For the first time in a long time, all 4 Tonebenders hosts get together to hang out and do a draft of our favorite genres to do sound design for. Tim, René, Teresa and Mark take turns picking the types of movies we have always wanted to tackle in our own work. We each have to pick one genre from each of the following subsets:
1 – Talkies
Mystery (Knives Out, Memento, Twin Peaks)
War Film (1917, All Quiet On The Western Front, Saving Private Ryan)
Historical Drama (The Revenant, The Favourite, 12 Years A Slave)
Oscar Bait (Tar, The King’s Speech, House Of Gucci)
2 – Guns and Punches
Police/Gangster (The Departed, Serpico, Goodfellas)
Action/Adventure (Raiders of The Lost Ark, Fast And Furious, Bourne films)
Martial Arts (Kill Bill, Crouching Tiger, Drunken Master)
Western (Hateful 8, True Grit, Power of the Dog)
3 – Scary Stuff
Zombie (The Last of Us, World War Z, Dawn of the Dead)
Slasher (Scream, Child’s Play, Elm Street)
Thriller (Fatel Attraction, Get Out, American Psycho)
Paranormal (The Ring, The Conjuring, Exorcist)
4 – Out of This World
SciFi (Alien, 5th Element, Nope)
Fantasy (Lord Of The Rings, Harry Potter, The Witcher)
Superhero (Ironman, The Batman, Guardians of The Galaxy)
Monster Movie (Godzilla, Pacific Rim, Cloverfield)
5 – Real Life
Doc (March of the Penguins, Kid Stays in the PIcture, They Shall Not Grow Old)
Music Doc/Concert Film (Moonage Daydream, Get Back, Woodstock)
Bio Pic (King Richard, Social Network, Ferrari)
Sports Film (Rocky, Friday Night Lights, Iron Claw)
6 – Lighter Fair
Comedy (Bridesmaids, Zoolander, Rushmore)
Family Animation (Puss In Boots, The Bad Guys, Toy Story)
RomCom (Harry Met Sally, Always Be My Maybe, Red White & Royal Blue)
Musical (LaLa Land, West Side Story, Tick Tick Boom)
Let us know who you think grabbed the best haul of genres! Here are the final picks from everyone:
