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36 I M PS E . O R G There were more great stories to be told than can fit on the pages of this article, but I would like to highlight a few of my favorites that will be a part of the upcoming Soundelux library. One of the first recordings Mark did was for the film Honey I Shrunk the Kids. They needed to get recordings of a lawnmower from underneath the mower. At 10:30 p.m. in their front yard, they put a mower on cinder blocks and placed a mic underneath. They recorded idles, revs, then bys (slow, then faster). If the neighbors were watching, they must have thought they were out of their minds as they were running back and forth mowing the same strip of grass over and over at night. For the same film they suited up in full beekeeping wear and recorded swarms of angry bees. For the film Glory the team went out and recorded musket fire. Some of the best recordings from that session were from placing microphones in a ditch and capturing the sound of the bullets whizzing over the mics. For another film Mark once headed out to the desert with Roland Thai to record ricochets and skips off marble and other surfaces along with impacts with turkey carcasses and watermelons with various modern weapons. For the film Born on the Fourth of July, they spent the day at the LAPD Police Academy's gun range near Dodgers Stadium. They were able to fire a variety of weapons. An armorer and Vietnam vet, Dale Dye, was their armorer for the session. They recorded M16s, AK47s and even an M60. By the end of the day, they had gone through thousands of rounds and captured plenty of great recordings. Also for Born on the Fourth of July they went to Will Rogers State Park to record soldier walla. Dale Dye instructed the soldiers running by, screaming, and recorded period-