RSR292 - Scott Michael Smith - From Score to Studio to Sound Stage for Mank, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Invisible Man
Recording Studio Rockstars
Lij Shaw
4.8 • 543 Ratings
🗓️ 9 April 2021
⏱️ 130 minutes
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Summary
My guest today is Scott Michael Smith a Grammy nominated Mixer, Producer, and musician based in Los Angeles working largely in music for the screen. Scott got his start at the legendary Village Recording studio in Los Angeles where he became a staff engineer, working with artists like John Mayer, Keith Emerson, Colbie Caillat, Carole King, Fink and many others. He spent countless hours in the studio learning from guys like Ed Cherney, John Alagia, and T-Bone Burnett while honing his own skills as an Engineer/Producer.
For over a decade Scott has been one of Hollywood's most in-demand film music mixers. Recording and Mixing scores for projects like The Revenant, The Handmaid's Tale, It Chapter 2, Minions, The Invisible Man, and many more. Recently Scott completed work on Mank, the new David Fincher period piece featuring the music of Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of Nine Inch Nails, the entire score was done in isolation during the pandemic.
Scott is known for his ability to bridge the gap between modern film scoring and record production, helping to create a sound that serves what's happening on screen while creating an immersive and rewarding listening experience at the same time. Scott has also recently composed music for Marvel 616, a behind the scenes look at the history of Marvel, streaming now on Disney+.
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of Recording Studio Rockstars is brought to you by Sound Porter Mastering, |
| 0:06.1 | OWC, Adam Audio, API Audio, JZ microphones, Spectra-1964, and Isotope. |
| 0:13.8 | In fact, you're hearing my voice right now through the J-Z pop filter on the J-ZB-29 microphone |
| 0:20.0 | through the Spectra-1964 STX-600 mic pre-complimeter and isotope |
| 0:26.0 | RX and ozone, all recorded safely onto an OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G SSD. So get ready to rock. |
| 0:36.0 | With mixing, you know, a lot of what we do is there's a lot of automation. |
| 0:38.6 | There's a lot of fader rides and there's a lot of swells and there's day crescendos. And the thing is, like, the dialogue, what's being said always has to lead. Like I can never get in the way of the dialogue. I'm constantly listening to the dialogue and I have that on a fader and I'm always muting it, on mutving it, and checking it to make sure that's what's happening in the music isn't overtaking the story |
| 0:58.0 | that's being told. |
| 1:09.0 | Welcome to Recording Studio Rockstars. |
| 1:12.0 | I'm Lid Shaw, and this is the podcast created to help you become a rock star of the recording studio. |
| 1:23.8 | When I'm Master of a Song, I'm immersed and committed to a sonic fidelity from start to beyond finished. |
| 1:29.8 | Hi, I'm Brian Murphy of Sound Porter mastering. |
| 1:32.4 | My goal in every master is to help you prepare so that you're not compromising your timeline, budget, or your mix. |
| 1:38.3 | My iterative process helps build a relationship with you so that you don't have to ever second-guess your mix. |
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