In cinema, they say, the craft is at its best when it cannot be noticed. Weird, but makes sense. Essentially, filmmaking is ...

Where most artists who create movie sound labor at tasks that can appear fairly obscure and technical, Foley artists look like the ones who have all the fun. They’re clanking pipes, mixing… Where most ...

That was far from the first time the claim spread to millions over social media. In 2024, users shared TikTok (archived) videos (archived) claiming that rain sounds in movies and videos were actually ...

Athens, Greece, May 14, 2025 — Composer and sound designer John Valasis has spent the past two decades working across film, television, and audio post-production. He recently partnered with audio ...

What does decapitation sound like? How about a demon birth? Foley artists explain just how difficult it is to engineer the sounds of horror. Photo: Gabor Kotschy / A24 People often ask Foley artist ...

Without sound design, film would be a bland medium. A character would walk into a room, and you wouldn’t hear footsteps. Crickets wouldn’t chirp on a summer night. The patter of rain in a forest would ...