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Ryan McMurray

I record, design, edit and mix sound, mostly for television and film, sometimes for music and sound art. I started a project called 10.2 whilst studying for a masters in Sound Design. I have a CV and my website is ryanmcmurray.com

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Ryan McMurray

Sound Designer/Editor & Boom Operator
Motion Pictures and Film | Preston, United Kingdom, GB

Summary

I am a sound designer/editor, sound recordist and boom operator with experience of studio and location sound work. I have worked on a couple of feature films, various television programmes and dozens of short films including DreamWorks commissioned shorts for Fox Television, plus various commercials and pilots. I love sound, sound art, video art and other generally creative stuff. I graduated BSc Music Technology in 2005 and MSc Sound Design at Leeds Metropolitan University in 2009 during which I started a 10.2 surround sound project, which I have continued since graduating.
Specialties: I have experience in post-5.1 surround sound. My major project for MSc Sound Design was a 10.2 surround sound project. I investigated current mixing techniques and experimented with 6 additional channels 10.2 offers. More information is available at http://www.tentwo.org

Experience

  • Aug 2010 - Present

    Sound Assistant - Waterloo Road / Shed Media Group

    Sound Assistant on the BBC's Waterloo Road. Operating second boom, maintaining sound equipment and providing assistance to the Sound Department.
  • Oct 2009 - Present

    Sound Designer & Editor / Freelance

  • May 2010 - Jul 2010

    Sound Assistant - Candy Cabs / Splash Media

    Sound Assistant on the new BBC drama Candy Cabs. Operating second boom, maintaining sound equipment and providing assistance to the Sound Department.
  • Oct 2009 - May 2010

    Sound Assistant - Waterloo Road / Shed Media Group

    Sound Assistant on the BBC's Waterloo Road. Operating second boom, maintaining sound equipment and providing assistance to the Sound Department.
  • Aug 2009 - Aug 2009

    Boom Operator - No.1 Family / GMTV

    I worked on the No.1 FAMILY feature which ran for a number of weeks during 2009.
  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2009

    Boom Operator / Woyzeck

    Boom Operator on the British independent feature film Woyzeck, directed by Francis Annan-Burton.
  • Jul 2009 - Jul 2009

    Sound Assistant - The Culture Show / BBC

    Sound Assistant for the three Manchester International Festival specials of THE CULTURE SHOW.
  • Jan 2008 - Jan 2008

    Post-Production Sound Trainee / The Butterfly Tattoo

    Assisted Alan Sheldon in post-production of this British adaptation of Phillip Pullman's novel.
  • Apr 2007 - Apr 2007

    Boom Operator / Please Hold

    Operated boom on this short, produced for Fox Television's 'On The Lot'.
  • Feb 2007 - Feb 2007

    Sound / Commandeered

    Recorded and mix sound into camera and operated boom on this short film for Philm.co.uk

Education

  • 2008 - 2009

    Leeds Metropolitan University

    MSc in Sound Design
  • 2002 - 2005

    Leeds Metropolitan University

    BSc in Music Technology

Additional information

Websites:
ryanmcmurray.com, 10.2, IMDb
Credits

Posts

  • August 02, 02:45 PM

    The Cloverfield Perspective

    If you live in the UK and you didn't watch Cloverfield on Channel 4 a few weeks ago, you missed out. I love the Blair Witch inspired camcorder style and the fact it daringly portrays Manhattan in a state of panic less than a decade after New York was attacked on 11 September. I think this post is spoiler-free, so read on.

    You know what else I love about Cloverfield? The sound (what a surprise). The style in which Cloverfield is presented allowed for some quite simple, yet satisfying uses of sound. The 'camera-man' in the film is Hud, who's voice is sonically different to the other characters - his voice has a fuller frequency range which is technically accurate, but because Hud is also our narrator (since he has the camera) his clear close-miked voice benefits the audience - his voice cuts through the sound mix to allow us to hear ever nuance of his voice, even when whispering - through his narration we 'see' what is around him, when the camera can not. The only time we are sonically shown a glimpse of what is happening to the city outside of the main characters is when the military makes it's first appearance and we hear nothing but gun-fire and engines rolling past the group. Perspective is used to keep what is happening in the city away from our ears to keep the focus on the group of friends, trying to make their way across the city. There are no cutaways of action happening elsewhere; gun-fire is often distant, and only when the action is in arms length of the camera do we feel it's impact on the soundtrack. Despite there being a fair amount of action in Cloverfield, the sound is much more subtle throughout the film. It's all about the perspective of this group of friends and the sound filling-out the image, with suggestion of what is happening outside the viewfinder of the camcorder.

    Of course, if you really were stuck in a city with the military being attacked by a massive alien sea-monster, your crappy camcorder microphone would turn most sounds into clipped unrecognisable noise... but that wouldn't be a very good film.

    Matt Reeves is directing the remake of Let The Right One In, which I think is a silly idea. The original is absolutely amazing and I can't remember there being an American remake of a foreign thriller, sci-fi or horror which I enjoyed more than an original.

    Ryan

    www.ryanmcmurray.com

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  • July 21, 07:48 AM

    Graduation Ceremony


    Listen!

    So, I graduated MSc Sound Design from Leeds Met today. I wouldn't be much of an audio student if I didn't document myself recieving the degree. I actually included all five of us Msc Sound Design students. Go team!

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  • July 20, 06:12 PM

    Mid-summer Downpour


    Listen!

    Everyone loves the sound of rain outside when they're indoors... I think? I only wish there was a slightly better microphone available for iPhone.

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  • July 12, 07:32 PM

    An elevator and a hall.


    Listen!

    Freight elevators sound much more interesting that regular 'people elevators'.

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  • June 06, 06:17 PM

    Driving in super-heavy rain.


    Listen!

    So yeah, I was being driven and the rain was quite heavy. At the time, I thought it was "super-heavy". Not so much now though. :)

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  • May 17, 11:19 PM

    Early morning birds outside my window.


    Listen!

    Even with the birds right outside my window, at 4am, the sound off cars can still be heard. I wonder if birds can still be recorded in the UK without cars or airplanes ruining the recording?

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  • April 18, 11:51 AM

    Music Supervisor and Music Editor

    This is a clip of Sofia Coppola's Lost In Translation, for which I sourced music and edited it to suit the clip. This was part of a university project. The video and audio used here is for educational purposes. That's cool under the fair use act, right? More information on the Vimeo page.

    Ryan

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  • September 05, 02:32 PM

    Milkshake The Pain Away

    This is a mashup of Slipknot, Peaches and Kelis, all done by ear without any beat matching software. So if you think it’s a little off, it probably is. :)

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  • September 05, 02:26 PM

    See Me Down (Ryan McMurray Remix)

    This is a remix of Avalon Way’s single, ‘See Me Down’. It was released on 1 February 2008 through Acorn Records. It is available on iTunes. The brief I was given was to make something “different” to the original. Done. :)

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  • September 05, 02:14 PM

    Evolution / Journalism

      

    This is a sound art piece I made a few years ago at university. It was meant to be an electro-acoustic piece, but I made this instead. The theme is evolution.

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Blog

Sets

Concrete

Electro-acoustic music, concrete music and sound art.
1 tracks
  • Ryan McMurray - Evolution / Journalism
    130 plays

Mashups and Remixes

2 tracks
  • Ryan McMurray - Milkshake The Pain Away
    241 plays
  • Avalon Way - See Me Down (Ryan McMurray Remix)
    88 plays

Tracks

  • Avalon Way - See Me Down (Ryan McMurray Remix)
    88 plays
  • Ryan McMurray - Evolution / Journalism
    130 plays
  • Ryan McMurray - Milkshake The Pain Away
    241 plays
Audio