Brian Lyster

Sound For Vision: Creating The Sound of “Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate!”

// February 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

WARNING: MINOR SPOILER’S AHEAD!

I’m going to take you through the process of sound design from the beginning to the end of a film project.  Audio can often be one of the most overlooked component on a show and if done poorly really can hamper the viewing experience.   The elements of sound for film is captured throughout the production of a show: from recording the actors dialog and any type of on set ambience that might be used later to post-production: fixing and re-recording dialog (if needed), adding sound effects (also referred to as Foley) and creating the music (The score) before delivering a final “mix” containing all of these elements for the audience to experience.

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Sound For Vision: The Music of After Judgment Part 2

// February 11th, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD! I’m going to continue with the various themes and cues that make up the soundtrack of After Judgment Season 1

The first piece is one of my personal favorites.  It appears it Episode 9: I Bleed For you when Michelle (Taryn O’Neil) and Mrs. Reynolds (Kristin Huff) get into a disagreement of sorts. With this scene I wanted to convey a very primal instinct and reaction.  I was very influenced by the likes of Jerry Goldsmith, Leonard Rosenman and Lalo Scifrin from the heavy raw percussion scores a la Planet of the Apes.

Sound for Vision: The Music of After Judgment Part 1

// January 22nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD!:   As some of you might already know, I compose the music for the Web Series “After Judgment”, it’s sister companion series “Before Judgment” and most recently the sci-fi comedy “Hurtling Through Space at an Alarming Rate” On the flip side, I also work on Film/TV/New Media projects as a location sound mixer, sound designer, dialog editor, foley artist and mixer.  The title of this blog: “Sound for Vision” will reflect on these different areas of audio from time to time.

That being said, I thought I’d start the inaugural blog off with my involvement as the music composer for “After Judgment”

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Before Judgment Episode 12: The Stranger Part 2

// January 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

Tim Halling is back as The Stranger!  Find out more about this mysterious character’s dark past and his knowledge of the approaching apocalypse.

The Music of After Judgment

// January 14th, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

For your listening pleasure, A selection of cues from Season 1 of “After Judgment”

After Judgment makes the Best of Clicker 2009 list!

// January 9th, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

After Judgment made Clicker’s “best of 2009″ list in the Original Web Drama category. Check out the full list of nominees and winners here

After Judgment’s “Attend the Streamys with us!” Contest.

// January 6th, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

There are nine more days left to vote for Streamy nominations and we want you the fans to help us get recognized again this year. To get a nomination we need you, our fans to vote and since we value your time, we are sweetening the deal.

We are launching our official “After Judgment Streamy Contest” that gives you the opportunity to win a ticket to attend the 2010 Streamy Awards event with the cast and crew in LA. www.streamys.org
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Before Judgment Episode 11: Lisa

// January 2nd, 2010 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects

Lisa is back…more footage of the saavy newsreporter covering the events surrounding ‘The Day’ has been unearthed, restored and is now available to view HERE

The 2010 Streamy Awards are coming!

// December 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // Projects // Projects