My Squirrel Recording is in a MOVIE! 📽 DUNE: Mark Mangini, Oscar Winning Sound Designer
What it is
Wildlife videographer Dani Connor Wild talks with Oscar-winning sound designer Mark Mangini about how her red squirrel recording became the desert mouse sound in Dune.
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked in threads about Dune's sound design as a first-hand interview about the squirrel recording.
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- first 2021, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“Two good videos on the topic of sound in Dune”
Interview about a squirrel recording used for the desert mouse in Dune.
throw0101a, 2022-03 · Recommendation · in “The secret sounds of Dune: Rice Krispies and Marianne Faithfull”
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Topics: dune, sound design, mark mangini, foley, squirrel
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