Sound Design Quotes

“We're more like sculptors than composers. We're working with a block of sound.”

“The sound of a film is just as important as the look.”

“Melody is just one parameter. It's not the most important one.”

“My approach to scoring is to find a world of sound that's unique to the film.”

“Sound is 50 percent of the movie-going experience.”

“Dialogue is a great sound effect. It can be a musical sound effect, in its cadence, in its rhythm.”

“I love the idea of creating sounds that no one has ever heard before.”

“I like the idea of taking a sound and stretching it to the point where it becomes a landscape.”

“Sound is 50 percent of the movie.”

“Sound gives a sense of space and a sense of place.”

“What you’re hearing is an illusion. A very carefully contrived illusion.”

“Sound is what truly convinces the audience.”

“My job is to find a way to make the audience see what I want them to see. And sound is the easiest way to do it.”

“For every film, the sound designer needs to create a new language.”

“The real information is not in the sound, but in the silence between the sounds.”