound utility
- Ryan Lukasik
- foley assistant
- Ron Malligers
- foley recordist (as Ron Melleghers)
- David C. Manahan
- sound utility (as David Manahan)
- David Marcus
- first assistant sound editor
- Myron Nettinga
- sound re-recording mixer
- Patrick O'Sullivan
- adr supervisor
- Patrick O'Sullivan
- dialogue supervisor
- Eliza Pollack Zebert
- adr editor
- Eliza Pollack Zebert
- dialogue editor
- Paul Ratajczak
- sound re-recording mixer
- Trent Richmond
- foley editor
- John Ross
- sound re-recording mixer
- Pernell L. Salinas
- second assistant sound editor (as Pernell Salinas)
- Victoria Rose Sampson
- adr editor (as Victoria Sampson)
- Victoria Rose Sampson
- dialogue editor (as Victoria Sampson)
- Jeff Sawyer
- sound effects editor
- Rob Scott
- boom operator
- John Sievert
- foley artist
- Jim Stuebe
- sound mixer
- Eric Thomas
- boom operator
- Christopher T. Welch
- adr editor
- Christopher T. Welch
- dialogue editor
- Randy Wilson
- foley recordist
- Courtney Bishop
- adr recordist (uncredited)
- Scott Cannizzaro
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- Eric Maldin
- assistant adr engineer (uncredited)
- Michael Miller
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- Tim O'Connell
- foley artist (uncredited)
- Kevin Schultz
- foley mixer (uncredited)
- David J. Schwartz
- additional sound mixer (uncredited)
- Greg Steele
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- Andrew Troy
- sound (uncredited)
- Vance Walden
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- Rabb Whitehead
- adr recordist (uncredited)
- Greg Zimmerman
- adr recordist (uncredited)