Tonebenders Podcast

In this episode Paul Massey and David Giammarco talk us through the their mix of the James Mangold film For vs Ferrari. We break down two particular scenes soup to nuts.

We are joined by 4 Members of the sound team of the AMAZING new documentary The Cave from Oscar nominated director Feras Fayyad. Sound supervisor Peter Albrechtsen is joined by sound editor Rena Eid, and re-recording mixers Tim Neilsen and Lars Ginzel to talk about the unique sound design for this gritty doc about an underground hospital in war torn Syria. Mixed in ATMOS, the sound plays an unusua...

This episode features two separate interviews about the sound work on the Sci-fi film I Am Mother. First up, we talk with Pete Smith (Re-recording mixer), Tom Heuzenroeder (Sound designer), Duncan Campbell (Sound designer & Foley recordist) and special co-host for this interview Carlos Manrique Clavijo (Mix assistant & mix studio tech). They talk about the task of bringing the robot (Mother) to li...

Timothy talks to Midge Costin about her new documentary feature on the art of sound for films called Making Waves. Calling in from Ghent, Belgium, Midge tells us about how the film came to be and why she was born to make this project. Go to www.makingwavesmovie.com to find a way to see this film, featuring sound luminaries Walter Murch, Ben Burtt, Gary Rydstrom and so many more!

In this episode Tim & Teresa welcome Rocketman's Picture Editor (Oscar Winner Chris Dickens), Music Editor (Andy Patterson) and Sound Supervisor (Danny Sheehan). They talk about how their departments worked together to create the film's complicated sound scape. The picture had to be edited to match the music, and then the music had to be chopped up to accommodate the picture's needs. Finally the s...

In this episode Tim sits down with Harry Cohen, Zach Goheen & Leo Marcil to talk about their work on Quentin Tarantino's latest film Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood. They talk about an epic session recording all the cars in the movie, building worlds with sound, the magic of foley and lots more.

Marc Straight is a composer and sound designer for games, films and live attractions. For the commemoration of our 100th episode, we commissioned Marc to create a new theme for the podcast. In this episode, we break down the sounds and inspirations for the track that came forth. You can buy tonbender at Marc's bandcamp page. https://marcstraight.bandcamp.com/track/tonebender

In this mini episode Tim calls up Benjamin Cook to talk about the work he did to earn his recent Emmy Nomination as Supervising Sound Editor on s1 of Amazon's Jack Ryan series.

We dig deep into the sound of Season 3 of the HBO series True Detective with Supervising Sound Editor Mandell Winter and Dialog Editor Micah Loken. Both have been nominated for an Emmy for there work on the show and talk about how they got the dialog so smooth and created an unique sonic mood for the series.

In this episode we talk about the unique working relationship between SEAL Team's picture and sound departments during the show's post production. Editors David C. Cook and John Vitale sit down with the series' Supervising Sound Editor Greg Hedgepath and Sound Designer Charles Maynes. They discuss how they collaborate and influence each others choices during the fast-paced schedule of the military...

Today Teresa, René and Timothy sit down with Dallas Taylor from Defacto Sound. Dallas tells us about his work doing sound for ads, trailers, promos and Docs as well as the process behind his blockbuster podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz. After the interview we play one of our favourite episodes of Dallas' podcast "The Booj"

René and Timothy sit down with Watson Wu to talk about his epic field recording sessions for the game Ring of Elysium. Watson recorded car drops, multiple types of vehicles and lots and lots of guns to create an incredible sound library.

René and Timothy are joined by the Production Recordist, Dialog Editor and Re-Recording Mixer from Amazon's Marvellous Mrs Maisel. We track every step the dialog takes from the actor's mouths to the final print master. Mathew Price, Sara Stern and Ron Bochar talk us through how they deal with one of the most dialog heavy shows ever produced.

One of our favorite episodes was our first interview with Dave Whitehead. His kind and wise words were inspirational then and they continue to be now. We're dropping that interview in our feed as the last episode before we do the big 100th episode giveaway , so just sit back and let the greatness wash over you.

For part two of our 100 episodes celebration, we invited past guest Peter Albrechtsen back on the show to interview us. Peter talks with Timothy, Teresa and René about how the audio post production community is changing and ways it isn't changing fast enough. We also finally hear Teresa's audio origin story and how she came to be a part of Tonebenders. Don't forget to enter our big give-a-way befo...

René and Timothy sit down with Shannon Mills, Supervising Sound Editor on Marvel's biggest film yet, Avengers: EndGame. Shannon talks about how he tackles projects with such epic scale, how important his team is and lots more.

Life Death and a Box of Sound Effects! René, Teresa & Timothy sit down with Mark Mangini to listen to clips sent in by some of our favorite past guests. Ai-Ling Lee, David Whitehead, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, John Warhurst, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Nina Hartstone, Paul Davies, Richard King and Sylvain Bellemare, all contribute stories about some of their best days on the job. We also announce...

In this episode the sound designers behind two of the biggest franchises in the world talk about doing sound for VFX heavy projects. Paula Fairfield, of Game of Thrones, and Nia Hansen, of the Avengers' films, tell us how they plan, prepare, design and then re-design the sounds of dragons and super heroes.

In this Episode Teresa and Timothy head to Montreal to talk with Gavin Fernandes (re-recording mixer) and Martin Pinsonnault (Supervising Sound Editor) about their work on HBO's Big Little Lies, Season 1. They talk about their long time collaboration with series' Director Jean-Marc Vallée, the challenges of working on prestige television projects and working with L.A. based production companies wh...

René, Teresa and Tim all chat with Gary Bourgeois as he takes us through his personal Protools template. Hear what he uses as a starting point when mixing films like Captain America: The First Avenger, Team America: World Police and literally hundreds of other films and TV shows. Really interesting talk with a super interesting guy!

René and Tim talk with Enos Desjardins about his work on the new Netflix film Close, making the jump from indies to a larger budget project and how he approaches sound to influence the audience.

In this episode we sit down with Paul Davies and talk about his long collaboration creating sound for director Lynne Ramsay’s films. In particular we focus on the amazing sound design on their latest work You Were Never Really Here. We also get a preview of his upcoming talk at the School of Sound International Symposium in London April 24 – 27, 2019.

We sit down with co-supervising sound editors Nina Hartstone and John Warhurst to talk about their Oscar nominated work on Bohemian Rhapsody. We cover the exhaustive work they did to re-create the concert crowds, music and the world Freddie Mercury and Queen lived in.

In this episode René talks about his methodology and philosophy for budgeting for personal gear, and then does some shootout tests with an MXL 440 microphone he modded with a capacitor upgrade.

In this episode Timothy checks in with Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn to congratulate them on their Oscar Nomination in Sound Editing for "A Quiet Place".  They also talk about their amazing a year of work in 2018.  In addition to "A Quiet Place", they Sound Supervised "Christopher Robin", "Bumblebee" and "The Meg", four completely different films in every way.