Tarsem Singh's "Immortals" is the first motion
picture mixed in IOSONO’s 3D audio format. Its striking visuals are
complemented by an amazing sound experience. Moviegoers will hear and
feel the difference as the 3D audio mix adds a whole new dimension to
the movie experience.
Creating the IOSONO version was
completed within 5 days at Wildfire Post Production Studios in Los
Angeles with veteran re-recording engineers, Leslie Shatz and Brian
Slack. Wildfire is well known for its high quality feature film mixes
and has done sound post production for movies like Juno, Twilight or Watchmen.
The IOSONO mix of Immortals included the setup of a custom portable
speaker system, an IOSONO Spatial Audio Workstation, and some training
for Leslie and the support staff at Wildfire.
“Everyone at Wildfire was really excited by the sonic results and how
easy mixing decisions were to make,” Leslie Shatz states. “Integration
into the North Stage was fast and simple especially using the new
Harrison MPC4-D console with its 32 channel bus structure.”
Olaf
Stepputat, CEO of IOSONO was present during the mixing process and
remarks: “The movie sounds incredible and we’re proud that IOSONO
realized the first Hollywood movie in 3D audio, as the sound adds so
much to the movie experience.”
Using the set of five 8-track stems
as the source audio with some careful editing on the stage along with a
few isolated source elements provided enough separation of the audio
events to create the fantastic “object-based” mix that will be rendered
real-time by the IOSONO processor installed in cinemas.
IOSONO and Wildfire were supported enthusiastically by Relativity
Media, the film's director, Tarsem Singh, and by Harrison Consoles.
“Immortals”, an adventurous movie playing in ancient Greece, opens
November 11th everywhere.
One of the places where people will be able to experience "Immortals"
in IOSONO's 3D sound mix are different cinemas in Korea operated by
the biggest ciname chain of the country, CJ CGV. "Immortals" will be
the first film to adopt the new CGV 3D sound system. Moviegoers in CJ
CGV's cinemas equipped with IOSONO's 3D sound system will not only see,
but feel the movie and all of its stunning effects, like Poseidon
falling into the sea or the war scenes between the gods.
About IOSONO 3D Cinema Sound
Since the invention of cinema sound reproduction systems have been
basically the same – the only thing that has changed over the years were
the number of speakers. The unique IOSONO approach to reproduction
effectively removes the speakers from the equation, reproducing
individual sounds not just around the listener, but inside the room,
outside the room and overhead in any direction, placing sounds
accurately in a 3-dimensional space and making absolutely every seat a
sweet spot.
IOSONO’s audio processor adapts the audio to fit any theater
configuration regardless of size or proportions, no matter the size of
the screen, for every audience member. Listeners will be totally
immersed and engulfed in a natural 3D sound field. With IOSONO’s 3D
visitors will enjoy a movie going experience that will make all other
presentations seem old-fashioned. IOSONO’s 3D sound systems reproduce
stunning sound from IOSONO format mixes from a DCP server and also live
streamed events. Fantastic reproduction from any format is guaranteed
with IOSONO’s audio processor IPC 100. With IOSONO all audio formats are
not compatible – they are perfect.
IMMORTALS movie footage courtesy of Relativity Media
