Profile: Sound Designer Lon Bender

Studio Daily posted a profile on film supervising sound editor/sound designer Lon Bender, a multiple Oscar winner. Bender has recently done sound design for the Broadway show, an interesting detour that has changed his approach to film sound design. In this article Bender talks about “Tarzan, Pro Tools, and a Collaborative Sound-Editing Workflow.”

Bender is also the co-founder of Soundelux Entertainment Group.

from Ken Stone: Creating A Droplet for Customized AIFF Conversion

Ken Stone’s website is a great resource for FCP users in general and the tutorials are remarkably easy to follow. This article by Nick Meyers will show you how to create a preset with Apple’s Compressor where you can customize audio file conversions to your specifications. All you need to do to convert files is drag and drop on the preset Droplet.

In Memoriam: Malcolm Arnold

(1921-2006)

Official Malcolm Arnold website.

Filmography

Articles & Others
from Guardian Unlimited
from NPR (Audio)

Interviews:
from BBC 4 (Audio)

from Bernard Herrmann Society

Sound Design in SUPERMAN RETURNS

Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor Craig Berkley talks about his approach in designing sound for director Bryan Singer‘s Superman Returns and how he had, early on, decided not to take any established methods for creating sound for this film. Find out how he devised sound effects for Superman’s flying, heat vision, and X-Ray vision, among others. The article is written by Blair Jackson for MIX.