![]() When we saw the first cut of the movie, we wanted to get to work right away. Challenging, yes, but we were really excited by the possibilities inherent in the script. Our job is to be the ears of the movie, and the whole process of gathering sounds through recording to then designing those sounds, working with people in our team like the Foley artists, the dialogue editor, ADR editors, re-recording mixers, to basically building the whole track, and working directly with our director John Krasinski to fulfil his vision for the movie.Īs sound designers, what were your initial thoughts of the concept of the first movie, given that the characters can’t make any noise?Į.V: When we first read the script, our first reaction was like, ‘wow, this is a sound designer’s dream’ – just the opportunity to tell so much of the story with sound the importance of sound in the telling of the story was just incredibly exciting to us. ![]() We actually finished the final mix yesterday morning at 7am!Į.A: As the supervising sound editors, we oversee the post production sound department. It turned out to be worth the wait: at the time of writing, the delayed sequel has become the biggest hit at North American box offices since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.Ī Quiet Place Part II follows what’s left of the Abbott family as they are forced to navigate and survive in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by blind monsters with a rather acute sense of hearing.Īfter seeing how much tension can be created by a strategically placed nail in the first movie, I’m keen to hear what Van der Ryn and Aadahl have in store for audiences for round two.Ĭongratulations on wrapping A Quiet Place Part II! What were your roles in this film?Į.V: We're happy to be done with our movie now. Little did anyone know that the film would not end up hitting the big screen until over a year later. At the time of interviewing sound editors Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl in early 2020, A Quiet Place Part II, the sequel to John Krasinski’s 2018 horror hit A Quiet Place, was due to hit cinemas a few months later, and the duo had just finished the movie’s audio mix.
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