In this exclusive SoundWorks Collection profile we talk with Director Alfonso Cuarón and Re-recording Mixer Skip Lievsay about the sound teams work to create a dramatic sound scape to a dark and vast outer space environment. Academy Award® winners Sandra Bullock (“The Blind Side”) and George Clooney (“Syriana”) star in “Gravity,” a heart-pounding thriller that pulls you into the infinite and unforgiving realm of deep space. The film was directed by Oscar® nominee Alfonso Cuarón (“Children of Men”). Dr. Ryan Stone (Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalski (Clooney) in command. But on a seemingly routine mission, disaster strikes. The shuttle is destroyed, leaving Stone and Kowalski completely alone—tethered to nothing but each other and spiraling out into the blackness. The deafening silence tells them they have lost any link to Earth…and any chance for rescue. As fear turns to panic, every gulp of air eats away at what little oxygen is left. But the only way home may be to go further out into the terrifying expanse of space. “Gravity” was written by Alfonso Cuarón & Jonás Cuarón, and produced by Alfonso Cuarón and David Heyman (the “Harry Potter” films). Chris deFaria, Nikki Penny and Stephen Jones served as executive producers. The behind-the-scenes team includes multiple Oscar®-nominated director of photography Emmanuel Lubezki (“Children of Men,” “The New World”); production designer Andy Nicholson (art director “Alice in Wonderland”); editors Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger (VFX editor “Children of Men”); and costume designer Jany Temime (the “Harry Potter” films). The visual effects were handled by Oscar®-nominated visual effects supervisor Tim Webber (“The Dark Knight”). The music was composed by Steven Price (“Attack the Block”). Locate a theater to experience Gravity in Dolby Atmos at www.dolby.com For more exclusive videos check out www.SoundWorksCollection.com Join the SoundWorks Collection Vimeo Channel: vwww.vimeo.com/channels/soundworkscollection SoundWorks Collection Mailing List: http://bit.ly/15lOelU NOTE: Feel free to re-embed and share this SoundWorks Collection video, but please do not download source video and repost without permission.
Director Alfonso Cuarón's Gravity is the best movie I've seen this year, and one of my favorite aspects of the film was the sound. It was pretty incredible. SoundWorks Collection interviewed the director and Re-recording Mixer Skip Lievsay. They talked about the sound team's work to create "a dramatic sound scape to a dark and vast outer space environment." If you haven't watched Gravity yet, you need to watch it. It will blow you away.