Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Midge Costin directs. Sandra Chandler behind the camera. Allyson Newman scores. David J. Turner cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 7 years ago.
• 2Directed by Midge Costin, shot by Sandra Chandler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
• 3Original score by Allyson Newman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
• 4Editor David J. Turner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
• 5Walter Murch and Ben Burtt and Gary Rydstrom carry the top of the cast.
• 6IMDB entry: tt3856408 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 7Only 84 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography

Sandra Chandler

Original score

Allyson Newman

Editing

David J. Turner

Sound

Tom Myers

Runtime

95 min · 1h 35m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound (2019) ↗

Rotten Tomatoes

97% 🍅 Fresh

Metacritic

80/100

IMDB rating

7.6/10 · 2,510 votes

MPAA

Unrated

US box office

$53,144

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Trailers & featurettes

Watch the pieces

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Production companies

Who made it

• AI

  Ain't Heard Nothin' Yet Corp.

  US

• GO

  GoodMovies Entertainment

  US

• BU

  Busterfilms

  US

Key crew

• Executive ProducerDavid Green Ahmanson
• Co-ProducerCynthia Costin
• Co-ProducerCaroline Costin
• Assistant EditorAmy Reynolds
• Production ManagerAshley Maria
• Additional PhotographyRick Seigel
• Dialogue EditorChoi Sung-rok
• Production ManagerJill M. Soble
• Production ManagerMatia Karrell
• ResearcherKatie Gately
• Consulting EditorKate Amend
• Co-ProducerThomas J. Costin
• Assistant Sound EditorAnthony De Francesco
• Production ManagerRobin Kincade
• Supervising EditorThomas G. Miller
• Production ManagerChristopher Winterbauer
• Production ManagerMerva Faddoul
• Assistant Sound EditorSarah Shaw
• Digital Intermediate ProducerGreg Lanesey
• ProducerMidge Costin
• ProducerBobette Buster
• Associate ProducerAmy Reynolds
• Executive ProducerJot Turner
• Supervising Sound EditorQianbaihui Yang

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• cinema on cinema
• cinema history
• film history

Release history · US

When it landed

• Premiere2019-04-29· Tribeca Film Festival
• Theatrical2019-10-25

Also known as

International titles

• Ääniaalloilla – elokuvien äänisuunnittelun taideFI
• Robiąc szum, czyli o dźwięku w filmiePL
• Wywołując fale: sztuka dźwięku w filmiePL
• Konsten att skapa ett soundtrack – film, ljud och musikSE
• Making Waves: A Arte do Som CinematográficoPT
• 메이킹 웨이브스: 더 아트 오브 시네마틱 사운드KR