every time I watch one of these my movie watchlist gets longer.

@WildeFyre69

5 жыл бұрын

Heh... I hear what you're saying mate!

@IntheClutch75

2 жыл бұрын

Every. Freaking. Time.

@MrFlashpoint1978

Жыл бұрын

As it should

I'm starting to get the impression that Star Wars remains buried so deep in our collective consciousness mainly for the sound design, rather than characters, plot, logic etc!

@lelanddyer9461

9 жыл бұрын

Eric Ferrier You can test that because I can identify what just about anything is (that has screen time) from those films just from their unique sounds.

@thegooseinator9614

8 жыл бұрын

The sound design and the score. If Star Wars didn't have John Williams' music it wouldn't be half the series it is.

@stubbz8726

8 жыл бұрын

This is why Robocop is one of my all time faves. It has plenty of the 80's violent action and gore, but the SFX and score really make it stand out above similar movies of the time

@FloraWest

7 жыл бұрын

Ben Burtt was The Man.

@miguelpereira9859

6 жыл бұрын

Unpopular opinion: I think Burtt is more brilliant and talented then Williams. John Williams stood on the shoulders of classical composers, Ben Burtt created and entire new process of aproaching sound in film

Meanwhile at Watchmojo... #10. Grudge Gurgling, #9. TRex Roar, #8. Star Trek's Transporter, #7. Tron's Lightcycles, #6. DeLorean, #5. Proton Packs from Ghostbusters, #4. Darth Vader Breathing, #3. Tarzan Scream, #2 Light Saber Sound, #1 Wilhelm Scream.........................

@smokeylonesome4328

6 жыл бұрын

Oh god...

@JZStudiosonline

5 жыл бұрын

That would be top 10 iconic sounds, which all of those are. If by just reading it you can visualize it in your head, and it applies to a large majority of people, I'd say it's pretty iconic.

It's too bad that people often ignore the use of sound in Edgar Wright's movies. He's known for being a meticulous, everything-in-its-place director, but most people just notice the visuals and story being so expertly done (both of which are always amazing). His obsession with details extends to the sound design. Just watch any of the behind-the-scenes features on his films. The best is definitely "Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World", since it is a movie about music and sound. Try putting that movie on after seeing it before, and close your eyes... You will still know every single thing that is happening onscreen. Everything (literally every single moment) has a sound cue, and almost all of them are brilliant and perfect.

@Little1Cave

8 жыл бұрын

When I think of sound in his movies, I think of the running joke in The Worlds End where everybody else gets a nice frothy pint while that one guy just gets water from the tap. It is so damn funny and I think sound plays a HUGE part in making that joke funny. Be sure to check out Every Frame a Painting's video on Wright, he does focus on the more visual comedy but he does devote some time to sound used as comedy as well. Highly recommend it. 8)

@sierra3644

6 жыл бұрын

YES 👏👏👏

@Gregorio416

5 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Scott Pilgrim vs. The World

@noelleobrien7525

5 жыл бұрын

Or how baby driver matches its sound with its soundtrack

@laurahall2710

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I will listen to Edgar Wrights movies better

I would've added Insterstellar in science fiction, the changes between the silence outside the spaceship and the loud noise inside it are chilling. Also the bank heist sequence of Heat is one of the defining points of why it is one of the greatest shootouts of all time.

@CineFix

8 жыл бұрын

+starklombardi Good choices! (We definitely endorse checking these out)!

@ItsRyanUnicomb

8 жыл бұрын

+starklombardi Interstellar is terrible

@jms20211

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Unicomb How is interstellar terrible?

@DogWick

8 жыл бұрын

And the scene in interstellar when part of the ship explodes with a jumpy loud bang followed by complete silence.

@jms20211

8 жыл бұрын

+Shawn Ception That was really well done. Coming from sound engineer perspective thats tough to accomplish.

Saving Private Ryan was the first film I watched after I got my first 5.1 surround sound system and it was truly breathtaking.

@cleofus13

5 жыл бұрын

I did the same! Went out and got the blu ray the same day! Lol

No Country for Old Men: no music, just sound and dialogue Apocalypto: Nature surround sound at best

@Onmysheet

9 жыл бұрын

Just like every Michael Haneke film.

@maniacguitar

8 жыл бұрын

+Sin Kimishima Totally agree wish No Country for Old Men. Foley at its best!

@robertperner7196

4 жыл бұрын

I think No Country for Old Men actually does have some very, VERY faint music in its first "call it" scene. While we're at it, The Birds doesn't have music IIRC. It does have lots of birds chirping, tough.

Brahms in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Brahms?!?!?! BRAHMS???!!!???!!!???!!!???

@MusicalPlayground717

9 жыл бұрын

***** I must disagree. Richard is greater, yes, but Johann has his own kind of deceptively simple perfection.

@freyaeabjrnlund6494

8 жыл бұрын

+Conrad Spoke Apart from the relevant discussion about Strausses ... this list is about sound design - not musical score.

@ConradSpoke

8 жыл бұрын

+Freya Ea Bjørnlund How is a discussion about Strausses relevant, except for my own discussion about Strausses?

@MrMe345

8 жыл бұрын

+Conrad Spoke My precise reaction! :P

@playermartin286

8 жыл бұрын

+Conrad Spoke Thank you very much!

kubrick didnt use brahms in the opening sequence of 2001. thats richard strauss

@prilljazzatlanta5070

8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Headley yes, that is correct

@wierdalien1

7 жыл бұрын

Its all strauss. Blue Daunbe is one of the Johann Strauss' not sure if there is any Brahms.

@123Joack

7 жыл бұрын

Prill Jazz America the danube Waltz ist from Johann Strauß Son

@prilljazzatlanta5070

7 жыл бұрын

there is no brahms. i think theyre thinking about the end of there will be blood which is quite kubrick esque. that utilized the last movement of the brahms violin concerto. you can hear the strauss influence on brahms in many of his works and he reportedly wished he had written the blue danube waltz

@wierdalien1

7 жыл бұрын

Prill Jazz America can you blame him.

Under the Skin has a sound design that is unlike any film I have seen in the last few years. It is absolutely brilliant.

@LucBoeren

8 жыл бұрын

+David Nicholson I was gonna say that! Movie as a whole was alright but the sound design blew me away. Actually come to think of it, it is the only movie that I remember because of the sound better than the picture itself. Those eerie noises easily get stuck in your head.

Not enough people understand the importance of sound in film. It can make or break a movie. Thanks for this list.

Sound design is a really difficult category when it comes to picking the bests, but you guys did a great job of making this list. All of them were very deserving and you really did well explaining why. Great job, CineFix!

In ALIEN, just before Ripley gets into the escape shuttle, we see her intermittently shrouded by thick white steam, lit by rotating yellow emergency lighting and cut through with glaring white strobe lighting. The scene is much more jarringly intense because while MOTHER calmly counts down to detonation in the background she is accompanied by loud hiss of steam and the even louder emergency klaxon blaring its warning. All of this had me on edge the first time I saw it and it was definitely more because of the sound.

How the flying fuck the Oscar was granted to Shakespeare in Love instead of Private Ryan?????

@RosieSquall

9 жыл бұрын

+Bender B. Rodriguez Because fuck logic.

@xiang5814

8 жыл бұрын

The same as how the dark knight wasn't even nominated

@denissweet6639

8 жыл бұрын

Umm, I don't know what you're talking about: Saving Private Ryan won the sound Oscar, not Shakespeare in Love.

@RosieSquall

8 жыл бұрын

Denis Sweet He's referring to the Best Movie Oscar.

@denissweet6639

8 жыл бұрын

Oh, ok. Than he should have been a bit more clear 'cause this video is all about sound design and the film was only discussed here in the context of its sound. Also, I personally liked Shakespeare in Love more than Saving Private Ryan: Private Ryan was great on a technical level (sound, editing, cinematography, directing, all of which it won Oscars for) however I feel that Shakespeare in Love was the better picture overall and was better in other ways (acting, writing, music, costumes, all of which it won Oscars for). It's subjective so different people will disagree over which one was the best picture. Some will think that Private Ryan was and others Shakespeare in Love (although people have since taken delight in bashing Shakespeare in Love since it's win, so a misperception of the film has developed--the film is much better than people give it credit for and almost all films that are relentlessly bashed are much better than people give them credit for). My whole life, I've known that if EVERYONE on the internet is obsessively bashing a film and talking about how lame it is, it's probably not as bad as everyone says it is and if it's an award winning film, it's probably out-and-out good and people are just being whiny brats who can't take the fact that their favourite film didn't win something. How Green Was My Valley, Oliver!, Ordinary People, Forrest Gump, Shakespeare in Love, and Crash are all pretty great films that are only being constantly bashed by fans of Citizen Kane, 2001: A Space Odessey, Ragin Bull, Pulp Fiction and The Shawshank Redemption, Saving Private Ryan, and Brokeback Mountain (some of which, themselves are over-rated). These people might be right in preferring the films that they like but I hate it when they act as if everyone agrees with them (i.e. "how the flying fuck the Oscar was granted to Shakespeare in Love instead of Private Ryan" followed by five question marks). Um, here's my answer: because films are subjective and there are people who disagree with you, you fucking ass!!!!! You like Saving Private Ryan. Great! The internet even seems to agree with you on that point. Congratulations. You like something and the internet seems to validate your preference. Does that mean that everyone in the world agrees with you? No. Does that mean that the majority of people agree with you? Definitely not: the internet is not a statistically solid way of determining how the majority of people feel about something: usually it's just a small bunch of dedicated people spreading their ideas like propaganda all over the place and making it seem like everyone agrees on something when people don't. For every film that "everyone on the internet" agrees is great, I'm sure there's millions who hated it, and for every film that "everyone on the internet" agrees was crap, I'm sure there's millions who loved it. I'm also sure that there are tons of (immature) people who will go on the internet and bash ANY film that wins Best Picture at the Oscars just because it won Best Picture at the Oscars and they want to be hip and contrarian. One last point: Saving Private Ryan wasn't snubbed by the Oscars. It won five Oscars (2 for sound, film editing, cinematography, and one for Best Director for Spielberg). That is not "being snubbed." That is not "being ignored." A film winning "best director" is one of the biggest honours that the Oscars can possibly bestow and people shouldn't be dismissive of that and act as if the Academy hated on it. The Academy showed Saving Private Ryan lots of love that year, ultimately recognizing the film for the specific reasons people liked it so much (the brilliance of the film;s direction and its major technical achievements of sound, cinematography, and editing). If you disagree, fine, disagree. But don't act as if everyone agrees on the whole Shakespeare in Love versus Saving Private Ryan debate, because not everyone does.

Brian De Palma's Blow Out deserved a mention. It's much like "The Conversation", but the way De Palma uses sound to create a narrative line is amazing.

@saltalgilmour9745

4 жыл бұрын

agree!

Blow Out (1981). John Travolta, Nancy Allen, & John Lithgow. A sound recorder for movies is recording sounds in the environment and records evidence of a car accident that he believes is a murder.

i always thought the lightsaber noises in starwars were one of the more creative and memorable moments of sound design

@hugolasvenes1302

5 жыл бұрын

the silent explosion of the episode 2

Best list Cinefix ever done. Perfect reunion of examples, very well done.

"The Fifth Element" - Absolutely eye-opening sound design and brilliant mixing.

"Blowout" is one of De Palma's over looked gems. Wonderful sound design.

I love how your list starts with "THE LIST" at the top, because I actually sound designed a movie called "The List" I am honored to be recognized as one of the best sound designers of all time.

@miguelpereira9859

6 жыл бұрын

snowflakeeel Ayyy

I think Jurassic Park deserves a mention. The dinosaurs sound just as real as they look.

@timkunken4253

4 жыл бұрын

Well, what do Dinosaurs sound like?

@waverider227

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely and no mention of it. It was one of the first with digital surround sound

I did a sound design class at uni and it blew my mind how much sound affects a movie and the work that goes into sound design

This is incredible. Thank you for this one!

Y'know, I really feel sorry for deaf people.

I remember hearing on BBC radio, around the time Saving Private Ryan came out, an interview with a veteran who fought in the D-Day landings. He was quite forthright. He loved the film as a whole, but he specifically mentioned the sound design in the opening sequence being wrong. He said his lasting memory of the battle, fifty years on, was of how distant the farthest gunshots were. You were on your little bit of beach, you could only see so far, but you could hear the vastness of it from the gunshots and explosions as far as a mile down the beach, where similar fighting was taking place. When he saw the film, he said, you only heard what was going on around the characters. I think it stuck with me because it was so fascinating to think he remembered it so well, but also fascinating that film could be such an intricate art that with all their resources and talent, something like that could still leave room for improvement.

Thank you for respecting Wall-E. One of the greatest but most forgotten animated films

I would've added Miracle somewhere on the list. Not in the top spot, but it definitely deserves a nod. Every bit of on-ice sound was done on the sound stage and it's dang good. As a hockey player, I can tell you that they got it really, really, right. I was so impressed with the lengths they went to for the camera angles and shots they got of the action, and then they went and floored me by making all the sounds of play from scratch. Good stuff.

I love your lists because I learn so much

I absolutely love the sound design of Eraserhead, one of my favourite parts of the film.

The sound design of the movie "Berberian Sound Studio" was epic, and uses sound as the main narrative. I'd also give one hell of an honorable mention to Wook-Park Chan's "Stoker", which sound puts your mind in a state of unrest that the picture does not imply in the beginning of the movie, making you anticipate the turn without really understanding how nor why you did. Great work there.

I can't watch movies just for the stories anymore because of you guys! I rewatch a lot of movies. Basically all of them. Often in the same week I saw it for the first time, just to pay more attention to how it was created. I love you guys for doing so.

Great list! I love sound design. I must say that I'm impressed with the levels of diversity on this list. I'm also glad Been Burt's significance wasn't overlooked, and I was quite pleasantly surprised to see Wall e on this list AND AT NUMBER THREE! I definitely believe it earned that position, but I didn't expect to see it here 😀

Might be worth mentioning that Lynch has cited Jacques Tati as an influence for bizarre juxtapositioning of sound and image. See Playtime and M. Hulot's Holiday and you see why...

Some of my favorite films here, especially A Man Escaped and The Conversation. Come and See has some of the most astonishing sound design I ever heard. It's also one of the most intense, harrowing and original pictures ever made.

I love the sound work for Inception. The sound work layers deeper just like the visuals and storytelling.

Really interesting list and one of your best videos in a while. I've seen a few of the films on this list, but not all of them (gravity for example). I'm definitely putting 'The Conversation', 'Eraserhead' and 'A Man Escaped' in my what-to-watch list though, they all look totally engrosing

I would say Inception deserves a place on the list. A true example of well thought out well executed thematic sound design. Blockbuster as well as intellectual.

Even though it was on television, David Lynch's sound design for Twin Peaks: The Return is extremely impressive.

So glad equipment wasn't mentioned. Nothing beats sheer talent. Thanks for the list.

That Star Wars and Wall-E parts got me. Genious!

What an interesting upload. This is a really good selection of movies. - think I will set it as a reference to find all these and watch em. Heh heh heh, GREAT STUFF ! Thanks and Love = )

FANTASTIC list. Wanna also give a shout-out to the wonderful sound direction in Stoker

I like that you gave credit to the sound design of classic and non english speaking films. Great stuff. STILL haven't seen Das Boot but will see it now since I have a really good home cinema system :)

As an aspiring Sound Designer I completely worship the majesty of Ben Burtt, I actually did half of my thesis on the awesomeness of this dude! My lecturer gave me almost %100 because he too is a massive fan of this guy haha

@miguelpereira9859

6 жыл бұрын

How do you even become a sound designer??

WELL DONE!

Great pick for #1. Unexpected and totally correct.

@headrockbeats

8 жыл бұрын

***** You must be mistaken, good sir, because _I_ killed the Ghost Pirate LeChuck. You must be thinking of some other ghost pirate. Nice coat, by the way.

Great list!

I was going to recommend Dunkirk for number 10, but then I saw that the video is from 2014. Your work is awesome guys it inspires me every time thank you!

Great, great list. The Conversation and Eraserhead are very deserving.

Ah, glad to see you included Stalker. Big brain film, big brain sound design.

Jurassic Park was extremely innovative too. The sound of dinosaurs we take for granted in movies today started and are still at their best in the original Jurassic park. I wish it had at least gotten a notable category or had a notable mention.

as a german i love how you say ''das boot'' :D great channel and list btw

Gravity also creates such a emersive sound track with its music seeming very diagetic, it all fits in to the scene so well

Great List and good choice for the top spot. Would have liked "Das Leben der Anderen" as honorable mention in relation to "The Conversation".

Aliens !!! Also left out: Blow Out. This is a great idea for a video, btw

Predator is one of the finest examples of sound design. From the jungle environment, weapons, the POV of the title character and the eventual combination that creates a character within itself.

@fortyfour1654

7 жыл бұрын

ash street ...turn around, turn around ..over here, over here anytime

You should have done a category for movie monsters. There are so many creatures that had to be brought to life through sound and are instantly recognizable through just their sounds. Some of my favorites include toothless, E.T, the xenomorph, the raptors and Trex from Jurassic Park, and of course, Godzilla’s roar. It’s amazing how these creatures were brought to life and made to feel organic and real.

I love that Ben Burtt received an acting credit for Wall-E's voice. Richly deserved.

Thanks for the Christmas present

No country for old men. Loved the emphasis on sound.

I loved the combination of sound and image in Requiem for a dream

Glad to see The Conversation on this list.

Amazing list for having put Tarkovsky, Bresson and Lynch (especially Eraserhead). Their films are masterpieces of sound (and everything else, of course).

What about Ran? That first battle scene with complete silence only to classic music is a true masterwork of film and sound. Ran is a masterpiece.

The most recent use of sound instead of sound in the background is Interstellar.

@blakekneippfilms

9 жыл бұрын

Carlos Santana yes

@connogorman9032

7 жыл бұрын

Carlos Santana But it's done exactly like 2001 so it doesn't really deserve to be on the list.

@the_crypter

6 жыл бұрын

Conn O'Gorman that's bullshit

@miguelpereira9859

6 жыл бұрын

The Crypter What does Interstellar do that 2001 didn't?

@the_crypter

6 жыл бұрын

Miguel Pereira a lot of things....like whenever there is a space shot in Interstellar, there is no sound and sound doesn't travel in air.....the amazing Soundtracks, 2001 just had like 1 major soundtrack (which was amazing though) , the plot of Interstellar was much better IMO, the Acting in Interstellar was better, the visuals were amazing in both but 2001 had very few such amazing visual scenes(ending,10 minutes colour sequence), but in Interstellar, there were lot of such moments (docking,waves,blackhole) I love 2001 and respect it as a classic given that its more than 50 years old, but overall i like interstellar better........

What about Rear Window? The sound is incredible. The whole movie is in one location, yet creates totally different models moods and atmosphere from bustling daytime to the scenes in long hot nights and rainstorms... And the footsteps at the end!

Have you guys not done a top 10 movie scores video? Cuz ya should!

Thanks for Stalker. Didn't expect at all.

In addition to your video Stalker (1979) Director: Andrei Tarkovsky Sound design: Vladimir Sharun

Excellent work. We agree on top 1 by all means. It might need an extended 12" version with Mad Max Fury Road in the top 5 though....cheers.

My favorite sound design is in Oblivion with Tom Cruise. Those Drones are so cool

I wonder if Baby Driver would make this list today. The gunfight scene to the tune of Tequila was amazing

Just what I needed

wanted has one of the best sound designs in any movie i've ever heard, and inception's use of repetitive sounds aside the repeated audio cues is one of the best ways it uses it's dream setup.

I think you missed "The Exorcist." That had a highly unusual, innovative soundscape that contributed significantly to the impact of the film.

Elephant Man is the best example of sound design EVER, just how they used the subtlties of sound to set the mood and match the era, this was the most remarkable sound design I've ever witnessed that worked in conjunction with the storytelling.

Looking at this video two years later, I would add Arrival to this list. Amazing sound design on that.

Agree with you about #1, I'd have tried to work The Haunting (Wise, 1963) in there too somewhere too.

In university I wrote an essay on the music in Wall-E and I was floored just how intricate it was when I was making it. Its like a Sondheim musical of bleeps and bloops that are all related motifically with whatever's happening on the screen.

Would love to see a similar list about the best uses of popular music as a soundtrack for the action. I'm thinking of things like the use of Free Bird in Kingsman. (Not advocating that that make the list, it's just an example.)

One film that is not well-regarded but has very vivid sound design is Ridley Scott's "Legend."

Firstly, I'm really glad this list is a thing, because I have actually gotten a lot of weird looks from friends when I gush about great sound design in film. This is a great list, and I think I might have a few different choices, but I most definitely agree with your reasons for including these. Secondly, in German, two O's just sound like an extended O. So in the case of Das Boot, the word "boot" is pronounced more like its English translation "boat" rather than the footwear "boot."

Wow! I teach audio and I also agree that The Conversation is the best sound designed film of all time - and one of the best films of all time. Thanks for backing me up.

Totally agree with #1. Think you could've done some service to movies like Suspiria, but its a solid list

I feel like one of the best animated movies to use sound is Inside Out, which obviously isn't on the list because of it's release date, but it creates an entire world that utilizes new sounds for everything, and does a fantastic job of it.

You could have mentioned Brian De Palma's Blow Out as a worthy cousin to The Conversation Also, the sound work on Amadeus is worth mentioning

I'm so glad one of David Lynch's films made the list. Too bad this was made before "A Quiet Place," I'd think that would deserve at least an honorable mention

I would have mentioned "Atonement" on this list. Starting with the opening scene: the typewriter on the background in sync with the dialogue and movement of the camera; then of course you have the scene at the beach, which walks us through the different things that are going on by focusing the main track of the sound mix on a specific dialogue, song, scream, etc.

Andre Tchaikovsky. You guys crack me up! Thanks for the chuckle...

Hell yeah, The Conversation. One of the best movies I've ever seen, but one that's often (sort of) overlooked because of Coppola's other 70's films.

When it comes to sound design, a personal favorite is Interstella 5555. What's interesting about it is that the movie is basically a 65-minute music video for Daft Punk's Discovery album. There is literally no dialogue, and very little sound effects added. The sound design was essentially done in reverse, with each sequence being animated to match its respective song perfectly, and they all come together to form a cohesive narrative. It actually made me cry.

Gravity is one film that uses music score so effectively, especially when everything starts getting smashed to pieces. There's the vibrations, which, along with breathing and the sound coming over the mics, this gets so brilliantly complimented with that "buzzsaw" sounding score. Like a shinny new saw meeting a razor blade. But that moment when Sandra's character is speaking with the Inuit gentleman back in the world. Neither have any idea what the other is saying but it's still a beautiful conversation. I'm sure his mind would have been blown if he knew that the lady on the other end is 250 miles above and about to be part of an international incident where the sky is filled with space junk burning across the sky.. day and night.

I would add the original King Kong the crescendo of Kong's entrance the roars the hisses the blending of the soundtrack with the effects not to mention the fact that it was one of the first original scores in film I think it deserves a spot these lists are always good though thought-provoking and well thought-out thank you

wow... this helped me a lot in my videos.

Those was all really good. Though one of my favorites, more for lack of general sound. Was the 1997 remake of 12 Angry Men.

French Connection I like for a very different reason. The sound of that film is very guerrilla style real world, in the sense that whatever sound was caught on set was left as is.

Skywalker Sound is my favorite sound companies of all time.

I love sound designs as well as visuals.

You missed: Sergio Leone's "Once upon a Time in the West"