Episode Details

Tom Fleischman has been shaping how films feel for over four decades — and most people have never heard his name, which is exactly how he knows he's doing it right.

Tom Fleischman is an Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer whose credits include Goodfellas, The Irishman, School of Rock, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Devil Wears Prada. He is known for decades-long collaborations with Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and Robert Redford, and a craft that is equal parts science and intuition.

• How emotion in film is built as much through sound as through image — and why audiences never consciously notice when it's working
• The evolution from splicing tape by ear to digital mixing suites — and what was gained and lost in the transition
• What a decades-long collaboration with Scorsese looks like from the inside
• Why even a single vowel can be surprisingly difficult to perfect — and why getting it wrong changes everything

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• Bluesky
• IMDb

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