The Sound of There Will Be Blood
Skywalker Sound re-recording mixer Michael Semanick describes designing subtle and gritty “oil sounds” for the epic saga “There Will Be Blood”.
MOVIE STUDIO
Warner Brothers Studio
SOUND STUDIO
Skywalker Sound
DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson
ORIGINAL MUSIC
Jonny Greenwood
Synopsis
The film follows the rise to power of Daniel Plainview - a charismatic and ruthless oil prospector, driven to succeed by his intense hatred of others and psychological need to see any and all competitors fail. When he learns of oil-rich land in California that can be bought cheaply, he moves his operation there and begins manipulating and exploiting the local landowners into selling him their property. Using his young adopted son H.W. to project the image of a caring family man, Plainview gains the cooperation of almost all the locals with lofty promises to build schools and cultivate the land to make their community flourish. Over time, Plainview's gradual accumulation of wealth and power causes his true self to surface, and he begins to slowly alienate himself from everyone in his life.
Sound Credits
- Michael Babcock
- additional sound supervisor
- Chris Barron
- digital transferer (as Christopher Barron)
- Andrew Bock
- assistant sound
- John Countryman
- digital transferer
- Kelly Doran
- utility sound technician
- Coya Elliott
- first assistant sound editor
- Jonathan Greber
- digital transferer
- J.R. Grubbs
- sound effects editor
- Robin Harlan
- foley artist
- David L. Horton Jr.
- foley editor (as David Horton Jr.)
- Bryan Jerden
- sound effects editor
- Tom Johnson
- sound re-recording mixer
- Matt Kent
- sound recordist
- Richard King
- sound consultant
- Vanessa Lapato
- dialogue editor
- Zach Martin
- sound recordist
- Sarah Monat
- foley artist
- Timothy Nielsen
- sound effects editor
- Juan Peralta
- assistant sound re-recording mixer
- Juan Peralta
- sound mixing technician
- Eric Potter
- sound effects recording
- John Pritchett
- sound mixer
- David M. Roberts
- boom operator
- Ronald G. Roumas
- recordist
- Jeff Sawyer
- sound effects editor
- Christopher Scarabosio
- additional sound re-recording mixer
- Christopher Scarabosio
- sound designer
- Michael Semanick
- sound re-recording mixer
- Randy Singer
- foley mixer
- Clint Smith
- sound recordist
- Bruce Tanis
- foley editor
- Rachael Tate
- adr recordist
- Hugo Weng
- dialogue editor
- Matthew Wood
- supervising sound editor
- Christopher Flick
- foley editor (uncredited)
- Peter Gleaves
- adr mixer (uncredited)
- Hamilton Sterling
- sound effects editor (uncredited)