sound design of star wars

[5qu1dfacekilla]

i wonder if ben burtt knows how to make a bass like doctor p ... lolzzzz

He could do that in his sleep using only a toaster and a rubber mallet, son.

Ben Burtt is the mcguyver of sound design.

[SubVox]

Its all about the slowed down cries of elephants for the tie fighters.
That and the noise at about 55 second in this scene http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d91D5rb3 ... re=related
Skywalker studios just set the bar so high when it comes to sound design.

I smell an epic dub siren

[sully_harmitage]

Here's a wicked little documentary on the Radiophonic Workshop, another great lesson in Working With What Ya Got.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKPGzX5kZd0

Tardis = Keys on a piano string. Genius.

[trypset]

this thread ftw.

slowed down elephant cries? how the fuck do you think of that?

era crystal lsd

[Siderealdb]

I like the sound design of Wall-E more. Star wars was a better movie though, obviously.

[alphacat]

Another interesting tidbit here is that Burtt was hanging out with the very, very ahead-of-its-time Tape Music Center in San Francisco in the late 60's and 70's: it was an avant garde collective dedicated to using new technologies like tape as compositional media unto themselves.

From Terry Riley to Star Wars... heh.