The category for Sound at the Oscars has always been somewhat of a mystery. Everyone has their own theory as to why certain films are recognized for Sound and others aren’t. Some say “the loudest movie always wins.” Others think a musical takes it every time (this is true 9 out of 10 times). Still others are convinced they actually know what makes good sound and what makes bad sound. Do they know more than the Academy voters? The Sound branch does the nominating, but when it comes to voting on the winners — who’s to say Dakota Fanning can tell what sounds better than Warren Beatty?
Enter SoundWorks, a website that devotes itself to Sound:
The goal for the SoundWorks Collection is simple; we are dedicated to profiling the greatest and upcoming sound minds from around the world and highlight their contributions. The SoundWorks Collection is produced by Director Michael Coleman of Colemanfilm Media Group in a partnership with MIX Magazine, several audio focused college schools and programs, and the support of the online sound community worldwide.
Now that it’s Oscar season, SoundWorks is going to present a film’s Sound every two weeks until March 2010 and will release a new sound for film profiles for films such as “2012″, “Where The Wild Things Are”, “Terminator Salvation”, “The Princess and the Frog”, “Invictus”, “Inglorious Basterds”, “Watchmen”, and “Star Trek”.
4 Responses for "SoundWorks Will Listen Harder"
Usually, like cinematography, the best sound film will win, unless the Academy is balls-to-the-wall crazy for something, like last year with SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.
I liked the movie, but the sound was better there than in THE DARK KNIGHT? WALL-E? BENJAMIN BUTTON?
Nope.
I find that Academy voters, in general, couldn’t recognize a good sound design if it shouted in their ears. Anything that’ll help them get it straight is to be approved of.
This is very cool. Just added their site to my reader.
Without question, WALL-E should have swept the sound categories of the oscars last year. Ben Burtt, famous for doing the sounds of Star Wars, did the sound mix for Wall-E, and took the task of creating tons of new sounds for the movie, including creating the blaster, the car sounds and Wall-E’s voice himself. It’s in the DVD of the movie.
And somehow, it lost to Slumdog. That was terrible.
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