Inside the work of sound mixers

April 10, 2008 [...] while dialogue and score are perhaps the most identifiable components of what a movie audience hears, in truth, a mind-boggling number of sonic elements must be captured, crafted and blended in order to create a cohesive, comprehensive and believable world of sound for each film. The responsibility of creating that sonic world falls to a range of often-unheralded specialists -- mixers, editors and sound designers -- whose work requires both a technical savvy and an artistic ear. Early in his career, he engineered and produced albums by The Doors; and during the past 30 years, while continuing a career as a pop album producer, he's worked as a scoring recordist and mixer, enjoying a longtime collaboration with the late composer Jerry Goldsmith.

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