| Top Stories - August, 29th 2014 | Randy Thom to Deliver Keynote Speech at Mix Sound for Film Event
Final Panelists Announced for "Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback"
 Oscar-winning sound designer/film mixer Randy Thom will deliver the keynote speech to open Mix magazine's special film sound event, "Immersive Sound: From Production to Playback," to be held September 6 on the Sony Pictures Entertainment lot in Culver City, Calif.
Thom is currently Director of Sound Design at Skywalker Sound, based in Marin County, California. After working in Public Radio in the 1970s, he began his film career as an assistant to Walter Murch, recording helicopters, guns and flies for Apocalypse Now, as well as assisting in the film's nine-month mix. Ben Burtt later hired him to work on The Empire Strikes Back. He has gone on to work on such groundbreaking films as The Right Stuff, Forrest Gump, Cast Away, The Incredibles, How to Train a Dragon and countless others. He has worked at the legendary Skywalker Sound for more than 35 years, and along the way he has been nominated for 14 Oscars, an Emmy and a Grammy. He won Academy Awards for The Right Stuff and The Incredibles. Thom also has received Career Achievement Awards from the Motion Picture Sound Editors and the Cinema Audio Society.
In addition to Thom's keynote speech, highlights of the event include a series of industry panels, divided into Technology and Creative tracks, held throughout the day in the Kim Novak Theatre. Next door, in the William Holden Theatre, event sponsors Dolby, DTS and Auro Technologies, the three major developers of immersive sound technologies in the North American market, will be providing demonstrations and showcasing material. Simultaneously, the three sponsors, along with sponsor Yamaha/Steinberg, will host all-day technology workshops in individual studios adjacent to the main stages.
The event, presented in conjunction with Event Partners the Motion Picture Sound Editor's Guild and the Cinema Audio Society, is also sponsored by Auro Technologies, Yamaha, DTS, Dolby, Meyer Sound, Avid, RSPE Audio, Harrison Consoles, Fairlight, Formosa Group and GC Pro, as well as Host Sponsor Sony Pictures Post-Production Services. |
| | PANELS AND PANELISTS | | PANEL 1: The Creative Opportunities of Immersive Sound: Effects Editing and Mixing | Moderator: David Bondelevitch, C.A.S., MPSE
Scott Gershin
Mark Stoeckinger
Greg Russell
John Larsen
Chris Jacobson
David Giammarco |
| | PANEL 2: Formats: The Technologies Behind Dolby Atmos, Auro-3D and DTS MDA | Moderator: Larry Blake
John Kellogg, DTS
Wilfried Van Baelen Auro Technologies
David Gray, Dolby
Kevin Collier, Warner Bros.
Bill Banyai, Sony Post-Production Studios |
| | PANEL 3: The Creative Opportunities of Immersive Sound: Music and Dialog | Moderator: David Fluhr, CAS
Marti Humphrey
Dennis Sands
Andy Nelson
Ron Bartlett
Mark Ulano |
| | PANEL 4: Technology and Workflow: Audio Production/Post-Production for Immersive Sound | Moderator: Frank Wells, Pro Sound News
Marc Lopez, Yamaha
Tom McCarthy, Sony
Fred Maher, DTS
David Gould, Dolby
Sven Mevissen, Auro Technologies
Ben Loftis, Harrison |
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