Oct 12, 2008 · Welcome to the homepage of my website! Here you can read some of my newspaper columns on birds that appear every other Sunday in Stars Magazine of the Post Standard in Syracuse, NY. Recent columns published during the last few years are also available here, courtesy of the Post Standard.

This issue of Cinemagic magazine from Fall-Winter 1978 features Ben Burtt, the renowned sound designer of STAR WARS. The publication is a must-have for any fan of the iconic film and the science fiction genre alike.

Benjamin Burtt Jr. (born July 12, 1948) is an American sound designer, film director, film editor, screenwriter, and voice actor. As a sound designer, his credits include the Star Wars and Indiana Jones film series, Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982), WALL-E (2008), and Star Trek (2009).

Sounddesigner Ben Burtt's responsibility on Star Wars was to create specifically unusual sounds - weapons, vehicles, character and key backgrounds.

Feb 20, 2018 · Syracuse native Ben Burtt, Jr. is the genius behind R2-D2's voice, lightsaber sounds and countless audio effects for a galaxy far, far away. So why wasn't he part of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi?"

"Ben Burtt: The Sound & the Vision" is an article published in Star Wars Insider 54. It is an interview with sound director Ben Burtt on his work on the Star Wars prequel trilogy. Star Wars...

Feb 22, 2025 · Legendary sound designer Ben Burtt is such a special case for the art of sound design for movies as how his work has not only reached an iconic status, with the most significant work done in the ‘Star Wars’ franchise, but his inventive instinct on display for how to achieve the sound effects that are known so well.

Ben Burtt became the world's most influential sound designer by creating the sounds for the Star Wars series. This list was created by factoring how famous or influential a given sound is, and also considering the sound from a sound designer's point of view.

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Jul 7, 2005 · Hurricane Ent. has announced that four-time Academy Award-winning sound designer/editor Ben Burtt (Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T: The Extraterrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Last...