Brian Lyster

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

// February 25th, 2010 // No Comments » // HTSAAAR, 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 » // After Judgment, 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 » // After Judgment, 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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