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Jason LaRocca: Working on Music for Film & Television
Episode 571st September 2021 • Master Your Mix Podcast • Mike Indovina
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Jason LaRocca is a former singer/guitarist of 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”, “Assassin'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

To learn more about Jason, visit: https://www.jasonlarocca.com/

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