For those who are in it, the blueprint matters. It's the first step to creating the right impact, and that's where the sound designer is called in. We've heard about sound mixers, engineers, directors, players, programmers, now let's hear for the designer. "Most of the movies today come in a 5.1 format which is basically counting all the five speakers in a theatre and one surround super sub woofer. Earlier, sound recording disregarded the camera movement and so, the sound never travelled per se. Now, the focus is on movement of the sound, and that's where the sound designer steps in, distributing sound as it moves, and in the process, lending that impact and drama to the whole sequence," Franco Vaz is one of them. But before that, he is a percussionist/drummer who's been in the business for over 34 years now! "19 of them were spent with RD Burman," he recalls the Big Boss, 'his guru'. "Had he been alive today, he would loved to lay his hands on all this new technology. Even back then, he would try everything to get that extra zing and beat, that electronic sound in his music," Vaz frowns at the mere mention of how Burman was "a very lonely man towards the end." "His films flopped, so-called friends betrayed him and joined other camps...he was lost, couldn't take it," says Vaz. The irony? "All remixes today are his compositions! He truly was a great composer." In the same breath, Vaz pays full respect to the other music directors he has worked with - Ilayaraja, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Uttam Singh, Anu Malik, AR Rahman, Anand Raj Anand, et al. "Actually, Rahman was Dilip when we worked with Ilayaraja," he smiles. http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/a-different-beat/395427/
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