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SoundWorks Collection

Colemanfilm Media Group

The goal for the SoundWorks Collection is simple; we are dedicated to profiling the greatest and upcoming sound minds from around the world and highlight their contributions. We take you behind the scenes and straight to the dub stage for a look into audio post-production for feature films, video game sound design, and original soundtrack composition.

tv & film

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00:35:09

Composer Bryan Lee Brown

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/06/01

This week we spoke with composer Bryan Lee Brown about his recent collaboration on HBO’s show SONIC HIGHWAYS. SONIC HIGHWAYS which is directed by Dave Grohl is a 8-episode, 8-city look at the recording of the Foo Fighter’s 8th album. The series taps into the music heritage and cultural fabric of eight cities: Chicago, Austin, Nashville, Los Angeles, Seattle, New Orleans, Washington D.C and New York. Writing music for this documentary was personal for Brown who is a long time friend of director Dave

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00:43:38

Engineer/Producer Jay Messina

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/05/15

This week we spoke with our good friend Jay Messina who is a world-class engineer/producer based in New York city and has worked on such classic albums by Aerosmith, Kiss, Miles Davis, Supertramp, Patti Smith, Slash, Yoko Ono, and Cheap Trick, to name a few. we met up with Jay in his upper west side home to talk about his early beginnings working at A&R Studios and the Record Plant where he served as chief engineer for 15 years. Jay was consistently busy recording albums and stayed with Record

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00:46:02

House of Cards - Beau Willimon & Composer Jeff Beal

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/05/08

This week we spoke with show-runner and writer Beau Willimon and Composer Jeff Beal about their collaboration on the hit Netflix show House of Cards. Set in present-day Washington, D.C., House of Cards is the story of Frank Underwood (Kevin Spacey), a Democrat from South Carolina's 5th congressional district and House Majority Whip who, after being passed over for appointment as Secretary of State, initiates an elaborate plan to get himself into a position of greater power, aided by his wife,

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00:59:19

Composer Peter McConnell

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/05/05

Composer Peter McConnell has composed award-winning scores for a diverse range of video games including Broken Age, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare, the Sly Cooper series, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Psychonauts, Brutal Legend and Grim Fandango. Before working independently, Peter composed in-house at LucasArts contributing to beloved franchises such as Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Monkey Island. We also discussed one of the most acclaimed adventure games of all

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00:27:57

Christopher Willitis

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/04/09

This week we spoke with Christopher Willitis, who is a bay are based electronic musician, teacher, composer, producer, photographer, filmmaker and guitar pioneer. His most recent album,Opening, was released on Ghostly International in September 2014. Chris and a group of artists, coders, designers, musicians, thinkers, engineers, geeks, philanthropists, and entrepreneurs are opening a new intimate performance space housed within The Midway creative complex in San Francisco called Envelop., ENVELOP

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00:33:06

Michael Raphael and Rudy Trubbit - Lionel Train...

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/04/07

This week we spoke with sound recordist Michael Raphael from Rabbit Ears Audio and Rudy Trubbit who is the Director of Audio for Lionel Trains. Rudy and Michael worked together on sourcing a new group of steam whistles for Lionel's new products. They traveled to North Carolina and recorded over 15 steam whistles which are incredibly challenging sounds to record because of the high amount of SPL, and lionel’s specific needs. Although steam whistles emerged in the mid-19th century as a warning

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00:15:04

Andy Summers - The Police Guitarist

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/03/27

This week we talk with Grammy Award® winning guitarist Andy Summers from The Police about his music documentary based on the memoir One Train Later, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police tells of the rise of The Police. During the band’s phenomenal rise and its dissolution at the height of their popularity in the mid-80s, Summers captured history with his candid photographs. Utilizing rare archival footage and insights from the guitarist’s side of the stage, Can't Stand Losing You:

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00:33:01

Composer Mac Quayle

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/03/26

This week we spoke with Composer Mac Quayle. Mac has written music for over 30 films and television shows and accumulated a long list of credits as a music producer, dance remixer and multi-instrumentalist. As a composer his music was most recently heard in the hit FX series American Horror Story: Freak Show as well as in a diverse list of feature films and documentaries including Autism in Love which premieres at this years Tribeca Film Festival and is featured in this interview. Some of his

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00:42:09

Production Sound Mixer Stephen Tibbo

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/03/25

This week we spoke with production sound mixer and re-recording mixer Stephen Tibbo. Stephen is a winner of two Emmy Awards and a CAS Award for “Best Production Sound” through his association with the hit ‘mockumentary’ TV series Modern Family. Stephen is also an accomplished sound re-recording mixer who has worked on dozens of webisodes, short and independent films such as Madison County, American Pie 2, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Contracted and many others. We discussed what is has been like to work

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00:25:36

Composer Penka Kouneva

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/03/18

This week we spoke with Composer Penka Kouneva at this years Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. Penka started her career working alongside Composer Steve Jablonsky, where she composed additional score for game titles such including Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Penka's music, which has been called "haunting and passionate," is a blend of her Eastern European heritage, classical training and media scoring. Penka has also worked as an

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00:51:54

Finishing Move Inc.

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/02/27

This week we spoke with Finishing Move Inc. who is Brian Trifon and Brian Lee White, two friends and collaborators who recently worked on some incredible video game music projects including Halo: Master Chief Collection for Microsoft, Massive Chalice for Double Fine games, Borderlands 1 and 2, and the Assassin Creed series. We talk about the incredible success they have had since forming their company just over two years ago and how they continue to navigate the task of managing large budget video

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00:33:29

Composer Will Bates - Fall on your Sword

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/02/16

This week we spoke with Composer and multi instrumentalist Will Bates, who also runs Fall On Your Sword (FOYS) Will's commercial music production company based in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Alongside the success of Will’s commercial work he has also collaborated with numerous film directors including Alex Gibney on such films as We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief and Mike Cahill's Another Earth and I-orgins. We had a fantastic talk about his

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00:39:56

Composer Jason Graves

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/02/12

This week we spoke with Academy Award-winning (BAFTA) composer Jason Graves who has brought his passion for music to such game titles as THE ORDER: 1886 , EVOLVE, TOMB RAIDER and DEAD SPACE. We discuss how his diverse musical background as a classically-trained composer, drummer, keyboardist, guitarist and world percussionist allow him to compose many different genres of music. Jason recently finished work on THE ORDER: 1886 (SONY), EVOLVE (2k GAMES) and we talk about how he manages the long

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00:45:50

The Formosa Group

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/02/03

This week we had the pleasure to speak with the executive and creative team behind the recently formed post-production sound company Formosa Group. Joining me in this roundtable discussion include President and COO, Bob Rosenthal, SVP Business Development & Operations Matt Dubin and a fantastic mixture of re-recording mixers, sound designers, and editors including Mark Mangini, Julian Slater, Greg Hedgepath, and Todd Toon.

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00:25:36

The Sound of Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/01/26

This week we spoke with re-recording mixer Tom Fleischman who worked on Director Alex Gibney's music bio doc Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown. Pioneering the journey from rhythm and blues to funk, James Brown forever changed the face of American music. Mr. Dynamite follows the journey of Brown as he escaped his impoverished Southern roots to become the biggest name in soul music, and one of the most important music talents of the 20th Century.

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00:26:36

Paul Cichocki - Pixar Post Production Supervisor

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/01/15

This week we spoke with Post Production Supervisor Paul Cichocki at Pixar Animation Studio. Paul joined Pixar in 1999 during the production of toy story 2 and has supervised the post production on all feature and short films since then. He is responsible for many of the efforts that take place outside of the studio including actor recording sessions, music composition and recording, international translations and theatrical quality control. Cichocki also works very closely with the Skywalker Sound

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00:33:02

The Sound of The Imitation Game

SoundWorks Collection ·

2015/01/06

This week we spoke with John Midgley who is the production sound mixer on the film The Imitation Game Directed by Morten Tyldum. The Imitation Game stars Benedict Cumberbatch who portrays Alan Turing who is a British mathematician, cryptanalyst and pioneering computer scientist who was a key figure in cracking Nazi Germany's Enigma code, which helped the Allies win the Second World War. The film was shot over 9 weeks in various locations around England and we discuss the wide range of gear John

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00:35:39

The Sound of Boyhood

SoundWorks Collection ·

2014/12/24

This week we spoke with the sound team behind Director Richard Linklater’s American coming-of-age drama BOYHOOD. For this interview I spoke with sound re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor Tom Hammond, sound recordist Ethan Andrus, sound mixer Ben Lowry, and sound recordist Ben Lazard about the technical and creative challenges of following a production which was shot over 12-years.

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00:33:36

Composer Clint Bajakian - World of Warcraft: Warlords...

SoundWorks Collection ·

2014/12/18

This week we spoke with Composer Clint Bajakian who worked on Blizzard studios video game World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor which sold over 3.3 million copies within the first 24 hours of being released. Clint took on the task of working alongside six other composers who were all responsible to breathe life and the danger of war into this epic soundtrack that fans have associated with this incredible gaming experience.

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00:32:31

The Sound of Into the Woods

SoundWorks Collection ·

2014/12/16

This week we spoke with re-recording Mixer Mike Prestwood smith and re-recording mixer Michael Keller who worked on the film Into the Woods. This film is a modern twist on the beloved Brothers Grimm fairy tale put to music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and Directed by Rob Marshall. The music and sound team did a seamless job mixing and editing the actors musical performances and we explore the meticulous process required to bring this theatrical performance to the big screen.

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