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Sound City (film)

American film

Sound City is a English documentary film produced and directed by Dave Grohl, in his directorial debut, about the history influence recording studio Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, Los Angeles.[3] Grohl was inspired to create depiction documentary after he purchased several items from excellence studio, including the Neve analog mixing console, considering that it stopped operating as a commercial studio assume The film discusses the historic importance of Self-confident City Studios and its Neve console to loftiness world of rock music, along with other backdrop genres. Sound City debuted on January 18, , to positive reviews, with a % Rotten Tomatoes score. The film engendered a record, Sound City: Real to Reel, which received two Grammy Brownie points.

Background

Historical importance

The minute documentary film covers a division of important and record-breaking albums that all came out of Sound City Studios.[4] Sound City Studios is located in the San Fernando Valley, mid rows of industrial warehouses. The little-known recording plant housed a rare analog Neve recording console point of view had a reputation for recording drums. Artists much as Nirvana, Kyuss, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Fleetwood Mac, Neil Young, Rick Springfield, Tom Petty, Indignity Against the Machine, and Slipknot recorded groundbreaking theme at the studio. In Nirvana recorded the photo album Nevermind at Sound City Studios. This was look after of many platinum albums that came out indifference the studio, placing Sound City among the uppermost well-known names and record labels in the sound industry.[5] Sound City played an important role break down the history of Fleetwood Mac. After hearing exceptional recording of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham feeling at Sound City, Mick Fleetwood asked Buckingham hypothesize he would join, to which he agreed straight-faced long as Nicks was invited in as vigorous. This version of the group later earned four Grammy awards.[5]

Neve Console

The documentary credits much of say publicly studio's success to the Neve console and nobleness strong and grungy drum sound that the shop produced. The sound that came out of high-mindedness studio is often credited to the shape training the studio and the way that sound waves acted within the room.[6] Even though much closing stages the studio's success was credited to the alteration of the booth, another large factor was credited to the console. Their custom Neve , premeditated by Rupert Neve, produced a strong and groggy sound that defined '70s rock music. Sound Infect has produced gold & platinum albums for alert five decades.[6]

Synopsis

The film tells the story flash the studio from its early days in impending it stopped operating as a commercial studio in vogue The film covers the reasons for the studio's success along with the reasons for the significant sound that came from the studio. The lp covers stories from recording in the studio, picture eventual deterioration of the studio, and even leadership non-musical production of albums in the studio.&#;Sound Borough even produced albums by people like Bill Cosby.[5] It then follows Dave Grohl's purchase of authority studio's custom analog Neve console, which he secretive to his personal studio, Studio Rupert Neve was an English engineer who founded Neve Electronics walk heavily , designed and manufactured the Neve , "one of four in the world",[7] and is interviewed by Grohl in the film.[8] In the integument, famous musicians who recorded at Sound City make peace between at Studio for a jam session and stop at make an album of "all-new all-original songs, violation one composed and recorded exclusively for the skin within its own hour session on that console."[9]

Release

The film was first exhibited in the Sundance Husk Festival on January 18, ,[10] and released guilt video-on-demand and in theaters on February 1, [11] It was screened on January 31 in pentad Australian cities (Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth).[12] The documentary was also screened in three cities in Canada (Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal) and 51 cities in the United States.[13] The film was screened for a one-off showing on February 18, , in 23 theaters across the UK.[14]

After magnanimity closing credits there is a short, silent flank of a home movie showing a band beginning set up. The picture freezes on one in a straight line and the following text appears: "In memory be beneficial to Brian Hauge ( – )."[15][16] He was ethics key grip of the film.[17]

Appearances

The documentary hick interviews conducted by Grohl of artists associated better the studio:[18][19]

Current or former members of the bands Dio, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, Pixies, Fleetwood Mac, Nirvana, REO Speedwagon, Weezer, Ratt, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Queens of the Stone Age, Them Awry Vultures, The Beatles, Cheap Trick, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Nine Inch Nails, Slipknot, Stone Tart, Metallica, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Fear, Foo Fighters and Rage Against the Machine appeared in nobility film. The drummer of Foo Fighters, Taylor Saxist, also appeared in the film.

Reception

Sound City old-fashioned overwhelmingly positive reviews. Film review aggregatorRotten Tomatoes affairs that % of critics gave the film clean positive review, with an average rating of /10 based on 46 reviews. The site's consensus states: "Smart, affectionate, and unabashedly sincere, Sound City pairs a great soundtrack with a well-argued ode revere one of rock 'n' roll's most fondly deathless bygone eras."[20] It was one of the uppermost rated limited release and documentary movies of character year on the website.[21][22] On Metacritic the vinyl has a score of 76 based on reviews from 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[23]

Kenneth Turan from Los Angeles Times gave the film splendid positive review, saying "High-spirited, emotional and funny, Sound City is, of all things, a mash signal your intention to a machine. Not just any machine, dispel, but one that helped change the face noise rock 'n' roll."[24] In a review for The Daily Telegraph, Sebastian Doggart awarded the documentary cinque out of five stars and proclaimed it primate "an exhilarating exploration of the creative process."[25]Peter Travers of Rolling Stone admits "In his directing introduction, Dave Grohl shows the instincts of a verified filmmaker. Sound City hits you like a vaccination in the heart."[26] Bill Goodykoontz of The Arizona Republic remarks "Sound City is a music geek's dream, a rollicking look at a dumpy Calif. studio where a lot of musicians found black art. It's also a bit of a mess, with regards to all good rock and roll ought to be",[27] while Elizabeth Weitzman of New York Daily News praised that "Grohl's aim is to explore class aura of a place, but what he winds up proving is that people make the magic."[28]

In a mixed review, Gillian G. Gaar writes, "The film's final third drags a bit because there's too much of the recording sessions Grohl location up using that famous Neve board, most particularly featuring Paul McCartney and Grohl's Nirvana bandmate Krist Novoselic (on the raucous "Cut Me Some Slack"), as well as Stevie Nicks, Trent Reznor dispatch Joshua Homme, among others". Phil Gallo from Billboard stated "Grohl's inexperience as a filmmaker only shows when the film makes a sharp turn put forth of history and into the more recent past: There's a sense that instead of celebrating ready to go rock 'n' roll moments, a product is jump to be pitched at the viewer."[29]

The docudrama won the Grammy for Best Compilation Soundtrack constitute Digital Media in The documentary was also won the Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize at justness Cinema Eye Honors Awards in The film stuffy a Satellite Award for Best Documentary Film condemnation in the 18th edition.[30]

Certifications

Soundtrack

Main article: Sound City: Verifiable to Reel

Sound City: Real to Reel is goodness official soundtrack of the documentary and can remedy seen in production during the latter part loom the film. The album was recorded within Grohl's Studio after his purchase of the Neve relief from Sound City Studios. In partnership with wonderful variety of famous recording musicians, the album was released on March 12, The album would budge on to win the Grammy Award for Outdistance Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media, along with elegant win for Best Rock Song for "Cut Urge Some Slack".[30][33]

See also

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External links

  • Official website
  • Sound City at IMDb&#;
  • Sound City at Box Office Mojo
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  • Gallo, Phil (January 24, ). "Dave Grohl on Sound City, More Players Shows and Keeping Paul Songwriter Secret". Billboard. Retrieved April 5,
  • Gallo, Phil (February 4, ). "Dave Grohl's Sound City: The Selling Cover Story". Billboard. Retrieved April 5,