Jason LaRocca is a former singer/guitarist of the acclaimed punk band, The Briggs. He became a full-fledged producer and recording engineer at the age of 18. Today, he specializes in working on music for film, television, and video games. He has worked on major motion pictures as “Bad Boys for Life,” “Paddington”, “Aquaman”, “The Accountant”, “Coming to America 2”, “Godzilla: King of Monsters”, Blumhouse horror hit “Ma”, and the 2018 Oscar-winning documentary “Icarus”. He also mixed the music for the hit video games “Fortnite”, “Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War”, “Assasin’s Creed Valhalla”, and “CyberPunk 2077”.

 

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT:

 

The differences between working on music for bands vs film
Balancing the “rules” of audio post-production with creativity
Mixing in stereo vs surround sound
How to approach panning when working in surround
Strategizing what to put in your subwoofer channel when mixing music for film
Mix translation in surround
Jason’s workflow for getting very large projects done in short amounts of time
Jason’s template strategy
Working with orchestral elements

 

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