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44 FA L L 2 0 2 0 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y The keynote for the second day of Mix Presents Sound for Film & TV featured Larry Blake interviewing Ren Klyce. Ren spoke extensively about the intersection of music and sound. Before he earned Oscar nominations for Sound Design and Mixing for Star Wars Episode VIII - The Last Jedi, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and numerous others, Ren studied music, in particular, musique concrète, which challenged long-held conventions on what, if anything, separates music from mere sound. Ren credits this part of his education as being formative in his approach to sound design: "From a very early age, I was taught that music is sound—that sound is musical. If you open your mind to it being that … they are one and the same." The point was illustrated as Ren recalled a job he did early in his career for Sesame Street in which a girl walks through New York City and hears a variety of sounds as she makes her way home. When she arrives, she conducts a piece of music atop her toy box composed of sounds she heard on her walk. Ren goes on to talk about how moments in the music can act in a manner typically reserved for sound. He articulates the point by talking about a moment when a growly musical element gave voice to a motorcycle in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He also talked about how it's normal to want to feature a sound that you've worked extensively to create. He concluded by sharing that mixing music on the dub stage has been really helpful in keeping a broad perspective on what works best for the film. Recap by Stephen Fitzmaurice CAS Below left: REN KLYCE Sound Designer & Re-recording Mixer Below right: LARRY BLAKE Supervising Sound Editor & Re-recording Mixer EVENT SUMMARY DAY TWO KEYNOTE ADDRESS Ren Klyce: The Music in Sound