My Squirrel Recording is in a MOVIE! 📽 DUNE: Mark Mangini, Oscar Winning Sound Designer

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throw0101a · 2022-03 · Recommendation

Two good videos on the topic of sound in Dune . The first from Vanity Fair , "How 'Dune' Composer Hans Zimmer Created the Oscar-Nominated Score": * [LINK] Interesting tidbit: a good number of the "bagpipe" sounds were not created with bagpipes. The second is from wild life photograph Dani Connor, "My Squirrel Recording is in a movie: Interview with Mark Mangini, Oscar Winning Sound Designer": * [VIDEO] A squirrel recording of hers was used to make the sound in the desert mouse ( muad'dib ) scene.

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throw0101d · 2026-03 · Reference

Somewhat related, nature photographer/youtuber Danni Connor had her recording of a red squirrel used in the movie Dune (Part 1) for the sound of the desert mouse ( muad'dib ). Her interviewing with (Oscar-winning) sound designer Mark Mangini on it: * [VIDEO] * transcript: [LINK] * [LINK] * [LINK] Story of her 'adopting' the squirrels: * [LINK] The name of the squirrel is "Baby Pear"; her viral tweet: * [LINK]

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throw0101c · 2024-04 · Reference

The scene in the movie where they're first shown: * [LINK] Somewhat related, the sound design team (who won an Oscar for their work) used cats purring, beetles fluttering, and the canvas strap of a tent in a 100mph wind for the sound of the ornithopters (at 2m40s) * [LINK] Also, for the desert mouse (muad'dib) they used a Swedish baby red squirrel (named Baby Pear); interview with the person who originally recorded the squirrel (Dani Connor): * [VIDEO]

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