SOUND DESIGN EXERCISES

Here is a selection of sound design exercises from my time at SCAD. As these are portions of other films, I do not own the rights to the images below, and I am not profiting from their use.

SFX Re-design (Final Destination 2)

This is part of a sound effect re-design assignment I did for a Sound Editing class. All of the sounds in this clip were replaced by me, either taken from a library, or recorded.

Foley Re-design (No Country For Old Men)

This was an assignment for my Foley class, in which we had to record new Foley cues for one of many amazing scenes from "No Country For Old Men." This clip was really fun because it took a lot of detailed, subtle Foley, which is challenging, but great. The thumbnail for this one sometimes looks weird, but there is a video here. Again, and as with all of these exercises, excluding the few bits of the Elysium Soundtrack, all sounds were recorded and edited by myself only.

Temp Track Exercise (Ruin)

This is a temp track exercise that I did for the great short animation, "Ruin." It's a combination of original compositions and pieces of the Elysium Motion Picture Soundtrack.

Foley Re-design (Wire Cutters)

This is an experiment that I tried for my Foley class, in which I performed the Foley for a portion of this great animation. I acted out the movements with the help of a couple of drills, razors, an electric can opener, and a light theremin. Various other metal and glass objects were also used for the more tactile sounds.

Exercise Reel - Abridged

Here is a compilation of parts of some of my favorite assignments from my time at SCAD. Once again, these were chosen as examples of the variety of projects that I've enjoyed working on. They are all sound re-designs, essentially, including among others, a couple of Foley re-designs and an original aleatoric synth music score for a video game cut-scene.

SONGS AND MUSICAL EXPERIMENTS

Here are some shortened edits of a few songs of my own, most of which are experiments in musique concrete and atmospheric soundscapes. "Tacenda" is a pretty straight-forward industrial/electronica song. The piece entitled "election night" was made out of some hydrophone recordings of me banging on a pot sitting on the grate in my oven. "printer_" is similarly a piece that I made using some recordings of my somewhat-cheap inkjet printer. "VacSerDust" is a slowly evolving, synth-driven soundscape, originally almost 11:00 long.
To hear the full versions, please visit my SoundCloud page.

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