52 I M PS E . O R G
BY PAULETTE LIFTON MPSE
The Sonic
Soul of Sound
From
Animation
to Silence
PAULETTE LIFTON MPSE: It was so
interesting to look at what you have
done in your career, and you've been
doing this a long time for someone
so young.
ERIK AADAHL: Yeah time flies. It
doesn't feel like as long as it actually
has been.
PL: When did you start, like 20 years
ago?
EA: Yes, I graduated from film school
in 1998. I started as an assistant
dialogue editor on a television show,
NYPD Blue. And then a year later, I
started effects editing. And then I
did the very first season of Family
Guy, and the very first season of
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
I did TV for a few years, and then
A conversation with Supervising
Sound Editor Erik Aadahl
There is a lot to learn about the simplicity of
the poetry of sound from Erik Aadahl. With
multiple award wins and nominations overall,
and including winning the 66th Annual
MPSE Golden Reel Award for Outstanding
Achievement in Sound Editing - Sound Effects
and Foley for Feature Film for A Quiet Place,
Erik shares with us his stories about the "sonic
soul" of Kung Fu Panda, the "Oreo-eating bear"
of Everest and my personal favorites, the "digital
silence" of A Quiet Place and A Quiet Place
Part II.
