"In space," some marketing genius once said, "no one can hear you scream". Bring the Xenomorph and its associated ecosystem ...

If you use social media, you've probably come across Will Littlejohn's work. Not that you'd know it—as director of sound design at Facebook, Littlejohn does not draw attention to himself. His sonic ...

In the opening scene of Silent Hill, it’s the first time players finally get to hear the notorious siren. This is probably the sound effect that defined the rest of the Silent Hill franchise and is ...

Sound pros explain how they created a wooden boy, a Mars rover, a flooded cave in Thailand and placed the King of Rock ’n’ Roll onstage in Las Vegas. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor The Mars rover ...

The 2024 Tony Awards will be revealed on Sunday, June 16, and one of the esteemed nominees is sound designer Bray Poor, who is nominated with Will Pickens for “Best Sound Design of a Play” for their ...

Jon Richter is a dark fiction writer and connoisseur, who likes his video games as disturbing as possible. For more information about his books, visit www.jon-richter.com. As far back as the ZX ...

As much as a film is intended to be viewed as a whole, inevitably there are performances, scenes, images, special or visual effects and lines that are remembered more than others. This applies to ...

Capcom’s Resident Evil series has often masterfully created tension and scares from the sounds you hear while tiptoeing around ominous environments. While the zombies and monstrosities that walk ...

In The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, the final boss is placed enticingly within your reach from very early on. You can fight him basically as soon as you finish the tutorial regions. But ...