'With the sound, we’re trying to paint a picture of what is Rocky's sonic soul.' ...

That now classic tagline (from Alien, one of the greatest science-fiction horror movies ever made) hinges on a big assumption that most of us broadly make: space is empty. And it is—mostly. But there ...

What do aliens sound like? We have no idea, but for Hollwood's smash hit "Project Hail Mary", that was the question that Oscar-winning sound editor Ethan Van der Ryn ("King Kong," "The Lord of the ...