Sound Designer's Commentary

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In a similar format to a Director's Commentary - does anyone know of any films where the sound designer or re-recording/dubbing mixer gets a commentary to talk through what they've tried to achieve?

I think getting a list together of films that include this would be a great resource to have!

Cheers

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 31 '11 at 19:23

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Cast Away has a very interesting commentary from Randy Thom.

answered Oct 31 '11 at 19:23

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score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 31 '11 at 20:40

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SoundWorks Collection has got a ton of incredible videos about the sound design for various media.

answered Oct 31 '11 at 20:40

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score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 31 '11 at 21:27

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The commentary for Se7en I can highly recommend. There's a great one about sound and music on it.

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score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '11 at 16:51

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The Lord of the Rings boxed set has nearly a movie's worth of material, including sfx and score.

answered Nov 01 '11 at 16:51

timcoalman

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+1. Watching these extras was one of the main things to inspire me into getting into SD! I believe at one point they were playing elephant noises through a PA in a tunnel and recording the results! – Skarik Nov 01 '11 at 18:33

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 31 '11 at 23:30

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A Bugs Life has an isolated 5.1 SFX track as well as a documentary.

The Conversation also has commentary by Walter Murch.

answered Oct 31 '11 at 23:30

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 31 '11 at 22:44

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I believe that Walter Murch talks about sound design on his commentary on The Conversation in addition to discussing the picture editing.

answered Oct 31 '11 at 22:44

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score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Nov 01 '11 at 21:08

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Spiderman 2 has a bit about how they made the scene where Doc Ock robs the bank. I don't know what edition of the DVD it is on though.

answered Nov 01 '11 at 21:08

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Nov 02 '11 at 09:20

This may sound weird, but a thought came to me. Every film has a sound designer's commentary: the full mix.

Sound designers let the film's soundtrack speak for itself. And that's part of the beauty, no need to explain ourselves, fully open to personal interpretation and exploration.

score 0 · Answer 9 · answered Nov 02 '11 at 15:56

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Monsters Inc has an isolated 5.1 SFX track on my DVD. Nice feet foley.

answered Nov 02 '11 at 15:56

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Nov 03 '11 at 19:31

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You might want to check out soundworks collection

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Nov 28 '11 at 10:44

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Surprised nobody mentioned -> http://designingsound.tv/

Should cover everything you want.

answered Nov 28 '11 at 10:44

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Sound Designer's Commentary

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