In Venom: The Last Dance, Tom Hardy returns as Venom, one of Marvel’s greatest and most complex characters, for the final film in the trilogy. Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Venom and Eddie’s last dance. Post-production sound was centered at Sony Picture in Culver City with sound editorial led by Supervising Sound Editors Andrew DeCristofaro and Darren 'Sunny' Warkentin. Final mixing was performed by Re-Recording Mixers Kevin O’Connell and Tony Lamberti in the studio’s 334-seat Cary Grant Theater. The soundtrack incorporates many of the sonic elements that made the first two films in the series so much fun while ratcheting things up several notches for the thrilling finale. “The sound teams for the earlier films did an incredible job at bringing the world of Venom to life,” says Warkentin. “We wanted to be true to that so that the characters feel like they are part of that same world. At the same time, we introduce many new characters and story points that were both highly entertaining and challenging to create.” Those new elements include the film’s diverse cast of alien creatures known as symbiotes. “We had a purple symbiote with electrical powers, a green symbiote with spidery tentacles, and a symbiote with lava running through its body,” notes DeCristofaro. “Each one needed individualized sound matching their personalities and physical characteristics. Their voices and body movements had to be instantly recognizable as some appear only briefly during the climax amid intense action.” Vocalizations for symbiotes with dialogue were created by manipulating and augmenting the... Read More