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This episode takes a new approach! We talk with the sound team behind the new Laika Studios, stop motion animated film, Wildwood.... while they are still in the process of mixing the film!? All their decisions are fresh in their minds as they have been mixing the climatic battle sequence leading right up our conversation. Re-recording Mixers Mike Prestwood Smith and Gilbert Lake are joined by supervising sound editors Luke Gentry and Ben Meechan, as well as Dialog/ADR editor Danny Sheehan, Sound Designer Chris Howard and Supervising Music Editor Mark Wilsher. They all sit around the the mixing console with me, at Goldcrest's Theatre One in London, to discuss the challenges this extremely complicated film presented. ______ Come out to Audio Post MX in Mexico City on Oct 29th! For Full details and to register to attend go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSK9dYGm0rfAxP9cHGCNdkkiTdZEm7s-UmumDE9vNkw1mBjQ/viewform ______ Check out the full schedule at this year's, completely free to attend, SonicDays Conference in Denmark https://sonicdays.com/ _______ Register for The Tonebenders/ Film Sound Sweden / MPSE event in Stockholm here: https://mpse.org/event-6887830 ________ SPONSORS: The Sound Ideas Black Friday sale is coming back this November, with some of the biggest offers of the year on the way. Expect incredible sound savings, plus new weekly specials featuring select libraries at some of their best prices yet. It all starts November 2nd, so keep an eye on Sound Ideas, you won’t want to miss what’s coming. Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/382-wildwood/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Crystal Lake is the hit new prequel series to the Friday The 13th franchise. The sound team had tricky tightrope walk, to find the tone of the original series but also make it something new as well. The show is a great mix of drama, horror and comedy and the audio post team was tasked with guiding the viewer through all this with sound design that is both over the top and extremely subtle. Supervising Sound Editors/ Re-Reording Mixers Steve "Major" Giammaria and Nicholas Renbeck walk us through their fantastic work on Crystal Lake. ______ Come out to Audio Post MX in Mexico City on Oct 29th! For Full details and to register to attend go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSK9dYGm0rfAxP9cHGCNdkkiTdZEm7s-UmumDE9vNkw1mBjQ/viewform _______ Check out the full schedule at this year's, completely free to attend, SonicDays Conference in Denmark. https://sonicdays.com/ ________ Register for The Tonebenders/ Film Sound Sweden / MPSE event in Stockholm here: https://mpse.org/event-6887830 ________ SPONSORS: The Sound Ideas Black Friday sale is coming back this November, with some of the biggest offers of the year on the way. Expect incredible sound savings, plus new weekly specials featuring select libraries at some of their best prices yet. It all starts November 2nd, so keep an eye on Sound Ideas, you won’t want to miss what’s coming. Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/381-crystal-lake/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

The conversation continues about what is expected when working in audio post on high level films and series. Where is the line between an sound editor and sound mixer? Greg King, Jon Greasley, Brittany Ellis, Nikola Simikic and Ben Cook all share their vast experience and thoughts on where things are going. Make sure you go back, to catch part one of this roundtable talk in episode 379. _______ Register for the Inside NYC Audio Post Event coming up on Oct 15th at Sound Lounge here: https://www.mpse.org/event-6844200 ______ Come out to Audio Post MX in Mexico City on Oct 29th! For Full details and to register to attend go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSK9dYGm0rfAxP9cHGCNdkkiTdZEm7s-UmumDE9vNkw1mBjQ/viewform _______ Check out the full schedule at this year's, completely free to attend, SonicDays Conference in Denmark. https://sonicdays.com/ ________ SPONSORS: Sound Ideas is heading to GameSoundCon 2026 at the Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, California, on October 20th–21st! The event features educational seminars and opportunities to connect with fellow industry professionals. Be sure to visit Sound Ideas at booth seven to meet the team and access exclusive offers available only at the show. Can’t make it in person? Contact Sound Ideas for some special offers. Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/380-sound-editors-that-mix-mixers-that-edit-part-2/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

What is expected of the modern crafts person working in Audio Post? A lot of mixing is done in the sound edit, and a lot of editing is done on the mix stage. After a long day of work, 5 busy Los Angeles sound professionals gathered in Stage 10 on the Warner Brothers lot, to hash out how their jobs have evolved in recent years. They hash out what is expected from the sound team on high level projects like prestige series and wide release films. Greg King, Jon Greasley, Brittany Ellis, Nikola Simikic and Ben Cook all share their vast experience and thoughts on where things are going. _______ Register for the Inside NYC Audio Post Event coming up on Oct 15th at Sound Lounge here: https://www.mpse.org/event-6844200 ______ Come out to Audio Post MX in Mexico City on Oct 29th! For Full details and to register to attend go to: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeSK9dYGm0rfAxP9cHGCNdkkiTdZEm7s-UmumDE9vNkw1mBjQ/viewform SPONSORS: Sound Ideas is heading to GameSoundCon 2026 at the Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, California, on  October 20th–21st! The event features educational seminars and opportunities to connect with fellow industry professionals. Be sure to visit Sound Ideas at booth seven to meet the team and access exclusive offers available only at the show. Can’t make it in person? Contact Sound Ideas for some special offers. ______ 87 sound designers from the Field Recording Slack have come together to release a new crowdsourced sound effects library that they’re making available for charity. Handheld Gadgets is an 18GB library with 929 unique sounds, including multiple variations of bicycle pumps, zippo lighters, hand cranked radios, gaming controllers, tools and much more. The library is UCS compliant, covering 21 sound categories. The way to purchase the library is simple: donate $50.00 or more directly to Doctors Without Borders, World Central Kitchen or The Water Project, then email that receipt to [email protected]. You will receive a reply email to pull down the library. You can read detailed purchasing instructions, have a look at the sound list, and hear an audio demo at https://www.frscharity.org/HandheldGadgets/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/379-sound-editors-that-mix-mixers-that-edit/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/
 This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Lindsey Alvarez, Anna Behlmer, Laura Wiest & Karen Baker Landers recently gathered together in Formosa Hollywood's Stage 2, to share their paths while forging a career in audio post. The conversation is filled with stories of their experiences in Hollywood that range from horrible to hopeful. They discuss their early mentors, how they are managing being mentors themselves and ways things have changed over the course of their careers. Register at https://www.mpse.org/event-6844200 to come out to the Inside NYC Audio Post Event coming up on Oct 15th at Sound Lounge. ______ SPONSORS: Sound Ideas is heading to GameSoundCon 2026 at the Burbank Convention Center in Burbank, California, on  October 20th–21st! The event features educational seminars and opportunities to connect with fellow industry professionals. Be sure to visit Sound Ideas at booth seven to meet the team and access exclusive offers available only at the show. Can’t make it in person? Contact Sound Ideas for some special offers. ______ 87 sound designers from the Field Recording Slack have come together to release a new crowdsourced sound effects library that they’re making available for charity. Handheld Gadgets is an 18GB library with 929 unique sounds, including multiple variations of bicycle pumps, zippo lighters, hand cranked radios, gaming controllers, tools and much more. The library is UCS compliant, covering 21 sound categories. The way to purchase the library is simple: donate $50.00 or more directly to Doctors Without Borders, World Central Kitchen or The Water Project, then email that receipt to [email protected]. You will receive a reply email to pull down the library. You can read detailed purchasing instructions, have a look at the sound list, and hear an audio demo at https://www.frscharity.org/HandheldGadgets/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/378-women-in-audio-post-roundtable/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/
Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/
This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

James Mather, Tormod Ringnes and Kim Christensen join Tonebenders' host Tim Muirhead on Stage in front of a packed theatre as part of the 2025 Sonic Days Conference. They talk about their work on iconic franchises like Harry Potter, Tron, Dracula, Top Gun and more. ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/377-sonic-days-live-sound-design-for-franchise-ip/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

In the final episode of the talks from SoundDay LA, we have the HBO Panel of Emmy nominated re-recording mixers from The Pitt, DTF St Louis and Hacks. James Parnell, Todd Grace & Ed Carr join Tim, for a lively talk in front of a packed house at Glen Glenn Film Center in Hollywood, California. They discuss their approaches to long "oners" and the detailed panning they need, pushing backgrounds and ambiences as much as they can without crowding dialog, and how far is too far with the sounds of medical procedures. Big Thanks to SoundDay LA's sponsors: Remoto Playback (https://remotopro.io/) , ASG (https://www.asgllc.com/) & Sound Ideas (https://sound-ideas.com/) ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/376-live-from-soundday-la-the-pitt-dtf-st-louis-hacks/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

The sound team from Stranger Things, Season 5, joined SoundDay LA to discuss how the series has changed since it's beginning and the massive undertaking they took on to complete the series' final season. Supervising Sound Editor Craig Henighan divulges an super interesting and creative story about what makes up the Mind Flayers massive vocal screams. Music Editors Lena Glikson and David Klotz breakdown, in detail, a specific scene to show how the music evolved over a full year of tackling it. Re-recording Mixers Will FIles and Mark Paterson discuss their approach to huge action sequences that have to play on anything, from full up home theatres to iPads. Big Thanks to SoundDay LA's sponsors: Remoto Playback (https://remotopro.io/) , ASG (https://www.asgllc.com/) & Sound Ideas (https://sound-ideas.com/) ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/375-live-from-soundday-la-stranger-things/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

The sound team from Spider-Noir join Tim on stage as part of SoundDay LA to discuss their Emmy nominated work on this unique sounding series. Supervising Sound Editors Ethan Beigel and Andy Sisul, Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Designer Ryan Collins and Location Sound Mixer Matthew Sanchez share behind the scenes stories from both on-set and in postproduction. Including how Nicholas Cage was mic'ed up under the Spider mask, the enormous amount of original recordings they did for sound design and getting loop group to perform in old-timey "noir" accents. Big Thanks to SoundDay LA's sponsors: Remoto Playback (https://remotopro.io/) , ASG (https://www.asgllc.com/) & Sound Ideas (https://sound-ideas.com/) ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/374-live-from-soundday-la-spider-noir/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

The first panel of SoundDay LA was a wonderful talk with some of AppleTV's Emmy nominated sound teams. Including Larry Benjamin, Tim Hoogenakker, Matt Yocum and Sang Kim from Window's Bay. Anna Wilborn and Alex Jongbloed from Shrinking. As well as Phillip Palmer from Pluribus (Larry and Tim mixed Pluribus too). As a group they discuss finding the voice of a show, capturing the dialog on set in difficult situations, how foley can be an emotional catalyst and lots more. Big Thanks to SoundDay LA's sponsors: Remoto Playback (https://remotopro.io/), ASG (https://www.asgllc.com/) & Sound Ideas (https://sound-ideas.com/) ____ For full details on how you can take part in this year's Tonebenders Listener Field Recording Stories, go to ____ For full details on how you can take part in this year's Tonebenders Listener Field Recording Stories, go to https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/373-live-from-soundday-la-widows-bay-pluribus-shrinking/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/

Emmy nominated re-recording mixers Andy Lange & Penny Harold (Beef), join Steve “Major” Giammaria (The Bear) in conversation about life on the mix stage for high end shows. All three discuss how they approached the mixes for the most recent season of both series. They compare and contrast what a day looks like while working through an episode, their techniques for getting in and out of music heavy scenes smoothly, what their reverb chains look like and lots more. ____ For full details on how you can take part in this year's Tonebenders Listener Field Recording Stories, go to https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/372-the-bear-beef-s2/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Recent Emmy nominees Danielle McBride and Tyler Whitham join the podcast to discuss their roles as supervising sound editors on the sci-fi comedy Murderbot. Building the sonic world of a brand new sci-fi series is just about every sound person's dream gig. What does a giant two headed monster centipede sound like? What about spaceships with futuristic propulsion systems? These are some of the puzzles that needed to be solved for Murderbot. Plus the dialog had creative challenges as well, with lots of interior dialog, robot processing and comms that each needed their own signature sounds. ____ For full details on how you can take part in this year's Tonebenders Listener Field Recording Stories, go to https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/
Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/371-murderbot/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Alien: Earth expands on the sonic universe of the Alien franchise, with terrifying new creatures and technology. Supervising Sound Editor Lee Gilmore and Sound Designers Justin Davey & Nolan McNaughton, join the podcast to tell us about how they tackled the cavalcade of audio challenges this series threw at them. The classic Xenomorph is more menacing, 4 new Aliens needed vocals and movement sounds. plus lots more. ______ Los Angeles listeners, you can still sign up to the waitlist for SoundDay LA, on August 9th: https://luma.com/58xnoz87 ____ For full details on how you can take part in this year's Tonebenders Listener Field Recording Stories, go to https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ _____ Big thanks to SoundDay LA’s event sponsor Remoto Playback. Pitch-perfect remote review sessions without a monthly subscription. Go to https://remotopro.io/ to learn more. ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/370-alien-earth/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/ This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Re-recording mixers Erik Valenzuela & Sal Ojeda join Tonebenders to talk about their wild schedule during audio post on RuPaul's Drag Race. Between them they have combined to work on over 330 episodes of Drag Race, making them experts on reality TV postproduction workflows. Dialog often presents the largest challenges and they have to use every tool they can get their hands on to make the final show sound smooth and clean. We also dig deep into the Rusical (a Rupaul Musical) episodes and the many challenges they present. Los Angeles listeners, make sure you sign up now for SoundDay LA on August 9th https://luma.com/58xnoz87 ____ For full details on how you can take part in this year's Tonebenders Listener Field Recording Stories, go to https://tonebenderspodcast.com/field-recording-story-submissions/ ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ _____ Big thanks to SoundDay LA’s event sponsor Remoto Playback. Pitch-perfect remote review sessions without a monthly subscription. Go to remotopro.io to learn more ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/ Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/369-rupauls-drag-race/
Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/
This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead

Backrooms was a massive blockbuster this spring and the sounds in the film are a big reason why. The team was presented with some real sonic puzzles to solve, including the unique set where it was shot, creating sound design from the camera's perspective and sonically leading an extremely tense opening scene with no music or sustained dialog. Plus they discuss working with the film's director, Kane Parsons, who voiced some of the creature sounds himself and was one of the composers on Backrooms. Los Angeles listeners, make sure you sign up now for SoundDay LA on August 9th https://luma.com/58xnoz87 ______ SPONSORS: If summer has your next project heating up, Sound Ideas is making it easier to build up the library you’ll need. During the Sound Ideas Mid Year Sale, you can save 50% on all proprietary items. From impacts and ambiences to vehicles, animals, machinery, production elements, and specialty effects, you can stock up on professional sounds before the next deadline hits. Get ahead of the edit with sounds ready for the scenes, transitions, textures, and surprises still to come. Shop the 50% off, Mid Year Sale now at https://sound-ideas.com/ ______ Make sure you are up to date with everything Tonebenders is doing, from upcoming events to the latest episodes by signing up for the once-a-month Tonebenders email newsletter: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/join-our-email-list/
Episode Notes: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/368-backrooms/ Podcast Homepage: https://tonebenderspodcast.com/
 This episode is hosted by Timothy Muirhead