SoundWorks Collection

In this exclusive conversation we chat with the sound team behind God of War Ragnarök to discuss the creative development of creatures, weapons, environments and cinematic scenes from this award-winning game. Featuring: Michael Kent - Sound Design Supervisor Beau Jimenez - Sound Design Lead - (Creatures, Bosses, Enemies) Bryan Higa - Sound Design Lead - Player (Atreus & Cratos) Alex Previty - Sound Design Lead - (Ambiences) & Technical Mixer (Interactive Gameplay) From Santa Monica Studio comes the sequel to the critically acclaimed God of War (2018). Fimbulwinter is well underway. Kratos and Atreus must journey to each of the Nine Realms in search of answers as Asgardian forces prepare for a prophesied battle that will end the world. Along the way they will explore stunning, mythical landscapes, and face fearsome enemies in the form of Norse gods and monsters. The threat of Ragnarök grows ever closer. Kratos and Atreus must choose between their own safety and the safety of the realms.

In this exclusive behind-the-scenes documentary, we explore the sound and music behind the harrowing new adaptation of "All Quiet on the Western Front." Featuring Director Edward Berger, Composer Volker Bertelmann, Supervising Sound Editor and Sound Designer Frank Kruse, Sound Designer Markus Stemler and Re-recording Mixer Lars Ginzel. War breaks out in Germany in 1914. Paul Bäumer and his classmates quickly enlist in the army to serve their fatherland. No sooner are they drafted than the first images from the battlefield show them the reality of war. Additional interview footage provided by Dolby Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzhWo... SUBSCRIBE ON YOUTUBE: http://bit.ly/SubscribeSoundWorksColl... AUDIO PODCAST SUBSCRIBE: https://linktr.ee/soundworkscollection MORE VIDEOS AND NEWS: https://www.SoundWorksCollection.com

BONUS EPISODE: Conversation with Director and Executive Producer DEBORAH CHOW and Executive Producer MICHELLE REJWAN on OBI-WAN KENOBI moderated by Michael Coleman of Soundworks Collection. “Obi-Wan Kenobi” begins 10 years after the dramatic events of “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith” where Obi-Wan Kenobi faced his greatest defeat—the downfall and corruption of his best friend and Jedi apprentice, Anakin Skywalker, who turned to the dark side as evil Sith Lord Darth Vader.

The Andor series will explore a new perspective from the Star Wars galaxy, focusing on Cassian Andor’s journey to discover the difference he can make. The series brings forward the tale of the burgeoning rebellion against the Empire and how people and planets became involved. It’s an era filled with danger, deception, and intrigue where Cassian will embark on the path that is destined to turn him into a rebel hero. Featuring Re-recording mixer / Sound Designer / Supervising Sound Editor David Acord, Supervising Sound Editor Margit Pfeiffer, and co-producer and editor John Gilroy. More information: https://disneystudiosawards.com/andor/video/sound/ Watch on Disney+ https://disneyplusoriginals.disney.com/show/andor

The unexaggerated true story about the greatest musician of our time, "Weird Al" Yankovic. We discuss Director Eric Appel's story pitch, recording audience chants at a Weird Al concert, recording a flexitone and hand farts with legend "Musical" Mike Kieffer, sound design for LSD trips and crafting the musical performances for fan favorites, "My Bologna" and "I Love Rocky Road". Featuring Director Eric Appel, Supervising Sound Editor Anthony Vanchure, Sound Designer Mike James Gallagher and Re-recording Mixer Tony Solis. From a conventional upbringing where playing the accordion was a sin, "Weird Al" Yankovic rebels and makes his dream of changing the words to world-renowned songs come true. An instant success and sex symbol, Al lives an excessivelifestyle and pursues an infamous romance that nearly destroys him. Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is now streaming on The Roku Channel

Empire of Light is about the power of human connection during turbulent times. The romantic drama from director Sam Mendes, is an ode to this art form, drawing parallels between the magic of cinema and human connections. Hilary (Olivia Colman) is a cinema manager struggling with her mental health, and Stephen (Micheal Ward) is a new employee longing to escape the provincial town where he faces daily adversity. Together they find a sense of belonging and experience the healing power of music, cinema, and community. Featuring Re-recording Mixer Chris Burdon, Re-recording Mixer William Miller and Production Sound Mixer Stuart Wilson.

In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection video, Director Jordan Peele and Supervising Sound Editor, Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Johnnie Burn discuss the creative process for crafting the sonic world of NOPE. They explore the use of silence, haunting winds, slowed down peacock vocals and startling chimpanzee foley. A man and his sister discover something sinister in the skies above their California horse ranch, while the owner of a nearby theme park tries to profit from the mysterious, otherworldly phenomenon. "What they've orchestrated as the soundscape of this film is otherworldly in a way so haunting that I literally had nightmares just about these sounds. Some of them come from terrestrial terrors, allowing Peele to suggest scenes of grisly violence without making a gruesome visual spectacle. Instead, off-camera attacks are seen in shrewd glimpses, but the violence hits hard because of the wet, pulpy thuds of the blows coming down. You don't need to see the blood when you can hear it." MASHABLE.COM "NOPE has been hand-tooled for the kind of presentation you can only get in a real theater — preferably Imax, to take full advantage of the film’s striking production design and eerie sound mix, which ranges from a thunderous, cinderblock-shaking roar to the kind of hush that isn’t so much a stillness as a sonic vacuum: the kind of silence in which you hear nothing but your own heartbeat. Kudos to sound designer Johnnie Burn" THE WASHINGTON POST JOHNNIE BURN: Johnnie Burn is a British Film Sound Designer, Supervisor and Re-Recording Mixer working on films that use sound well, in London, New York & LA. Recent work is the immersive soundscape and sound design of Jordan Peele’s NOPE. His first film outing was Jonathan Glazers' extraordinary UNDER THE SKIN, which led him to meet director Yorgos Lanthimos in 2015 to work on THE LOBSTER, THE KILLING OF A SACRED DEER in 2017 and The Academy Award winning THE FAVOURITE in 2019. Johnnie had great success with Trey Edward Shults’ WAVES (2019), and more recently the incredible Francis Lee's AMMONITE. Before movies, Johnnie honed his skills on many of the best sounding ads and music videos of the last few decades, and has been lucky to have worked for icons including Travis Scott, Madonna, Prince, George Michael, David Bowie, Richard Ashcroft, UNKLE and even The Spice Girls, designed the sounds you heard on SKYPE, and continues to grow the HUGELEY talented team @Wavestudios London, New York and Amsterdam. WATCH NOPE: www.nope.movie JOHNNIE BURN: www.johnnieburn.com

In this episode we talk with audio engineer, songwriter, musician and record producer Alan Parsons about his new release, The Complete Albums Collection and his engineering experiences with quadraphonic, immersive audio and various mastering and playback gear. This beautiful box set was made with the full co-operation of Eric Woolfson's family and Alan Parsons. It includes the 11 original studio albums including The Sicilian Defence album that they originally recorded in 1979 and was previously unreleased until 2014 when it was included within The Complete Album Collection 11CD box set.  All albums half speed remastered at Abbey Road and cut from hi-res files transferred from the best available master tapes where analogue was originally used and from the original digital master tapes for all albums from 1983 onwards with everything approved by Alan Parsons. Includes 60 page 12” x 12” hardback book containing full lyrics, brand new sleeve notes and essay from Miles Showell, Abbey Road Studios on the half speed remastering process. MORE INFORMATION: www.the-alan-parsons-project.com ABOUT THE ALAN PARSONS PROJECT: The Alan Parsons Project was a progressive rock music entity comprised of engineer/ producer Alan Parsons and songwriter, musician and manager Eric Woolfson. They released 10 concept albums between 1976 – 1987 and have sold over 55 million albums world-wide.  Their focus was on very high quality studio sound production and they recorded most of their work at Abbey Road Studios in London. They used a variety of different lead vocalists and musicians on every album – choosing who they felt was the best for each song rather than being constrained to moulding the material for one specific artist.  They have been name-checked in The Simpsons and Austin Powers film and their music is used regularly in adverts, films, sporting events and is often sampled by US rap artists.

The SoundWorks Collection chats with The Flight (Joe Henson & Alexis Smith) about their recent project, Gotham Knights. We explore the creative process crafting the musical backdrop of Gotham City and the Batman Family - Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin who vow to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals. Batman is dead. A new expansive, criminal underworld has swept the streets of Gotham City. It is now up to the Batman Family; Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood, and Robin; to protect Gotham, bring hope to its citizens, discipline to its cops, and fear to its criminals. From solving mysteries that connect the darkest chapters in the city’s history to defeating notorious villains in epic confrontations, you must evolve into the new Dark Knight and save the streets from descent into chaos. Gotham Knights is an open-world, action RPG set in the most dynamic and interactive Gotham City yet. In either solo-play or with one other hero, patrol Gotham’s five distinct boroughs and drop in on criminal activity wherever you find it. www.gothamknightsgame.com THE FLIGHT: Ivor Novello award winning duo Joe Henson and Alexis Smith began collaborating in 2005 when they co-produced an album for Joe’s band Seventhsun. After realising they had a similar approach to life and wildly divergent musical tastes, they formed a creative partnership that quickly encompassed songwriting, production, and composition. The duo have worked with some of the biggest names in the music industry as well as being A-list composers for video games. 2014 saw the release of hit survival horror title Alien: Isolation, and they followed this up with Horizon: Zero Dawn, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Horizon Forbidden West, and WB Games Montréal’s Gotham Knights. The Flight's television projects include the BAFTA nominated BBC documentary series Drugsland, and Kids on the Edge, produced for Channel 4 by Century Films. www.theflightmusicofficial.com

Join us for a conversation with musician-turned-engineer Jason LaRocca, who got his start with composer Mark Isham and has gone on to work with some of the top composers in film and videogames, including this year with Bear McCreary (The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, video game God of War: Ragnarok) and Lorne Balfe (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves).