Making the Sounds of Make-Believe

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

John Roesch is a legend in the field of foley sound effects. He mastered the art of creating bespoke sound effects using props or just his body on films like Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Back to the Future, Frozen, Toy Story, The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Inception, and much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And John was at the forefront of a revolution in foley sound effects starting with his work on classic Lucas and Spielberg films. We talk about the art of acting with props, the challenge of building upon sounds in an established universe like Star Wars, how they found the sound of Thor’s hammer, the grind of playing Batman’s body double in a video game, and the famous sci-fi film he wished he had worked on. Today's episode is brought to you by HelloFresh. Go to HelloFresh.com/50imaginary and use the code 50imaginary for 50% off plus 15% off the next 2 months. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Alex Schwartz.
0:02.0	I'm Nomi Fry.
0:03.0	I'm Vincent Cunningham, and this is Critics at Large, a New Yorker podcast for the
0:07.7	Culturally Curious.
0:09.2	Each week we're going to talk about a big idea that's showing up across the cultural
0:12.4	landscape, and we'll trace it through all the mediums we love.
0:15.3	Books, movies, television, music, art, and I always want to talk about celebrity gossip
0:19.7	too.
0:20.7	Of course.
0:21.7	We hope you'll join us for new episodes each Thursday.
0:24.2	Follow Critics at Large, today wherever you get podcasts.
0:31.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds, a show about how we create them, and why we suspend
0:35.3	our disbelief.
0:36.3	I'm Eric Milinski.
0:38.3	John Roche retired this year.
0:40.8	His name may not ring a bell, but you definitely know the movies that he worked on.
0:45.6	Raiders of the Lost Ark, ET, Back to the Future, The Little Mermaid, Terminator 2, Independence
0:52.3	Day, The Matrix, The Dark Knight, Inception, Frozen, and so many more movies.
0:58.8	In TV shows, in video games, John Roche is a fully artist.
1:04.5	He creates sound effects using everyday objects.
1:08.0	And at the end of his career, he was the lead fully artist at Skywalker Sound, so he worked
1:13.7	on a lot of Star Wars, Pixar, and Marvel projects.
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