Monday, October 30, 2006

May the Foley be with You

Still liking this book on sound design by Joseph Cancellero. So much to Clavin out on! Here's a list of interesting facts that should be in every Clavinesque repertoire: the sound effects designs for Star Wars!

R2D2
50/50 electronic sounds combined with vocalizations, waterpipes and whistles, all processed and orchestrated together.

IMPERIAL WALKERS
A machinist's puch press along with the sounds of bicycle chains dropping on cement.

LIGHT SABERS
An old TV set turning on and off (and running) mixed with the hum of a 35-mm film projector.

LASER BLASTS
A hammer hitting the high-tension wires of a radio tower.

TIEFIGHTERS
An elephant's bellow, mulched and mixed in various ways.

SPEEDER BIKE
Sounds from a P-5 Mustang airplane and a P-38 Lockheed Interceptor, combined and mixed.

LUKE'S LANDSPEEDER
The sound of the Los Angeles Harbor Freeway recorded through a vacuum cleaner pipe.

CHEWBACCA
Animal sounds combined together, with a focus on walruses.

EWOK LANGUAGE
combination of Tibetan, Mongolian and Nepali.

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