Mark Mangini is one of the most prolific sound designers of all time. He’s been credited on over 150 films, including Indiana Jones, Star Trek, Aladdin, Space Jam, The Green Mile, Anchorman, Mad Max: Fury Road, Dune, and tons more. In this episode, Mark joins us to count down six of our favorite sonic moments from his career, and reveals the secrets behind how these iconic sounds were made. This episode was made in partnership with Pro Sound Effects. Share your sound stories with us! Record a message at hi.20k.org or email us your recording at hi@20k.org. Follow Dallas on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn. Watch our video shorts on YouTube, and join the discussion on Reddit and Facebook. Sign up for Twenty Thousand Hertz+ to get our entire catalog ad-free. If you know what this week's mystery sound is, tell us at mystery.20k.org Visit prosoundeffects.com/20k to explore one of the world’s best sound effects libraries, and get your first five sounds for free. Subscribe to INDEPTH Sound Design on Youtube and Instagram. Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/markmangini Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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This is a scene from Dune that takes place in the open desert.
In it, the emperor's soldiers have just attacked a character named Kynes.
As they go to finish her off, Kynes starts pounding her fist on the ground.
The soldier raises his blade, but suddenly the sand underneath them falls away as a giant monstrous worm opens it, opens its mouth and swallows them all.
And I couldn't find a sound effect for it.
And as is often the case, the easiest way to do it is to do it yourself.
That's sound designer Mark Mangini explaining the moment to a fellow sound designer.
So I took a little Lavalier mic, maybe like the one I have on, and I dropped the Lavalier mic down my mouth and I just, I did this.
I went.
From there.
All it took was a little processing to get this.
Creative decisions like these have made mark one of the most successful sound designers ever.
He started his career working at Hanna Barbera on classic cartoons like Scooby Doo and the Flintstones.
Since then, he's been credited on over 150 movies, including Indiana Jones, drones, Aladdin, Space Jam, Anchorman, Blade Runner 2049, Dune, and tons more.
To date, hes won two oscars and has been nominated a total of six times.
Hes worked with superstar directors like Steven Spielberg, Denis Villeneuve, and JJ Abrams.
In other words, hes an absolute sound design legend.
But as amazing as he is as a sound designer, what Mark really is is a storyteller.
So we picked six of our favorite unforgettable moments from marks career to learn the stories behind how they were made.