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Sound-On-Film contains interviews with 27 prominent men and women who discuss their careers and the art and craft of film sound. These sound creators represent many of the crafts working in film sound, including production sound, sound editing, sound design, automatic dialogue replacement (ADR), Foley, re-recording mixing, and sound engineering. The interviews are presented in an order that attempts to give the reader a historical perspective on the development of film sound from the studio era to contemporary productions.
The interviews explore how sound creates an aural look to the film in the same way that production design and cinematography creates a visual look to a film. The discussions focus on the relationship with renowned Hollywood film directors and how sound was conceived and executed for specific films. Among the highly acclaimed and seminal films discussed are
Star Wars,
Nashville,
The Conversation,
Apocalypse Now,
Raging Bull, and
Terminator 2. In addition to the interviews, the book contains biographical background and a selected filmography of each sound creator as well as a glossary of terms and a bibliography for further study. It is essential reading for film students, academic scholars and film educators as well as industry professionals and moviegoers who want to understand the aesthetic and technical role of those who work in film sound.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Jack Solomon
Arthur Piantadosi
Don Rogers
Frank Warner
Richard Portman
Norval Crutcher
Ross Taylor and Kitty Malone
Jim Webb
Walter Murch
Paul Zydel
Daniel Allan Carlin
Les Lazarowitz
Michael DiCosimo and Robert Warren
Ben Burtt
Elisha Birnbaum
Richard Anderson
Tom Fleischman
Cecelia Hall
Tomlinson Holman
Juno Ellis
Frank Serafine
Gary Rydstrom
Wylie Stateman
Skip Lievsay
Mark Mangini
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Vincent LoBrutto is an instructor of editing and film history at the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY.
