Wow, it’s already been another year?
We’ve been fortunate to ride the waves of this industry for 9 years now (!), and this one was full of growth, transitions, expansions and new adventures!
We recently opened the doors to our new location on the Fox Studio Lot, located near West LA. Building out this brand new mix stage came with some unique challenges, but our lead engineer Rob Marshall rose to the occasion and we’re quite please with the results. It’s located in a historic room that’s 37 feet long and over 12 feet high. In addition to having this nice new stage, we’re excited to be closer to our clients on the west side of LA such as game studios and ad agencies to better serve them going forward.
This summer we built our first ever convention booth experience for MGS Con, which demanded everything from non-digital hardware to social media posting. As a lifelong Metal Gear fan, this was a true labor of love. Seeing the look on fans faces after being able to step into the shoes of their favorite characters as a voice actor was priceless. The voice actor who played Fortune in MGS2, Maura Gale, even came in to re-voice her own character’s lines!
We had a number of films premiere at prestigious film festivals in 2024, including “Color Book” and “Nuked” at the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as “My Dead Friend Zoe” and “The World According to Allee Willis” at SXSW. We had great experiences collaborating with all of the brilliant filmmakers on these films, and it was breathtaking to experience them with audiences at both festivals for their world premieres.
We’ve also enjoyed working on a number of game trailers this year, both on sound as well as music. Some of our trailer work this year included sound work on Fortnite, Apex Legends and Dragon Age campaigns, and we licensed music tracks for Amazon’s New World, Skydance’s Behemoth and WB Multiversus trailers.
On a personal note, I was elected to be the new Vice President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors this year. It was quite the high honor and something that I don’t take lightly. In this new position, I have aimed to better serve our global sound community, and hope to connect with and inspire others along the way too.
In my growing role at the MPSE, I’ve been deeply fortunate to interview some of my heroes, including Academy Award Winners Dane Davis, Mark Mangini, and prestigious leaders in our community such as Ren Klyce, Scott Gershin and more. Hearing their stories about how the soundscapes of legendary films like The Matrix, The Fifth Element and Fight Club came to life has been endlessly fascinating. For non-MPSE members, I’ve provided links to some of these interviews on the Transported Audio website under “Inspiration.”
Thank you to all of our incredible collaborators, both new and old. The future is bright, and we are excited to see what 2025 has in store for us and the industry at large!
- Eric