Creating the Sound of Blade Runner 2049

BAFTA & Oscar nominees Ron Bartlett and Mark Mangini discuss how they came to create the futuristic sounds in Blade Runner 2049.
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[@arjun230190]

For me, Blade runner is the best movie of 2017. Dennis did it justice.

[@kpdelaney6460]

Yes; "Good time" is also so good from that year. That was a great year for film and games (botw was released 2017)

[@JacobPatrick1]

The sound in Blade Runner was PHENOMENAL! It's great to hear the dynamic/relationship they want with a director.

[@JhonCharlieDewitt]

I hope this sound team works with Denis again in DUNE!!

[@BenMoranFilms]

Just so you know, they are indeed working on Dune.

[@JoeyM10]

They did

[@andgate2000]

The car cannon and the guns👍 I like all the ring tones and alert sounds in the movie as well.

[@jimsim3]

these guys did such a great job, this will also be another classic

[@Warnerchild]

Thanks for making the JUN JUN sound for the car cannon in the sea wall car chase - i also love the engine flyover sound at the very start of the film - i miss them everytime i listen to zimmers score

[@FabioFalzarano]

such an informative piece of talk as a director's perspective

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

I wish they would explain how they made the sound of the microscope during the ossuary examination scene.

[@steadytube]

Dude on the right looks thrilled to be there

[@hexerei02021]

Best fkin sound design i have ever heard in a movie.

[@mrmethods]

Such awesome videos thanks a lot for these. Loved 2049 so damn much

[@maria_casuscelli]

Awsome. I came here looking for answers cause I was really impressed by the sound design. Great work.

[@phillipelois]

This is gold, thank you.

[@nigelcarren]

So the Peugeot in the Movie is actually a Honda! As an Englishman in France, I cannot wait to tell my French neighbour this news... over and over again! 😂 Great work Gentleman, I watched this movie at the weekend and I am happy to confirm it is an analogue masterpiece. BRAVO 🏆

[@TheVengalayakshraaj]

and Peugeot sued the studio for that

[@chefhawk]

Very cool and interesting. Nice to hear the details from the horses mouth.

[@wizewizard1840]

horse's

[@chefhawk]

@@wizewizard1840 “Your powers are weak, old man.”

[@jedgould5531]

No created sound at all. You forgot to include the sounds they were talking about. Like listening to a director of photography talk about their work and not showing it. Confused about sound “informing” the edit, although with the story about the showroom, it began to make sense. Was that the only instance of sound influencing the film editing? Musical ability affecting a scene’s ambience, how? Interesting that well into the process, they ‘suddenly’ find out they shouldn’t use original Blade Runner sounds. I wonder if the person on the other end of the phone was making a creative choice instead of a legal one.

[@liamtaggart57]

It made the hair on the back of my neck stand. It was perfect. It made the movie so dark and futuristic 🇮🇪❤️

[@Hot18Shot]

The gun sounds are just so f'n cool.

[@quequotion6862]

A lot of other people have probably asked about this but I am really curious about the huge, revving bullhorn sound in the city--not how the effect was produced--but what makes that sound in the story. I imagined some massive engine of power, pollution, and wealth disparity. The noise represents the elephants in the room of this society--the devastation of the earth, the few who have dictating the lives of the many who have not (replicant and impoverished human alike), the complete triumph of consumerism; it's ugly, offensive, loud, and no one even notices anymore. Is it a power plant? Some kind of construction machinery? A mass transit system?

[@finnfeaver1196]

Love bladerunner 2049 better than the origianl a true moisterpoice

[@PkKingSlaya]

Beautiful storytelling.

[@gchesterton]

My favorite movie and it would not be the same without the sound.

[@ItsMeCrofty]

So many parallells with our approach in game dev audio

[@rao420]

If I already didn't have depression, blade runner 2049 would have give it to me

[@MikeKleinsteuber]

What ? Not a single example of the sounds they were talking about. What a badly missed opportunity...

[@DavidChristieCareerCafe]

What was with the bees anyway?

[@yokoreia]

Stop the madness, no more Alien and Blade Crawler craps

[@MidnightRambler]

it was shyte

[@evanescapades2513]

Such a sad mechanical soul-less score.... REALLY BAD!!!!!!!

[@evanescapades2513]

Annoying sounds for an even more annoying movie. 🤮 worst experience ever

[@evanescapades2513]

Such a shame the story 2049 is shit

[@Slarti]

A complete fail on the sound front as far as I am concerned. Some parts are so quiet you can barely hear anything, then the volume is deafening. Absolutely awful and unforgivable load of trash!

[@justinroberts7291]

ohhhhhhhh shut up.

[@Slarti]

@@justinroberts7291 sorry you'll need to speak up.

[@Technique-kj2bp]

Someone's jealous they can't sound design good enough for a major motion picture. And your complaint about quiet parts & loud parts? It's called dynamics. For someone so critical you would think you would understand this concept.

[@Slarti]

@@Technique-kj2bp dynamics goes well beyond just pianississimo and fortississimo, unless you have the subtlety of a knuckle dragging neanderthal.

[@Technique-kj2bp]

If you're trying to be a smartass using those terms to describe loud and quiet then your criticism is still unfounded. The film has various volume levels that range between the quietest part and the loudest part. You're just inventing things to critique that don't exist.