Watch this 3 minute youtube video of an interview of Ben Burtt who created the some of the 800 sound effects for the Star Wars film, including the sound of the Millenium Falcon’s broken Hyperdrive, which is a composite of the inertia starter of a 1928 biplane, a dentist’s air drill, the motor drive from a tank turrets, and some groaning water pipes.
Creating the sound for the Interstellar movie
The sound for the blockbuster movie Interstellar was recorded using the Dolby Atmos system. If you have a choice, I highly recommend seeing the film in a theatre that has the Atmos sound system. Most of the popular movie sound formats such as THX, DTS, Dolby Digital and now Dolby Atmos play a short jingle before the main movie to highlight the capabilities of their sound system. The jingle for the Dolby Atmos system is no exception, and audiences are amazed by the sound judging by the “wow” ‘s, which has proper surround sound, overhead speakers, and powerful bass notes.
The website Soundworks has a video interview with the sound editors and foley artists that show how they created the amazing sound effects that work brilliantly with the movie.
The movie Gravity won an Oscar for their Atmos mixed sound editing. See another Soundworks video interview about the movie Gravity. I would not be at all surprised if the sound editors for Interstellar win an Oscar.
SoundWorks Collection – The Sound of Interstellar from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.