For the fourth film in the
Transformers franchise,
Transformers: Age of Extinction, director Michael Bay tasked rerecording mixer Greg Russell and the team to use sound in ways they might not have considered in the first three movies. "When Michael first contacted me about the mix and [told me] that we were going [Dolby] Atmos, he actually said to me, 'I don't want anything coming out of the front speakers. I want to use [Dolby] Atmos in all its glory...'"
Dolby Atmos® creates a new level of realism for moviegoers. In a movie with Dolby Atmos, cinema sound moves around the theatre to match what you see on the screen.
"[With Dolby] Atmos, we are trying to create an immersive experience," Russell continued. "I think that [Dolby] Atmos just ups the ante to that experience. There is so much surround wonderment that you will experience watching the film that I think [Dolby] Atmos gives you the ultimate experience, if I might say, to what the film has to offer.
Having worked with Dolby Atmos technology before, Erik Aadahl, supervising sound editor and sound designer, knew that Dolby Atmos would be instrumental to producing sound that
Transformers audiences would rave about.
"Dolby Atmos is… this incredible format which uses all the walls, the rear wall, and the ceiling. [In
Transformers,] we had this giant alien ship come in that has this ability to magnetize and suck up anything that's metal. So using [Dolby] Atmos, we're actually able to create this feeling of sound pulling you up into the ceiling in these waves and ripples."
"This is the perfect film to use Dolby Atmos on, because it's so spatial. There's so much movement around, behind you, over you that it's impossible to miss."
Don't miss the full potential of
Transformers: Age of Extinction—make sure you see it in a
theatre with Dolby Atmos.
