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Good sound design is invaluable in selling an idea. It's timeless, memorable, and above all transparent.

Spent a great deal of time this holiday watching the Stars Wars movies (all 6) with the kids and it got me thinking about how good the sound design is in those movies They really are the White Album of sound design.

Here's a top ten list of the best sounds from Star Wars (compiled by some one with an opinion!) from the King of Sound Design Ben Burtt:

The 10 Greatest Sounds from Star Wars


The amazing thing is the simplicity of some of the sources. The Tie fighters are pitched down elephant calls, blasters are contact mics on cables on the a bridge:


We climbed to the top of a hill where there was a small radio tower in the hopes that the wind would make some interesting sounds in the tower or the support cables. I picked up a rock and banged on the cable just for fun and Ben said, "That sounds like the imaginary laser
gun ought to sound!"
SO he recorded the sounds there and later in California he looked around
for other towers and finally found one that he especially liked in the
Mohave desert in California. There was a broken brace hanging on the cable
that added a special quality to the sound and that was the one he used
in combination with some other sounds to create the sound of the laser
gun
All of these sounds are forever linked with a particular image and added more to the success of the Star Wars franchise, then any other single element.

Ben Burtt has moved on from LucasFilm to Pixar and did the work on the lastest Pixar masterpiece Walle. Look for the DVD extras that give a glimpse into the creation of the voices. Good stuff!


Cross posted at fakebook the blog of Resonance Multimedia LLC Resonance Multimedia is a Washington D.C. based company that creates unique sounds and music for motion graphics, video, tv, games and the web.

We can provide you with original royalty-free audio.

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