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The art of creating the sound or mood for something Sound design can be a mood setter for a movie scene, the sound effects and musical background for a play or film or putting together 3 hours of 60's music for a class reunion. Sound Design also encompasses some forms of song or music editing. An example are the songs performed on American Idol which are edited for a 1:45 maximum. With proper copyright-holder approval, we can lengthen or shorten a piece of recorded music (vocal or instrumental) to fit a specific length. We frequently extend background music to cover chase scenes or other specific mood-setting circumstances. One of the most common uses of sound design is making the various noises that you hear in a movie or TV program. The woosh of a door opening in Star Trek, the sound of phasers firing in the space battle scenes in Star Wars. The beep of a radar. These come from the mind of a sound designer. Most are made with various software programs that generate tones which are then modified with different filters, played backwards, or whatever is necessary to recreate the sound you hear in your head. Frequently we'll tape natural sounds and change them to be something entirely different. You'd be amazed to learn what you can do with the growl of a lion. Most major production studios do their sound design in-house or have a vendor they work with on a regular basis. Our work is mostly with local plays, indie productions and last minute emergency fix-it jobs. We specialize in period music because we have more than 4,000 songs in our library (from the 30's to today) and we like listening to that stuff. It's important to understand copyright considerations in this area. You bring us the music which you purchased, we can build a great sound design based on "fair use" law. If you use our music, royalty payment to the record company may be required. |
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