Inception - Sound for film profile

Creating the sounds of dreams featuring supervising sound editor and sound designer Richard King, Re-recording Mixer Lora Hirschberg, and Re-recording mixer Gary Rizzo.

Movie Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures

Directed by:
Christopher Nolan

Original Music by:
Hans Zimmer
Johnny Mars

Sound Department:Christopher Atkinson .... boom operator
Chris Atkinson .... boom operator
Michael Babcock .... additional sound re-recording mixer
Paul Berolzheimer .... sound effects editor
Graham Colwell .... additional adr recordist
Christopher Flick
Lora Hirschberg ....
.... foley supervisor
sound re-recording mixer
R.J. Kizer
Richard King ....
.... supervising adr editor
Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Markiw .... sound utility
Michael W. Mitchell .... sound effects editor
Alyson Dee Moore .... foley artist
Sterling Moore .... utility sound technician
William Munroe .... scuba sound technician
Steve Nelson .... sound mixer: Tokyo
Ed Novick .... sound mixer
Brian Power .... additional adr supervisor
David Raymond .... sound utility
Gary Rizzo .... sound re-recording mixer
Brian Robinson .... boom operator
John Roesch .... foley artist
Bruce Tanis .... foley editor
Bryan O. Watkins .... sound effects editor
Hugo Weng .... dialogue editor
Nourdine Zaoui .... sound



Movie Synopsis:
Dom Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) is a skilled thief, the best in the dangerous art of extraction: stealing valuable secrets from deep within the subconscious during the dream state when the mind is at its most vulnerable. Cobb's rare ability has made him a coveted player in this treacherous new world of corporate espionage, but it has also made him an international fugitive and cost him everything he has ever loved. Now Cobb is being offered a chance at redemption. One last job could give him his life back but only if he can accomplish the impossible--inception. Instead of the perfect heist, Cobb and his team of specialists have to pull off the reverse; their task is not to steal an idea but to plant one. If they succeed, it could be the perfect crime.

But no amount of careful planning or expertise can prepare the team for the dangerous enemy that seems to predict their every move. An enemy that only Cobb could have seen coming.

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[KiddieKhem]

What an incredible job, Dream job for a dream movie..

[springmaze]

@iNNERFiREHardBase They used 7 Pro Tools rigs and over 1000 separate tracks for dialogue, music, and sound effects. So yes, there are many, many, many layers to the sound.

[TeDubbs]

@EmpireLS56KW so you would rather hear foley and footsteps than an incredible score that helps tell the story?

[EmpireLS56KW]

For a large most part of this nearly all the excitement was drowned out by Twat Zimmer score! It killed a lot of the softer sounds and Foley footsteps it was a total mess listening to this on bluray a total FAIL! The Matrix which got best sound/effects editing is still by far the best of its kind and Inception is just a lousy sound mix from start to end! 

Inception was waste of my listening time

[disarraygun]

@Dllshockk Overrated, yeah. Confusing...well, I didn't think so. But yeah...it doesn't sit well after a day, and the climax is a boring James Bond snow chase.

[gardrek]

They worked really hard on the sound design for this movie and all anyone remembers is BWONG.

[TheCeembee]

@PSNDonutDude well it depends... as u could hear in the video, they said they used about 90% of set recorded dialogue. ADR is something to be avoided in terms of acting, time and money... added stuff is mostly foley, fx ambiences

[morfcode]

@sommersound By score, I am referring to the notes on the staves Zimmer wrote and recorded specifically for the film.

[sommersound]

@morfcode Really? How exactly is Hans Zimmer's score...how did you put it...totally lame? I understand that music is subjective, and that you are entitled to your own opinion, but Zimmer's use of Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien" as "inspiration" to tie together a motivic element to a storytelling device is, in my opinion, quite brilliant.

[Dllshockk]

most overrated movie I have ever watched. Confusing people within the first 5 minutes isnt the best idea.

[PSNDonutDude]

Many people don't understand that most sounds are added in, in post-production. The boom is there just so, they know what the person is saying for later recording.