Russell Topal did the sound design, and the sound mix was done at Formosa Group.Дid the pandemic have any effect on how you scored The Ultimate Playlist of Noise? So I felt my job was to help usher the audience through this journey as Marcus is creating this playlist of noise. The sound design was the most important thing because of the story, but within that there was often some score under those elements. This is why he is making this playlist and capturing it for other people to experience once his hearing is gone. The most important thing was some of the sound design elements because as Marcus goes on this journey, itвЂ™s his last hurrah to hear these sounds. I felt that the intention of the score was to support the scenes and the characters. Did you feel that your score was highlighted even more because of this?

The Ultimate Playlist of Noise centers on music. Even though the scene had been cut a couple different ways, that was the hardest because sometimes my score felt a little rom-com-ish, which did not fit the tone of the film. The bowling scene took about 15 revisions. The acting was so strong, so we wanted the actors to have space to do their thing without forcing the music to be overhanded. From there, as the charactersвЂ™ friendship progresses, the music ebbs and flows to mirror and dance with them as they go through that.Д¬an you share a note or two that you got from Bennett and how you addressed those notes?ДЄs I just mentioned, we talked about a less-is-more approach and not being heavy-handed in the delivery we wanted. ThatвЂ™s how synths came into play, to provide some ambience and padding, especially when there were elements of sound design.

Initially everything was composed at the piano, but as my involvement progressed with the film we went with a less-is-more approach. On this project he was very open to musically experimenting with new things and really gave me the freedom to explore.Д¬an you describe the score of the film and how you started the process? Being such a collaborative person, itвЂ™s fun to work with him. What is it about his projects that mesh with your musical sensibilities?Д«ennett has a huge appreciation for music and how music affects, alters and changes scenes and helps them pop and come to life. The Ultimate Playlist of Noise isnвЂ™t your first project with director Bennett Lasseter. We spoke to him about how he got into composing, his work on this film and his process on other projects. Tackling this Hulu filmвЂ™s score was composer Erick Schroder.

The ultimate playlist of noise