SoundWorks Collection

In this exclusive interview we talk with Composer Duncan Thum about his role providing a sonic landscape for the second season of Netflix's Chef's Table. Chef's Table goes inside the lives and kitchens of six of the world's most renowned international chefs. Each episode focuses on a single chef and their unique look at their lives, talents and passion from their piece of culinary heaven.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Composer Brian Tyler about his dynamic score for Now You See Me 2. After fleeing from a stage show, the illusionists (Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson) known as the Four Horsemen find themselves in more trouble in Macau, China. Devious tech wizard Walter Mabry (Daniel Radcliffe) forces the infamous magicians to steal a powerful chip that can control all of the world's computers. Meanwhile, vengeful FBI agent Dylan Rhodes (Mark Ruffalo) hatches his own plot against Thaddeus Bradley (Morgan Freeman), the man he blames for the death of his father.

Turner Classic Movies recently honored acclaimed filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola at a hand print footprint ceremony at the world-famous TCL Chinese Theatre on Friday, April 29, 2016 and as part of the festivities of the TCM Classic Film Festival 2016, the legendary Director sat down with Ben Mankiewicz to discuss The Conversation and a few of his most famous films.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Composer Mac Quayle about his electronic score for the hit show, Mr. Robot which starts its second season on July 13, 2016. Elliot Alderson is a young cyber-security engineer living in New York, who assumes the role of a vigilante hacker by night. Elliot meets a mysterious anarchist known as "Mr. Robot" who recruits Elliot to join his team of hackers, "fsociety". Elliot, who has a social anxiety disorder and connects to people by hacking them, is intrigued but uncertain if he wants to be part of the group. The show follows Mr. Robot's attempts to engage Elliot in his mission to destroy the corporation Elliot is paid to protect. Compelled by his personal beliefs, Elliot struggles to resist the chance to take down the multinational CEOs that are running (and ruining) the world.

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile Jon Burlingame talks with Composer John Ottman about his recent work on the Marvel film, X-Men Apocalypse. Since the dawn of civilization, he was worshiped as a god. Apocalypse, the first and most powerful mutant from Marvel’s X-Men universe, amassed the powers of many other mutants, becoming immortal and invincible. Upon awakening after thousands of years, he is disillusioned with the world as he finds it and recruits a team of powerful mutants, including a disheartened Magneto (Michael Fassbender), to cleanse mankind and create a new world order, over which he will reign. As the fate of the Earth hangs in the balance, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) with the help of Professor X (James McAvoy) must lead a team of young X-Men to stop their greatest nemesis and save mankind from complete destruction.

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection sound profile Jon Burlingame talks with Composer henry Jackman about his recent work on the Marvel film, Captain America: Civil War. Political pressure mounts to install a system of accountability when the actions of the Avengers lead to collateral damage. The new status quo deeply divides members of the team. Captain America (Chris Evans) believes superheroes should remain free to defend humanity without government interference. Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.) sharply disagrees and supports oversight. As the debate escalates into an all-out feud, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) and Hawkeye (Jeremy Renner) must pick a side.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Composer Clint Mansell about his collaboration with Director Ben Wheatley on his new film High Rise. Based on J.G. Ballard's book, the starry movie featuring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller, Luke Evans, Elisabeth Moss, James Purefoy, Peter Ferdinando and Keeley Hawes tells a wildly surreal tale of a luxury apartment complex that is soon overcome by disorder and madness. "High-Rise" opens in the U.S. via On Demand, Amazon Video and iTunes on April 28th and in theaters on May 13th. The soundtrack is now on CD, with vinyl to come soon.

Moderated by Bryan Bishop, Senior Reporter of The Verge and featuring Matt Wood, Supervising Sound Editor, Skywalker SoundJames Clyne, Visual Effects Art Director, Industrial Light & Magic and Pat Tubach, Visual Effects Supervisor, Industrial Light & Magic. Produced in partnership with the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) With a procession of new and classic sounds and more than 2100 visual effects shots, "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is an epic accomplishment. The film contains a plethora of digitally generated characters and environments that seamlessly blend with the practical effects. It features new signature sounds for first time characters, alien creatures and lightsabers. See some great behind the scenes footage and glimpse how sound and VFX worked together to produce highest grossing US motion picture…ever.

Moderated by Jacqueline Bosnjak, CEO & Partner, Q Department | Mach1 and featuring Martin Walsh, Vice President, R&D, DTS, Inc., Nicolas Tsingos, Director of E-media Technology, Dolby Laboratories, Jean-Pascal Beaudoin, President and Lead Creative Sound Director, Headspace Studio, Jyri Huopaniemi, Head of Formats and Platforms, Digital Media Business Unit, Nokia Technology and Tim Gedemer, President, CEO of Source Sound, Inc. We can only see what is in front of us, but we hear and can identify sounds from every direction. Audio is a key component of the emerging language of VR, with unique challenges impacting capture, production, and end-user experience. This panel will focus on this extremely important yet rarely covered topic.

In this exclusive interview we talk with Brian Glasscock and Simon Beasley from Sennheiser to discuss the AMBEO microphone and Sennheiser’s focus on 3D immersive audio. The VR microphone will be a staple tool in any live action VR production and will launch in the third quarter of 2016, followed in 2017 by a bundle with the same mic and a software plug-in for post-production of VR content.