Mind City Terror: Epic short kaiju film! Monster vs Robot.

Mind City Terror has been a long time coming! The Kickstarter began almost 3 years ago and the film has finally had its debut and is finding its way around the indie festival circuit! It was a real thrill to see and hear this epic battle projected in 5.1 surround sound at the Castro Theater in San Francisco last year. I spent a long time designing sounds for the robot and the monster, recording a good deal of new foley and combining it with special SFX packs director Curtis Jaeger had purchased for me to use exclusively on the project. You can follow announcements about the film, read recent reviews (they're positive!) and more at the MCT Facebook Page.

XBOX: Quantum Break Trailer in 5.1 Surround

There wasn't much sound design needed on this epic time-warping trailer for XBOX's new hit Quantum Break, but that's ok because we gave it a killer surround mix! The spot features a cover of Nirvana's Come As You Are, a tune I love and grew up with. We had all the music splits for the cover, so it was easy to fly synth pads around the room, quadruple the guitars and really immerse the listener in the dark moody score. Agency 215 was the creative team behind the piece, and all XBOX spots we do together are mixed in 5.1 for surround playback on the XBOX platform itself, which broadcasts 6-channel audio.

XBOX: Forza Motorsport 5

I didn't get to do the sound design on this fast-paced, dynamic and explosive TV spot, but I did mix it in stereo and 5.1 Surround for HDTV! Working with SF Agency 215, I mixed a :30, :20 and :15 cutdowns for their client Microsoft. I wish I could post the surround mix on YouTube! It's definitely a fun one. Cars are zipping by from all sides, towards you, away from you, across the screen. The race-car sound design was combined with rear-channel reverb for the music and some ambient sound effects. It's nice that this spot had essentially zero voice over! We could just let those explosive sound effects totally dominate and surround the viewer.

Star Wars: The Old Republic (EA)

Working with agency DraftFCB, I mixed this epic video game spot in 5.1 surround and stereo, for US and international broadcast. The YouTube video has already gotten over a million hits! We recorded voice-over from Lance Henriksen, who played Bishop in Aliens in 1986, as well a few of the cast members from the game itself.

DEX: Local Rhythms TV, Stereo and 5.1 Surround

I worked with agency Godfrey Q and Partners on this exciting TV spot in stereo and 5.1 surround. A very busy sound-collage of the very-busy life that Dex supports! The surround version is really immersive, since there is so much happening on the stage, as the viewer is led through the scene, all the other activities pan to the background and sides - definitely a lot of material in the rear speakers!