WALL-E
2008
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1 day ago · Burtt’s introduction to The Phantom Menace was a lone sequence: the podrace. “George described that he wanted to create this race that, in a sense, was like the chariot race in Ben-Hur [1959], which we both knew well,” he explains. “I knew how to make videomatics, where we started working with images – stock footage of car races ...
5 days ago · The lightsaber sound is one of the most famous in Star Wars. Even actors are unable to resist making the humming sound when they pick up a lightsaber - it's even caused problems with filming. They are the brainchild of Ben Burtt, who put them ahead of his tasks to create voices for R2-D2 and Chewbacca.
May 16, 2024 · Sound designer Ben Burtt broke away from traditional explosion sounds, seeking something unearthly for the “Star Wars” universe. Aware of the absence of sound in the vacuum of space, Burtt experimented with distinctive blasts unlike the ones on Earth. One particular sound, dubbed “bwamp,” was crafted during the original “Star Wars ...
May 15, 2024 · Sound designer Ben Burtt was given the massive task of creating the voice for the movie's main character - which consisted of lots of beeps and whistle sounds. It wasn't a new task for Burtt, who's known for voicing R2-D2 in the Star Wars films. He explained how he got involved in the project in an interview.
1 day ago · Ben Burtt had been the lead Star Wars sound designer since A New Hope in 1977. Rydstrom and his colleagues would be mixing tracks prepared by Burtt and his team of editors. “Of course, it’s Ben Burtt,” says Rydstrom, “so it was exciting. It’s still pretty exciting now to think about taking my first laser sound, placing it into the mix ...
6 days ago · While Burtt was nominated for an Oscar for his work on "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace," he was not nominated for "Attack of the Clones." Ben Burtt explains how he created the seismic...
May 13, 2024 · Each podracer was given unique “personalities” by sound designer and editor Ben Burtt, who maximized the thrum of their drives to create the sequence’s thrilling sense of acceleration. In 1: ...
