Best Sundance Institute Podcasts (2024)

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202 - The Music of Star Wars: The Acolyte 36:48

2h ago36:48

36:48

Pulitzer Prize-winning and Emmy- and Grammy-nominated composer Michael Abels joins our guest host, music journalist Jon Burlingame, to discuss the music of “Star Wars: The Acolyte.” The music for the series was a massive undertaking, made even more formidable by the knowledge that every cue would be compared to the work of legendary composer John W…

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201 - How Sundance-Award Winner “Dìdi” Became a Reality 1:11:15

6h ago1:11:15

1:11:15

Academy Award®-nominated director (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and Dolby Institute Fellowship winner — Carlos López Estrada brings together another exciting panel of film professionals. As one of the producers, Carlos joins fellow Academy Award®-nominated director (“Nai Nai & Wài Pó”) Sean Wang, along with members of the cast and crew, to discuss…

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200 - A-List Colorist Stefan Sonnenfeld 43:56

4h ago43:56

43:56

Perhaps the top colorist in his field, Stefan Sonnefeld joins us for our 200th episode! If you aren’t aware of Stefan, you’ve almost certainly seen his work. Some of his recent projects include “Top Gun: Maverick,” “The White Lotus,” and “Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3.” His credit list includes some of the biggest franchises in our business, incl…

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199 - Blending Fantasy with Reality in HBO’s Ren Faire 45:26

4d ago45:26

45:26

Documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim, as well as sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Paul Hsu, join us to discuss their new HBO documentary limited-series, “Ren Faire.” The show details the Succession-like power struggle atop the Texas Renaissance Festival, amid its founder’s impending retirement. It was filmed in an appropriately over-the-top…

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198 - Artificial Intelligence in Filmmaking, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:26:39

1M ago1:26:39

1:26:39

Academy Award®-nominated director (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and Dolby Institute Fellowship winner — Carlos López Estrada brings together another panel of working filmmakers and creatives, this time to discuss the hot button issue of AI in Filmmaking. Joining the discussion are: - Jorge R. Gutierrez (Filmmaker - “The Book of Life,” “Maya and th…

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197 - The Star-Studded Audio Dramatization of George Orwell’s 1984 59:44

1M ago59:44

59:44

Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Andrew Scott, and Tom Hardy are just a few of the celebrity voice actors in the new Audible Original adaptation of “George Orwell’s 1984.” But this adaptation is unique in that it is audio-only — not unlike a radio play. In doing so, writer Joe White had to translate the novel, which was written from a third-person p…

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196 - The Music of Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga 36:52

1M ago36:52

36:52

Blockbuster film composer Tom Holkenborg — aka Junkie XL — returns to George Miller’s post-apocalyptic dystopian world with his latest installment, “Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.” Regular guest host Jon Burlingame joins the podcast to discuss Holkenborg’s hands-on approach to crafting the music for this film, which included an unusual addition to his ty…

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195 - The Immersive Sound of Baldur’s Gate 3 50:16

2M ago50:16

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One of the reasons behind the immense popularity of this hit multiplayer roleplaying game is its incredible soundtrack. Today, we are joined by the Audio Director of Larian Studios — the makers of “Baldur’s Gate 3” — Stefan Randelshofer, along with our guest host, Dolby’s Senior Game Developer Relations Manager, Alistair Hirst, in a live discussion…

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194 - 3 Body Problem - Adapting the “Unadaptable” 41:57

2M ago41:57

41:57

Showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff — co-creators of “Game of Thrones” — and Alexander Woo (“True Blood”) join us to talk about their epic new science fiction series: “3 Body Problem” on Netflix. Rounding out the discussion are: Director of Photography Jonathan Freeman Sound Designer Paula Fairfield Supervising Sound Editor Tim Kimmel Editor M…

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193 - Filming The American Society of Magical Negroes 1:08:47

3M ago1:08:47

1:08:47

The collaboration between director and cinematographer is arguably the most important dynamic on any film shoot. Here to discuss that are Director Kobi Libii and Director of Photography Doug Emmett, with their satirical comedy, “The American Society of Magical Negroes.” “To me, the best versions of most collaborative things are the things you get t…

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192 - The Making of Masters of the Air 57:22

3M ago57:22

57:22

This week we discuss the sound, music, and cinematography of “Masters of the Air,” the epic WWII limited series from Apple TV+. With so many films and shows about World War II over the past several decades, one of the biggest challenges of the series was keeping things fresh. So the creative teams took some ingenious approaches to give every episod…

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191 - Is “No Budget Filmmaking” a Fantasy? Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 52:48

5M ago52:48

52:48

Recorded live at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Academy Award®-nominated director (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and Dolby Institute Fellowship winner — Carlos López Estrada brings together another all-star panel of Hollywood talent, this time posing the question: Is “No Budget Filmmaking” even possible in this day and age? “There's just so much …

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190 - Hans Zimmer and the Score of Dune: Part Two 31:45

5M ago31:45

31:45

2-time Academy Award®-winning composer Hans Zimmer joins us on the podcast to discuss his work on “Dune: Part Two,” after winning an Oscar for his score to the first installment of the sci-fi franchise, directed by Denis Villeneuve. And like Denis, Hans had been dreaming about working on these films since he was a boy. And he also knew he wanted to…

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189 - Greig Fraser and the Cinematography of Dune: Part Two 27:53

5M ago27:53

27:53

Academy Award®-winning Director of Photography Greig Fraser, ACS, ASC, returns to the podcast to discuss his work on “Dune: Part Two.” The film is a stunning achievement, from both the technical and artistic standpoints, which benefitted greatly from being a continuation of his work from part one: “Whenever you do a movie, you've got to solve a ser…

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188 - Best Cinematography Nominees: Academy Awards 2024 45:55

6M ago45:55

45:55

Table of Contents: 01:28 - El Conde - Edward Lachman, ASC 12:53 - Killers of the Flower Moon - Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC 24:12 - Oppenheimer - Hoyte Van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC 33:29 - Poor Things - Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC Welcome to our continuing coverage of this year's Academy Awards®. We have compiled interviews from the nominees in the Best Cinema…

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187 - Best Sound Nominees: Academy Awards 2024 58:04

6M ago58:04

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Table of Contents: 01:30 - The Creator 12:26 - Maestro 23:13 - Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 33:55 - Oppenheimer 44:36 - The Zone of Interest Welcome to our continuing coverage of this year's Academy Awards®. We have compiled interviews from the nominees in the Best Sound category. So, if you are an Oscar voter — either as an Academ…

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186 - Best Original Score Nominees: Academy Awards 2024 38:58

6M ago38:58

38:58

Table of Contents: 01:55 - American Fiction - Laura Karpman 13:45 - Oppenheimer - Ludwig Göransson 25:48 - Poor Things - Jerskin Fendrix Welcome to our continuing coverage of this year's Academy Awards®. We have compiled interviews from the nominees in the Best Original Score category. So, if you are an Oscar voter — either as an Academy member or …

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185 - Director Gareth Edwards and the Oscar-Nominated Visual Effects of The Creator 1:06:05

6M ago1:06:05

1:06:05

The Academy Award®-nominated VFX team joins our returning guest, director Gareth Edwards, to discuss how they created such a visually stunning, effects-heavy science-fiction film with a comparatively minuscule budget. Rather than utilizing extensive previz, green screen studios, and fully-rendered CGI environments, “The Creator” was filmed on-locat…

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184 - The Oscar-Nominated Sound Team Behind Bradley Cooper's Maestro 47:21

6M ago47:21

47:21

Continuing our coverage of the 2024 Academy Awards®, we have another all-star team of sound artists whose work on “Maestro” is nominated in the Best Sound category. Today’s panel includes: - Richard King, Sound Designer & Supervising Sound Editor. - Tom Ozanich, Re-recording Mixer. - Dean A. Zupancic, Re-recording Mixer. - Steven Morrow, Production…

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183 - The Cinematography of El Conde, with DP Edward Lachman 38:13

6M ago38:13

38:13

Legendary cinematographer Edward Lachman, ASC, joins us to discuss his Academy Award®-nominated cinematography for “El Conde,” Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín’s satirical horror-comedy which reimagines Augusto Pinochet as a 250-year old vampire. The film features stunning black & white photography, which required the invention of a new kind of came…

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182 - The Cinematography of Poor Things, with DP Robbie Ryan 44:18

6M ago44:18

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Our coverage of the 2024 Oscars continues in this episode with our guest, Robbie Ryan, BSC, ISC. Robbie is a two-time Academy Award® nominee for Cinematography. In today’s episode, he discusses his second collaboration with director Yorgos Lanthimos on the film "Poor Things," following their acclaimed work together on "The Favourite," which earned …

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181 - The Cinematography of Killers of the Flower Moon, with DP Rodrigo Prieto 44:06

6M ago44:06

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With our continuing Oscars coverage, today we are joined by Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC. He discusses how he got his start in the film business, working with legendary director Martin Scorsese, the challenges of shooting “Killers of the Flower Moon,” as well as how his research into Osage traditions and rituals…

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180 - The Oscar-Nominated Sound Team Behind Oppenheimer 48:17

6M ago48:17

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We have an all-star team of sound artists whose work on “Oppenheimer” is nominated for a 2024 Academy Award®. They are certainly no strangers to that award show, as they already have NINE Oscars between them! Today’s panel includes: - Richard King - Sound Designer and Supervising Sound Editor - Gary A. Rizzo - Re-recording Mixer - Kevin O’Connell -…

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179 - The Cinematography of Oppenheimer, with DP Hoyte Van Hoytema 35:59

6M ago35:59

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As part of our continuing Oscars coverage, we are joined by Academy Award®-nominated cinematographer Hoyte Van Hoytema, ASC, FSF, NSC. He discusses how he got his start in the film business, working with Christopher Nolan, shooting “Oppenheimer” on film, how they did all those in-camera practical effects, and his fears about creating a dynamically …

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178 - Oscar Nominee Laura Karpman on the Music of American Fiction 35:36

6M ago35:36

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Five-time Emmy Award-winning composer Laura Karpman joins guest host Jon Burlingame to discuss her first Academy Award® nomination for the music of “American Fiction.” Karpman took a rather unique approach to composing this “jazzy” score, by thinking of the actors’ voices as musical instruments themselves. “There's a lot of dialogue. And the way th…

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177 - First-Time Filmmakers at Sundance, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:18:14

7M ago1:18:14

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Recorded live just a few days ago at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, Academy Award®-nominated director (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and Dolby Institute Fellowship winner — Carlos López Estrada brings together five filmmakers, each with debut feature films in the US Dramatic Competition this year. “I have experienced what all five or panelists ar…

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176 - The Music of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 47:05

7M ago47:05

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Academy Award-nominated composer Daniel Pemberton (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”) joins our guest host, music journalist Jon Burlingame, to discuss his score for the latest animated Spider-Man film. If you’ve seen it, then you already know it features incredible, cutting-edge animation. But it turns out Daniel’s approach to the score was equally “ex…

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175 - Demystifying Sundance, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:26:00

7M ago1:26:00

1:26:00

Director Carlos López Estrada — Academy Award® nominee for “Raya and the Last Dragon” and winner of the Dolby Institute Fellowship — returns to The Dolby Institute Podcast for another panel discussion, this time with members of Sundance. More than just a film festival, The Sundance Institute offers a myriad of resources for emerging and independent…

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174 - The Music of The Color Purple 36:33

8M ago36:33

36:33

Director Blitz Bazawule joins his composer Kris Bowers to discuss their new adaptation of “The Color Purple.” You may remember the original filmed adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, directed by Steven Spielberg, from 1985. This version is actually an adaptation of the hit Broadway show, which won two Tony Awards, including B…

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173 - Director Jonathan Glazer and the Sound of The Zone of Interest 41:08

8M ago41:08

41:08

Academy Award®-nominated director Jonathan Glazer joins us to discuss his latest film, 2024 Best Picture nominee “The Zone of Interest,” a searing drama about life just outside of the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp, which the director chose to have the audience hear, rather than see. “The atrocities that are being committed in the camps — an…

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172 - The Making of Society of the Snow 49:29

8M ago49:29

49:29

Director J.A. Bayona discusses his latest film — 2024 Academy Award®-nominee for Best International Feature Film (Spain) — “Society of the Snow.” Director of Photography Pedro Luque and Sound Designer Oriol Tarragó also join us to discuss how they crafted this riveting retelling of the infamous 1972 Andes flight disaster, where a team of rugby play…

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171 - The Music of Poor Things 33:11

8M ago33:11

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Academy Award®-nominated composer Jerskin Fendrix joins us to discuss his first-ever film score — the latest from director Yorgos Lanthimos — “Poor Things.” It was an exciting experimental collaboration for both artists, as this was also the director’s first time working with an original score for one of his films. “We both learned along the way ho…

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170 - Cinematographers and their First Features, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:23:14

8M ago1:23:14

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Director Carlos López Estrada — Academy Award® nominee for “Raya and the Last Dragon” and winner of the Dolby Institute Fellowship — leads another all-star panel of Hollywood talent to discuss how they broke into the industry as professional cinematographers. And what better way to do that than by discussing their first feature films? “Cinematograp…

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169 - Saltburn - The Sound of Emerald Fennell’s Wicked New Film 35:19

9M ago35:19

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Academy Award®-winning writer and director Emerald Fennell joins us to discuss her latest dark comedy thriller, “Saltburn.” The film features an unflinchingly disturbing story, incredible performances, and an appropriately cutting-edge sound design, which was being experimented with up until the very end of post-production. “For it to be exciting a…

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168 - Screenwriting for Change, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:14:47

9M ago1:14:47

1:14:47

Director Carlos López Estrada — Academy Award® nominee for “Raya and the Last Dragon” and winner of the Dolby Institute Fellowship — leads another all-star panel of Hollywood talent to discuss how they’ve navigated the industry as screenwriters, television writers, and showrunners. These talented writers have not only enjoyed enormous success in th…

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167 - Conversations with Colorists: Picture Shop 1:19:13

10M ago1:19:13

1:19:13

Our guest host Tom Graham — the Head of Dolby Vision® Content Enablement — returns for the second installment of our ongoing series, “Conversations with Colorists,” where he discusses the nitty gritty of working as a professional colorist, especially for projects that deliver in Dolby Vision®. Joining the discussion are three of the top colorists w…

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166 - Producers Searching for New Voices, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:29:40

10M ago1:29:40

1:29:40

What exactly are movie producers looking for when searching for new creative voices? Academy Award® nominated Director Carlos López Estrada (“Raya and the Last Dragon”) — and winner of the Dolby Institute Fellowship — returns with another all-star panel to discuss this very topic, with some of the top producers in the field. So if you are an aspiri…

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165 - The Sound of The Creator with Director Gareth Edwards 1:23:18

10M ago1:23:18

1:23:18

Director Gareth Edwards joins us to discuss the 2024 Academy Award®-nominated sound of his visionary new dystopian sci-fi film, "The Creator.” The movie features some incredible work — including a glorious Dolby Atmos® mix — but with some unconventional sound design choices for a science fiction film about artificial intelligence and fully autonomo…

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164 - Creative Sound Design at Aspen Shortsfest 2023 58:55

11M ago58:55

58:55

What goes into building a soundtrack for a short film? And collaborating with a sound team when you’re dealing with a short time frame? And an even more limited budget? To help us answer those questions and more, Glenn moderates a panel discussion with some of the filmmakers from this year’s Aspen Shortsfest — which is, without question, one of the…

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163 - Academy Award® and Emmy-Winning Composer Hildur Guðnadóttir - A Haunting in Venice 31:06

11M ago31:06

31:06

“A Haunting in Venice,” the latest cinematic adaptation featuring novelist Agatha Christie’s fictional detective Hercule Poirot, starring and directed by Sir Kenneth Branagh, includes another unforgettable score by multiple award-winning composer Hildur Guðnadóttir. But unlike most of her other groundbreaking work, this score features a more “class…

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162 - The Miracle of Making a First Film, Hosted by Carlos López Estrada 1:49:43

11M ago1:49:43

1:49:43

Director Carlos López Estrada — Academy Award® nominee for “Raya and the Last Dragon” and winner of the Dolby Institute Fellowship — leads an all-star panel of independent filmmakers to discuss perhaps the biggest challenge of any director’s career: “The making of a first feature is really nothing short of a miraculous feat. There’s just so many el…

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161 - The Sound of Neill Blomkamp’s Gran Turismo 57:28

12M ago57:28

57:28

Director Neill Blomkamp joins us to discuss his thrilling new racing film and biopic, chronicling GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough’s rise into professional racing. Joining the conversation are the film’s supervising sound editors, Kami Asgar and Erin Oakley, as well as re-recording mixer — and real-life race car driver — Beau Borders, who broug…

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160 - The Emmy-Nominated Sound and Cinematography of Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities 37:34

12M ago37:34

37:34

SPOILER ALERT: This podcast discusses important plot points from episode three, “The Autopsy.” Executive Producer (and co-showrunner) J. Miles Dale joins us on the podcast to discuss the horror anthology series Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities, which was recently nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards. Joining the conversation are nom…

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159 - The Making of Sundance Hit - The Pod Generation 41:17

12M ago41:17

41:17

Independent filmmaker Sophie Barthes joins us to discuss her breakout Sundance hit — and winner of this year’s Dolby Institute Fellowship Award — The Pod Generation. The film is a hilariously biting near-future sci-fi satire, starring Emilia Clark and Chiwetel Ejiofor as a young couple who turn to a corporate tech giant to help them carry their new…

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158 - The Making of Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie 46:55

1y ago46:55

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Academy Award winning sound supervisor and re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay returns to the podcast, along with Academy Award winning director Davis Guggenheim, to discuss their incredible new documentary, Still: A Michael J Fox Movie. “I think in a much more traditional documentary, you can polish too much. The sound. You can make it too perfect. An…

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157 - The Music of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 36:47

1y ago36:47

36:47

Scottish composer Lorne Balfe joins us to discuss his incredible original score for the latest addition of the Mission: Impossible franchise. Guest host Jon Burlingame returns to delve into Lorne’s process — including some on-the-fly performances during his interview — and why he so badly wanted to record elements of the soundtrack in so many locat…

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156 - The Music of Oppenheimer 28:42

1y ago28:42

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Academy Award®-winning composer Ludwig Göransson returns to the Dolby Institute Podcast to discuss his 2024 Academy Award-nominated score for auteur filmmaker Christopher Nolan’s latest film, with guest host Jon Burlingame. They discuss the composer’s process which, on this film, was anything but traditional, including why he composed over three ho…

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155 - The Sound of Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 1:13:05

1y ago1:13:05

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Fresh from their Academy Award®-winning work on “Top Gun: Maverick,” supervising sound editor James Mather and re-recording mixer Chris Burdon return to the Dolby Institute Podcast, along with picture editor Eddie Hamilton, to discuss the sound of the latest installment in the action-spy series — 2024 Academy Award-nominee in the Sound category, “M…

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154 - Cinematographer Phedon Papamichael on Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny 41:35

1y ago41:35

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A new, exclusive interview with Phedon Papamichael, the director of photography of the latest (and final?) installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. He and director James Mangold had to contend with a myriad of unique challenges on this film, including matching and updating the classic “Indy look,” filming more chase scenes than you can count, an…

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153 - Why Disney and Pixar’s Elemental is their "Most Ambitious" Movie to Date 44:57

1y ago44:57

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Director and Co-Writer Peter Sohn and Director of Photography Jean-Claude Kalache join us this week to tell us about the making of Elemental, Pixar Animation Studios’ most ambitious movie to date. We discuss Pixar’s famously demanding story development process and why this film took years just to get to an outline, how this film deals with some muc…

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