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TT: Ericson told us that during
the shoot he would arrive on
location an hour before the crew. A
helicopter would literally drop him
off out in the middle of that frozen
sound. He would just lay flat on his
back on that ice and listen to those
things. So he knew exactly what it
sounded like.
OB: I made the mistake of saying,
"Oh, we recorded these things on
the lake," and he was like, "No, it's
gotta be on the sound!" Meaning it
needs to be a frozen ocean.
TT: This is no lake, that's kid stuff!
[laughs]
Yeah, it was interesting on the
final mix because Mark Isham did
an amazing score, but some of
those pingy things—when you put
music in, you're not really sure if
it's interfering. You don't want to get
in the way of the music, so we held
back those sound effects in favor of
the score.
After a playback, the music
supervisor asked, "What happened
to those cool sounds that were
there? Let's try to push them
through and lower the music." So
we were able to get everything to
play together. I think you just need
to hear a few of them and then your
brain fills in the rest.
Togo takes the lead amongest his fellow dogs. Photos courtesy of Walt Disney Studios
