For SHOOT’s summer top 10 music and sound design chart, reels were everywhere. Despite the ongoing actors’ strike against the advertising industry, there were plenty of original tracks to choose from. Below is a look at how the top three chart-toppers were created. Lipton Brisk’s "Jailhouse Rock" involved vocals from a diverse group of performers. Volkswagen’s "Passing" featured the electronica sounds of Ben Neill who, in addition to spot work, has several albums to his credit, including Torchtower and Goldbug. Finally, "Floating Friend" for Rice Krispies Treat Bars features an interesting use besides nourishment for the cereal bar. The ad uses a ’70s R&B tune to illustrate a love story doomed by decapitation.
You couldn’t miss Sean Baker at this past Sunday’s Oscar ceremony where he won for Best Picture, Directing, Original Screenplay and Editing on the strength of Anora. However, earlier that weekend he was in transit from the Cesar Awards in Paris and thus couldn’t attend the American Cinema Editors (ACE) 25th annual panel of Academy Award-nominated film editors held at the Regal LA Live Auditorium on Saturday (3/1) in Los Angeles.
While the eventual Oscar winner in the editing category was missed by those who turned out for the ACE “Invisible Art, Visible Artists” session, three of Baker’s fellow nominees were on hand--Dávid Jancsó, HSE for The Brutalist; Nick Emerson for Conclave; and Myron Kerstein, ACE for Wicked. Additionally, Juliette Welfling, who couldn’t appear in person due to the Cesar Awards, was present via an earlier recorded video interview to discuss her work on Emilia Pérez. The interview was conducted by ACE president and editor Sabrina Plisco, ACE who also moderated the live panel discussion.
Kerstein said that he was the beneficiary of brilliant and generous collaborators, citing, among others, director Jon M. Chu, cinematographer Alice Brooks, and visual effects supervisor Pablo Helman. The editor added it always helps to have stellar acting performances, noting that hearing Cynthia Erivo, for example, sing live was a revelation.
Kerstein recalled meeting Chu some eight years ago on a “blind Skype date” and it was an instant “bromance”--which began on Crazy Rich Asians, and then continued on such projects as the streaming series Home Before Dark and the feature In The Heights. Kerstein observed that Chu is expert in providing collaborators with... Read More
