Everything you hear on film is a lie

A must-read for all those interested in sound design, Sound-On-Film, contains Vincent Anthony LoBrutto’s interviews with the most respected in film sound. Spanning the entire breadth of the industry, Sound-On-Film features fascinating and articulate interviews with everyone from sound designers like Ben Burtt (Star Wars), to the often overlooked such as production sound mixers, foley artists, and ADR editors.

Sound designer Walter Murch beautifully describes his sound-design process and philosophy in his lecture, "Clear Density - Dense Clarity," and supporting essay ‘Womb Tone.’ Murch strikes a powerful analogy between sound and colour, and examines the art of painting sound into complex textures.

Sonnenschein covers all — from the commercial aspects of film sound such as communicating with directors and producers, to the philosophies and theories that sound designers use to enhance and alter the emotions in a film.

Focusing primarily on the scientific and technical aspects of how sound for film is created, Holman’s book is an all-encompassing work that provides both theoretical info on film sound for the curious reader and practical how-to knowledge for sound professionals.