Most video game studios, or at least the bigger ones, will have experience with Foley, a long-standing craft that revolves around creating cinematic sound effects using everyday objects. It’s nothing ...

There is some weight to the suggestion that the sound of rain in any given movie may actually be the sound of food frying. A 2015 Guardian article that interviewed a film sound designer said the sound ...

When sound effects are required in theatrical productions, shows can use recordings found on the internet. But back when radio was the primary entertainment source, Foley artists had to create every ...

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Illustration by Juliette Toma for the Times. For a piece about foley artists. On in a series of stories about how to make it in Hollywood. (Illustration by Juliette Toma for the Times) Back when ...

Following is a transcript of the video: [footsteps clicking] Narrator: Those high-heel clicks you hear in the TV series "Fargo"? Those are actually men's dress shoes. Stefan Fraticelli: These are ...

Some people were in for a surprise when they read an X post (archived) in July 2025 that claimed about movie sounds, "fyi if you like listening to 'rain sounds' they're almost all recordings of ...

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That was far from the first time the claim spread to millions over social media. In 2024, users shared TikTok (archived) videos (archived) claiming that rain sounds in movies and videos were actually ...