Search results
2 days ago · The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians, the first of which were Murray Spivack and Jack Solomon ...
2 days ago · Sound designer Gary Rydstrom considered it a fun process, given the film had all kinds of noise—animal sounds, rain, gunshots, car crashes—and at times no music. During the process, Spielberg flew on weekends from Poland to Paris, where he met Rydstrom to see the sound progress. [ 77 ]
2 days ago · Rydstrom created the harmonic chiming of the Heart of Atlantis by rubbing his finger along the edge of a champagne flute, the sound of sub-pods moving through the water with a water pick, while a ceramic pot from a garden store was used for the sounds of the movement of the Giant stone guardians.
4 days ago · Gary Roger Rydstrom, an award-winning sound designer and director, is born in Chicago, Illinois. Beginning his career at Skywalker Sound in 1983, Rydstrom got to work with his
5 days ago · Gary Ridgway, the Green River Killer, American criminal who was the country’s deadliest convicted serial killer. He claimed to have killed as many as 80 women—many of whom were prostitutes—in Washington during the 1980s and ’90s, although he pled guilty (2003) to only 48 murders.
4 days ago · Dr. Dre, American rapper, hip-hop producer, and entrepreneur who helped popularize the gangsta rap subgenre. He cofounded the seminal group N.W.A before releasing the successful solo albums The Chronic and 2001. Dr. Dre later became better known for his production work, notably with Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Jay-Z.
4 days ago · Buddha, the enlightened teacher and spiritual leader, revolutionized religious thought with his teachings on compassion, mindfulness, and achieving liberation from suffering.