“I’ve always wished someone would invent a device that I could put on my head and think about how the film should sound.”
Mel Lambert
Mel Lambert
Mel Lambert is intimately involved with production industries on both sides of the Atlantic. He is a 30-year member of the UK’s National Union of Journalists. He can be reached at [email protected].
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How the Sound Team Made Those Engines Roar in Matt Damon and Christian Bale’s Race Car Movie ‘Ford v Ferrari’
by Mel Lambertby Mel Lambert“The cars became characters in their own right – big and bold and real.”
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Now Hear This: 2019 Mix Event at Sony Gave Sound Pros a Chance to Pick Up Secrets Buried in the Tracks
by Mel Lambertby Mel Lambert“The show’s music sets the tone.”
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Features
When They Hear Us: Creating the Period-Specific Soundtrack for a Tragedy of Justice
by Mel Lambertby Mel LambertThe Netflix four-part miniseries When They See Us, which dropped May 31, was originally called Central Park 5. That working title identifies the overarching plot trajectory: The notorious case of …
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NAB Show 2019 Update:
New Unveilings from Avid and Blackmagicby Mel Lambertby Mel LambertDuring the annual NAB Show, which ends its 2019 run at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Thursday, April 11, two leading innovators of picture editing platforms announced new updates …
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What Not to Miss at NAB 2019:
Future Post Tech and Much Moreby Mel Lambertby Mel LambertWith an expected attendance in excess of 100,000 this coming weekend at the Las Vegas Convention Center for key technical sessions, workshops and seminars, the annual NAB Show has become …
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A Sonic Odyssey: Sound Editors Share Their Personal Effects Library
by Mel Lambertby Mel LambertThe Odyssey Collection: Complete is a library featuring more than 100,000 sound effects in close to 300 categories. The library was created from sound editors Mark Mangini and Richard L. …
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by Mel Lambert • portraits by Martin Cohen Inspired by the Sabrina the Teenage Witch comic book series from Archie Comics — published intermittently between 1971 and 2009, and turned into …
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As on previous occasions, the 91st Academy Awards nominees in the Best Sound Editing category covered a number of noteworthy narratives, from the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, through …
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A Spoonful of Sonics: Immersing ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ in Songs and Sounds
by Mel Lambertby Mel LambertReleased in 1964, director Robert Stevenson’s original ‘Mary Poppins,’ starring Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson and Glynis Johns, set a benchmark in the Walt Disney Studios canon of …