sound24: sound design for film

Pre and final mixing are under way at Pinewood Studios with Oscar nominated Sound Designer Glenn Freemantle. Alejandro Amenabar's historical drama set in Roman Egypt staring Rachel Weisz and Max Mininghella will be in something to watch and listen out for!

Slumdog Millionaire huge success continues in style at last nights Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Unfortunately Sound 24 missed out on the chance of collecting the hotly contested Best Sound Editing but the film managed to take home the coveted Oscar statue in 8 other categories, including Best Picture and Best Director. A truly amazing end to the awards season for the enchanting film that is, "Slumdog Millionaire.

At the Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE) awards last night Sound 24 was handed the Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film for its work on Slumdog Millionaire. This award which in voted for Sound Editors by Sound Editors was received by Tom Sayers & Glenn Freemantle on behalf of the whole Sound 24 team.

Sound 24 has now stated work on the horror "Dread". Anthony DiBlasi's directorial debut takes Clive Barkers short story and turns it into a tense, psychological horror which exposes the consequences of child hood trauma. The sound track needs to reflect the emotion and turmoil of the films lead characters,keeping the audience on the edge and the tension high.

At last nights star studded red carpet event Glenn Freemantle, Tom Sayers and Sound 24 won the BAFTA for Best sound for work on Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire. The amazing success of this film continued through the evening as it scooped a further 6 wins including Best Film and Best Director from its 11 nominations.

Sound 24's Supervising Sound Editors Glenn Freemantle and Lee Herrick along with French recordist Nicolas Becker have travelled to Malta to record crowd and atmosphere sessions for Alejandro Amenabar's upcoming blockbuster, 'Agora'. The team are on location for 4 days and are directing over 60 extras in battle reenactments and other key scenes. The tracks were recorded on Sound Devices (744's & 722's) using DPA 4006, 4041t and Schoeps CMC6 and MK41 microphones. Agora is due to be mixed at Pinewood studios in April and May 2009.

An Education has scooped 2 awards at Sundance Festival. The film, set in 1960's London staring Peter Sarsgaard and Carey Mulligan, won the Cinematography Award and the acclaimed Audience Award.

Sound 24 have been nominated in 2 categories in the upcoming Motion Picture Of Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards. 'Slumdog Millionaire', produced by Christian Colson and Celador Films will be competing in the the following, Best Sound Editing In a Foreign Film and Best Sound Editing Music In A Feature Film. The event takes place on Saturday 21st February in Los Angeles and will be attended by the films Supervising Sounds Editors' Glenn Freemantle & Tom Sayers.

Sound 24 are very proud to announce that they are nominees at the 81st Academy Awards in the category of Best Sound Editing. This amazing achievement comes after months of hard work creating the unique sound of what is Mumbai. The event, which is to take place at the world famous Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, will be attended by Glenn Freemantle &Tom Sayers.

An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig which is a BBC Films production, has been nominated for 3 awards at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival in Salt Lake City, Utah. An Education, which has been described as one of the most well-executed period films of the festival, is looking for success in in the Audience Award, Cinematography Award and the Grand Jury Prize.

British Horror film Eden Lake directed and written by James Watkins is today released on DVD. The acclaimed film, which received the Special Prize Of The Jury at the Sitges Catalonian International Film Festival and was also nominated for 2 British Independent Film Awards, looks set to keep audiences scared throughout 2009.

Danny Boyles Slumdog Millionaire picked up 11 nominations for the upcoming BAFTA awards sponsored by Orange. Sound 24 we're recognized for their work by being nominated in the category of Best Sound. This amazing film has been also nominated in the following: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Leading Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Music, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Production Design.

Sound post continues on 'Invention Of Lying', the latest offering from Ricky Gervais teamed with Matt Robinson. Due to be released at the end of 2009 this project involves creating a delicate and sparse soundtrack without obscuring the comic delivery of this fabulous script.

Starring Robert DeNiro, Kate Beckensale and Drew Barrymore and directed by Kirk Jones (Sound24 created the soundtrack for his very successful 'Nanny MacPhee'), this was always going to be an interesting project. It is a very sensitive film, based very much around Robert DeNiro's portrayal of an elderly father trying to reconnect with his grown up children, and as such requires a beautiful and delicate soundtrack. Then film is due to be mixed at Pinewood Studios in April/May 2009 and to be released at the end of 2009.