The Hollywood Sound Museum

23/01/2025

Congratulations to all of our friends nominated for the Sound Oscar this morning!

10/11/2024

Elwood Edwards, who became famous as the voice of AOL's 'You've got mail!' prompt, died at the age of 74.

02/11/2024

Today is your last chance to sign up for our ADR workshop! This two-day class will give you a chance to practice on a real recording stage. Reservations are limited... sign up before midnight!

Join us at The Hollywood Sound Museum for an introduction to ADR Recording and Performance!

This course, specifically for acting talent, will prepare you to replace dialogue in a filmed performance, and perform background crowd sounds - “walla” - and other incidental vocals for “loop groups.” Attendees will have a chance to record on an actual dialogue stage to practice the craft!

The workshop will be on two consecutive Sundays - November 3 & 10, 2024, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Hollywood Sound Museum’s offices in Glendale, CA.

Your instructors will be Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of the Museum - a veteran sound editor who has also performed dialog and vocal effects for many projects… and professional voice actor & performance coach Bonnie Marie Williams.

Registration is $150, per person. ATTENDANCE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. Send your request via email to HollywoodSoundMuseum (at) gmail (dot) com. If you are selected, you will receive a confirmation, and your attendance and payment information.

Looking forward to seeing you there! Keep Listening!

26/10/2024

Most people don't realize that a lot of the dialogue heard in films is actually replaced in post-production. This two-day workshop will show how it's done, and give you a chance to try it yourself on a real recording stage. Reservations are limited... sign up today!

Join us at The Hollywood Sound Museum for an introduction to ADR Recording and Performance!

This course, specifically for acting talent, will prepare you to replace dialogue in a filmed performance, and perform background crowd sounds - “walla” - and other incidental vocals for “loop groups.” Attendees will have a chance to record on an actual dialogue stage to practice the craft!

The workshop will be on two consecutive Sundays - November 3 & 10, 2024, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Hollywood Sound Museum’s offices in Glendale, CA.

Your instructors will be Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of the Museum - a veteran sound editor who has also performed dialog and vocal effects for many projects… and professional voice actor & performance coach Bonnie Marie Williams.

Registration is $150, per person. ATTENDANCE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. Send your request via email to HollywoodSoundMuseum (at) gmail (dot) com. If you are selected, you will receive a confirmation, and your attendance and payment information.

Looking forward to seeing you there! Keep Listening!

21/10/2024

Need a spooky ambiance for Halloween...? We're making a few sound effects backgrounds available on Youtube to help set the mood for tricks and treats! Check 'em out!

Sound effects from our collection at The Hollywood Sound Museum for historic, educational, and archival review.

19/10/2024

Wanna hear something really scary...?

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago.

16/10/2024

If you perform in film or television, you will almost inevitably have to come in later to replace dialogue. This workshop, led by two professionals and held on a real ADR recording stage, will show you everything you need to know when re-recording lines, or performing in a loop group! Attendance is limited, reserve your spot now!

Join us at The Hollywood Sound Museum for an introduction to ADR Recording and Performance!

This course, specifically for acting talent, will prepare you to replace dialogue in a filmed performance, and perform background crowd sounds - “walla” - and other incidental vocals for “loop groups.” Attendees will have a chance to record on an actual dialogue stage to practice the craft!

The workshop will be on two consecutive Sundays - November 3 & 10, 2024, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Hollywood Sound Museum’s offices in Glendale, CA.

Your instructors will be Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of the Museum - a veteran sound editor who has also performed dialog and vocal effects for many projects… and professional voice actor & performance coach Bonnie Marie Williams.

Registration is $150, per person. ATTENDANCE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. Send your request via email to HollywoodSoundMuseum (at) gmail (dot) com. If you are selected, you will receive a confirmation, and your attendance and payment information.

Looking forward to seeing you there! Keep Listening!

08/10/2024

Join us for our ADR Workshop! You'll get to practice "looping" on a REAL dialog stage, with a veteran mixer at the console! Spaces are filling up... reserve your spot!

Join us at The Hollywood Sound Museum for an introduction to ADR Recording and Performance!

This course, specifically for acting talent, will prepare you to replace dialogue in a filmed performance, and perform background crowd sounds - “walla” - and other incidental vocals for “loop groups.” Attendees will have a chance to record on an actual dialogue stage to practice the craft!

The workshop will be on two consecutive Sundays - November 3 & 10, 2024, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Hollywood Sound Museum’s offices in Glendale, CA.

Your instructors will be Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of the Museum - a veteran sound editor who has also performed dialog and vocal effects for many projects… and professional voice actor & performance coach Bonnie Marie Williams.

Registration is $150, per person. ATTENDANCE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. Send your request via email to HollywoodSoundMuseum (at) gmail (dot) com. If you are selected, you will receive a confirmation, and your attendance and payment information.

Looking forward to seeing you there! Keep Listening!

08/10/2024

JUST NOW locked down two guests for a Hollywood Sound Museum crew reunion panel for early December to celebrate the 45th anniversary of the sound created for an historic *Motion Picture!* ( I'm sure many of you can figure it out! ) ! 🖖

07/10/2024

THIS JUST IN... we'll be raffling off a couple *extremely rare* Wilhelm Scream baseball caps at our Halloween party!

Celebrate Halloween at The Hollywood Sound Museum!
Join us for a spooky gathering on Sunday, Oct.13th from 5-9pm. We’ll be playing scary sounds from our collection (from films like “Beetlejuice,” “Nightmare Before Christmas,” and Disneyland’s Haunted Mansion) and at 8pm we’ll be listening to the 1938 Orson Welles “War of the Worlds” broadcast! Refreshments will be available… we’ll be raffling off some cool items… and there may be a few surprise guests!

Attendance is limited, so please make a reservation! A suggested donation of $10 (or more) will be taken at the door, or online ahead of your visit. Please email "HollywoodSoundMuseum (at) gmail (dot) com" for details and to reserve your spot!
Happy Halloween, and !

05/10/2024

Come visit the Museum tomorrow! Veteran sound editors discussing the craft (and Steve is making martinis)!

03/10/2024

Join us at The Hollywood Sound Museum for an introduction to ADR Recording and Performance!

This course, specifically for acting talent, will prepare you to replace dialogue in a filmed performance, and perform background crowd sounds - “walla” - and other incidental vocals for “loop groups.” Attendees will have a chance to record on an actual dialogue stage to practice the craft!

The workshop will be on two consecutive Sundays - November 3 & 10, 2024, from 3pm to 6pm, at the Hollywood Sound Museum’s offices in Glendale, CA.

Your instructors will be Steve Lee, Founder and CEO of the Museum - a veteran sound editor who has also performed dialog and vocal effects for many projects… and professional voice actor & performance coach Bonnie Marie Williams.

Registration is $150, per person. ATTENDANCE IS EXTREMELY LIMITED. RESERVATIONS REQUIRED IN ADVANCE. Send your request via email to HollywoodSoundMuseum (at) gmail (dot) com. If you are selected, you will receive a confirmation, and your attendance and payment information.

Looking forward to seeing you there! Keep Listening!

02/10/2024

Please join us this Sunday for a reception/discussion with veteran sound editor Donald Flick! We'll be demonstrating old film editing techniques!