"ELIXIR" WORK SAMPLE: THE SOUND OF MAGIC AND AN OTHERWORLDLY SCREAM

Above: Another highlight reel peeling away the various layers of Junior Birdman Audio’s ADR (performed by Molly Ryman), Foley, FX, backgrounds and final mix (including an original score by David Gerald Sutton) of a brief passage from Justin Staggs‘ horror/ fantasy short “Elixir”. Breaking this sequence down to its source stems demonstrates how much phrasing can go into even a few seconds of sound design for film. View “Elixir” in its entirety: https://vimeo.com/172981354

MUSIC FOR FILM: "AFTER THE GUNFLINT"

One of the new pieces of original music I’ve been developing for After the Gunflint, a wilderness survival film directed by JD O'Brien. The creative brief: “deconstructed bluegrass”. It’ll probably be deconstructed a lot further from this point, but we like where it’s going so far.

More music by Mike Hallenbeck

"ELIXIR": FOLEY, SOUND EDIT AND MIX FOR FANTASY/ HORROR SHORT

Equal parts magical fantasy and undead horror, "Elixir" is a short film by director Justin Staggs. Junior Birdman Audio provided Foley, sound edit and mix. Picture lock arrived at the studio completely silent, with no audio recorded on location whatsoever. Every sound you hear in the movie-- which you can view in its entirety at the link below-- was created and/ or cut in by yours truly and composer David Gerald Sutton. Voice talent Molly Ryman provided ADR performance for the protagonist’s vocalizations throughout the piece. Staggs brought in a variety of SFX to get me going, and I ransacked my library for more. But many elements-- like the blood drops, the woodsy footsteps and the dangling necklace-- are custom cues created just for this production.