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Star Wars Sound Designer Ben Burtt Joins the Production of New Trek Movie

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By GustavoLeao / 04:10, 6 January 2009 / Star Trek: Nemesis

According to TrekMovie.com, studio insiders revealed that Academy Award winning sound designer Ben Burtt, best known for his work on the Star Wars movies, has joined the production of J.J. Abrams new Star Trek movie.

Burtt worked on all six Star Wars and also the Indiana Jones films as a sound designer, E.T., and last year’s Pixar hit Wall-E. Burtt is working with Mark Stoeckinger who was the sound editor for Abrams' Mission: Impossible: III. According to TrekMovie source, they needed all the help they could get for the sheer number of new sounds that had to be created for this new Star Trek. According to the site Burtt is a huge Trek fan and was thrilled to get a chance to be involved.

More info on this and the movie post-production can be found at TrekMovie.



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RE: OK I'll Bite... | Report this post to moderator
By: Bean (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 16:46:55 on Jan 07, 2009

I'm still waiting for one of the naysayers to make a comment about shuttles sounding like TIE fighters..

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