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ocean liner goes down - we were there (sorta...)
Started April 23rd, 2008 · 2 replies · Latest reply by ejfortin 16 years, 7 months ago
hi, folks!
i'm back again with a little pack of goodies for those who like crushing metal, rushing water and screams...
some time ago i did the sound-design for the documentary film "tod in der ostsee" (death in the baltic sea) about a german refugee-ship that was accidently sunk by a soviet sub at the end of wwII, killing some 6000 people aboard.
it featured a re-enactment of the sinking, seen from the ship's interior, for which i did the soundscape, and was aired on german public tv.
as i retained the full copyright for all this material i am now in the nice position of being able to share all this with you!
here goes:
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/packsViewSingle.php?id=3365
some short words to the files:
wreck_bg is a neutral background without alarm-bells, screams and impact-noises,
wreck_dry is the soundscape without water-noises,
wreck_wet is the full soundscape with rushing water, alarm bells, screams and impact-noises,
wreck_under is a filtered version i did for some scenes where the camera was dunked under water a few times, so the track simulates the auditory equivalent of this.
the groaning metal sounds were made courtecy of an old steel door being pitched and stretched beyond medical help, captured with a sennheiser ENG-mic, i believe, it was quite some time ago...
the rushing water is a filtered waterfall and a garden hose,
the impacts some work with a hammer and an old car that was contact-mic'ed,
and the screams were made by me cramming everyone i saw and didn't put up enough of a fight into a narrator's booth and telling them to scream.
oh, the screams are in german, i'm afraid, so if you want to sink a ship under any other flag, you'll have to record your own... :wink:
the background drone is my electric toothbrush, pitched down 3 octaves and smeared across the place via waves tru-verb.
the scapes were produced in steinberg's cubase sx (2, i think it was, at the time...)
i also would have liked to share the torpedo-impact noises with you, but there's bbc-material in there so i wouldn't be comfortable uploading that...
enjoy! 
-tom