Yuki Kajiura

Oct 1, 2003, By Bryan Reesman

Captivated by music from around the globe, Japanese composer Yuki Kajiura absorbs it all and unleashes it in her work for movies, musicals, video games and, especially, anime, that ever-growing subgenre that is giving American animation increased competition....

Zimmer Walks the Plank With 'Pirates'

Sep 1, 2003, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Academy Award^™-winning composer Hans Zimmer recently mastered the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack at Santa Monica, Calif., Cups ‘N Strings.

'Sex and the City'

Sep 1, 2003, By David Weiss

TV can be a sensual experience, and very few shows appeal to the eyes — and ears — more than HBO's Sex and the City....

Out of the Shadows of Motown

Sep 1, 2003, By Paul D. Lehrman

You know the hits, now read the book. You've read the book, now listen to the tapes. You've listened to the tapes, now watch the movie. You've seen the movie, now buy the DVD....

Lee Dichter

Sep 1, 2003, By Blair Jackson

After 40 years in film sound — half of those working at Manhattan's premier post-production house, Sound One — Lee Dichter has earned his reputation as the Dean of New York Re-Recording Mixers....

Brian Tarquin's Jungle Room

Sep 1, 2003, By Barbara Schultz

Techno: It's not just for clubs anymore. Composer/guitarist Brian Tarquin writes the high-test electronica that helps drive a wide variety of TV shows, including MTV's Road Rules, NBC's Extra and Celebrity Justice and, of all things, ABC Daytime's All My Children....

Evil Twin Produces Radiohead Spots

Sep 1, 2003, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

Los Angeles-based Evil Twin Productions (www.eviltwinproductions.com) recently finished up TV and radio spots for Radiohead's latest release, Hail to the Thief....

Tom Dowd & The Language of Music

Jul 1, 2003, Compiled by Sarah Benzuly

NEW DOCUMENTARY REFLECTS PRODUCER'S LIFE

At the grand opening of the Stax Museum of American Soul Music, revelers got one of the first glances of the Tom Dowd & The Language of Music feature-length, independently produced documentary....

Hulk

Jul 1, 2003, By Blair Jackson

On the final day of April, the Technology Building at Skywalker Ranch is buzzing with activity, as post-production work on director Ang Lee's eagerly anticipated film The Hulk charges toward its final mix and its much-hyped June 20 opening....

Wattstax

Jun 1, 2003, By Blair Jackson

The great soul. music concert film of the 1970s is re-released in surround sound so a new generation can listen to Isaac Hayes and Rufus Thomas and countless others. Recording and mixing techniques and equipment used during post-production....

Tapping Into ''A Mighty Wind''

Jun 1, 2003, By Maureen Droney

A Mighty Wind won't save the music industry, but it will definitely provide it with some much-needed laughs....

The Matrix Reloaded

Jun 1, 2003, By Maureen Droney

An interview with the Academy Award winning audio editors about recording the next installment of The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded. Recording and mixing techniques and equipment used during post-production....

And the Award Goes to

Apr 1, 2003, By Paul Verna

Music fans will remember the 45th annual Grammy Awards as the one where jazzy chanteuse Norah Jones stole the show, beating out such veterans as Bruce...

From the Creative Sound Files

Apr 1, 2003, COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY

Senior audio engineer Holly McEllroy (pictured) and Creative Sound Studios (Orefield, Pa.) owner Helena Schwoyer have been doing audio post for Forensic...

The Chieftains and Friends

Mar 1, 2003, By Heather Johnson

Last fall, a stellar cast of country and bluegrass artists joined the Grammy Award-winning Celtic group to perform songs from Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions....

N*Sync on DVD

Mar 1, 2003, By David John Farinella

As if the N*Sync calendar wasn't full enough - four albums in five years, a run of stadium tours and appearances at the Olympics, the Super Bowl and World Cup - the band recently hit movie and television screens across the world....

Sanken Mikes an American Dream

Mar 1, 2003, COMPILED BY SARAH BENZULY

On the set of NBC's American Dreams, production sound mixer Stephen Halbert fixes Sanken's CUB-01 boundary mics on the vintage broadcast console or in...

Lisa Gerrard: The Color of Sound

Feb 1, 2003, By Bryan Reesman

I think that, sometimes, the most simple tune can unlock so much more than anything else in picture, just in the right spot, declares musician and composer...

Around the World With Stomp

Feb 1, 2003, By Larry Loewinger

In the minds of its creators - English-men Luke Cresswell and Stephen McNicholas - Stomp is a malleable idea about rhythm as language, a nonverbal way to communicate through percussion....

The Two Towers

Jan 1, 2003, by Blair Jackson

Two down, one to go. Director Peter Jackson's take on The Lord of the Rings trilogy is a spectacularly ambitious undertaking: three films, each well over two hours, released just a year apart. They were shot all at once in Jackson's native New Zealand two years ago, but the posting and extensive visual effects work (also mostly in New Zealand) has been going on ever since......