Director James Mangold and the Sound and Music of A Complete Unknown

December 09, 2024 - 03:45 PM

The director and sound team join us to discuss their work on the new Bob Dylan biopic, “A Complete Unknown,” covering the cast’s extraordinary performances, how they recreated those iconic original recordings, and why it took so long to bring this film to the screen, after being greenlit five years ago.

Joining the conversation incldue James Mangold, Director, Co-Writer, and Producer, Ted Caplan, Supervising Music Editor, Tod Maitland, Sound Mixer, Donald Sylvester, Supervising Sound Editor and Paul Massey, Re-Recording Mixer.

MOVIE STUDIO

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DIRECTOR

James Mangold

Synopsis

At the Newport Folk Festival in 1965, a young Bob Dylan shakes up his act on the folk music scene by going electric and siring rock as the voice of a generation - defining one of the most transformative moments in 20th century music.

Sound Credits

Vinny Alfano ... ADR Recordist

Alex Coleman ... mix stage assistant

Greg Crawford ... adr mixer: Atlanta

Russell Farmarco ... dialogue editor

David Giammarco ... re-recording mixer / sound designer

Samuel R. Green ... senior manager: post production engineering

Skip Longfellow ... first assistant sound editor

Anna MacKenzie ... dialogue editor

Tod A. Maitland ... sound mixer

Paul Massey ... re-recording mixer

Terence C. McCormack Maitland ... Sound Utility / Sound utility

Eric A. Norris ... sound effects editor

Derek Pacuk ... music playback

Erin Michael Rettig ... sound engineering

Kevin Schultz ... Foley mixer

Luke Schwarzweller ... additional re-recording mixer

Donald Sylvester ... supervising sound editor

Jon Title ... sound effects editor

Robert Troy ... dialogue editor

Jerry Yuen ... boom operator

Film Sound Profile