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M OT I O N P I CTU R E S O U N D E D I TO R S 31 and is currently working at Skywalker Ranch in California. He returned to his homeland to do a talk that covered his long career from sound effects editing on classic films like Bram Stoker's Dracula and Se7en, up to his more recent work on Marvel series. The focus of his talk was that he wanted to be able to help any project with whatever it needed. If a film needed a Foley editor, he could do it. If a documentary needed a supervising sound editor … he could do it. If a high-end commercial needed recordings made of their cars racing around the desert … he could do it. He even oversaw studio builds when needed. He stressed a wide base of knowledge, so whenever someone asked for help, he could jump in and be useful. On the game audio side of things, another MPSE member was front and center. Philip Eriksson did a presentation to a packed house on his work for the game Split Fiction. This game needed a very unique approach to sound, due to its split-screen visual design. Philip was a really engaging speaker as he explained the trials and errors his team went through to land on what finally worked to keep players immersed in the game with sound. A real highlight of Sonic Days was a presentation by Catrine le Dous and Jakob Strandgaard (sound designers) and Jenny Rossander (composer) about the Danish film Det Andet Offer (Second Victims). This intense hospital drama involves complicated sound work, including the challenges of designing sound for an extremely long one-take scene. All three of Catrine, Jakob and Jenny had entertaining and well thoughtout explanations for the daring sound decisions they made making the film, including their close collaboration between the sound and music departments. For people outside of Denmark, search out Det Andet Offer and give it a watch/listen. You won't be disappointed. Personally, I was excited to do a presentation myself in the MPSE- sponsored theatre, about my work called Sound for Children's Animated Series. Having worked on over 800 episodes over the past 20-plus years, I have amassed a lot of knowledge and advice, that I was able to pass on in my session. The audience was really engaged and asked great questions throughout, making it a fun experience for me as well. It is always a wake-up call when people who are now adults grew up watching shows I worked on?! Throughout the conference, MPSE had a table in the atrium for members to ask questions and reach out to MPSE member Philip Eriksson discusses the sound journey on Split Fiction. Photo by Judith A. Bork.