Inside Movie Soundtracks: How every layer tells a story

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2017

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

When you think of a movie soundtrack, you probably think music. And sure, that’s one of the many, many things going on there. What else goes into making a scene sound “natural”? It isn’t what you’d think. Meet a major motion picture sound designer who unpacks all the layers of sound that go into your favorite movies and a woman who gets tigers to sing... on tape. Featuring Sound Designers, Chris Aud and Ann Kroeber. 20K is made out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor. Consider supporting the show at donate.20k.org Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/movie Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From DeFacto Sound, you're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:06.0	The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
0:10.0	I'm Dallas Taylor.
0:12.0	This is the story of how sound and film can bring a world to life.
0:16.0	... When you think of movie sound, your mind probably goes to music.
0:43.3	But you may not realize that there are about a million other pieces that go into making your movie experience sound amazing.
0:50.3	I'm Christopher Odd, and I'm sound designer and re-recording mixer at Warner Bros.
0:57.0	Chris has been on the sound team for quite a few films.
1:00.0	More recently, Mad Max Fury Road,
1:03.0	Man of Steel,
1:07.0	and Transformers.
1:13.9	Yeah.
1:17.9	Chris likes to break a soundtrack down into what he calls the three main food groups,
1:22.3	music, dialogue, and sound effects.
1:26.3	The first food group is what most people think of when talking about a soundtrack.
1:30.3	Music.
1:31.3	It has the ability to heighten and define the emotional experience for the viewer.
1:36.3	Music can be a subtle way to set the mood,
1:39.3	or it can be placed front and center.
1:42.3	You only need to hear two notes from the Jaws theme to know exactly what it is.
1:47.0	After all, music was the first sound to be paired with motion picture,
1:52.0	and still today is the most widely recognized element of a soundtrack.
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