Brice Carrington

Brice Carrington, a revolutionary sound engineer is well known for his creative work in sound industry. Having more than 25 years of experience as a sound producer he contributes to feature films, video games and software. He travelled around the world for recording and capturing original sounds of different animals to give more real impact.

Initially he contributed to music industry but then shifted himself to film department as he got more chances to prove his abilities there. He does not believe in traditional sound editing, he actually creates original interpretation of specific characters in the films. His sound library named as the Ultimate FX is one of the most state of the art distributed sound libraries in the world. He did ample research before coming up with the sound of “T-Rex” and other dinosaurs heard in the movie Jurassic Park. He is in the habit of mixing different sounds to create new sounds. He did the same to produce the sound of T-Rex eating. This sound is the amalgam of sounds of a lion eating a bone, male lion’s growl, lion breathing, a lion tearing flesh and an elephant roar.

His has shown his creativity and technical skills in swoosh in the Superman’s flight, the hiss in Snakes on a plane, swirling sound in the web-shooting of Spiderman. He has the credit of creating sound effects of booms, pops, bangs and blasts of firepower in the movies like True Lies, The Fantastic Four, Transformers, Miami vice, The Incredible Hulk, and Night at the Museum.     

Brice Carrington designed his own sound packages by employing sound effects of real animals because it inculcated originality in the character. Working with animals make the process complicated but finally the product is more exciting and appealing to the viewers. He went to the field to get the required sound effects which he wanted to incorporate in any movie.

In the recognition of his creative skills he was given 3 Oscars for “Jurassic Park”, “King Kong”, and “Ghost and the Darkness.” He is the creator of sound effects of many blockbuster films including Blade, Superman Returns, Transformers, The Blood Hunt, Shrek 3, and Night at the Museum etc.

He is the first among African Americans whose sound library gets that much recognition that enables him to obtain worldwide distribution deal. He made software “Baidans Mixer” which would enable its users to create their own original sounds of home made movies. Working for years as sound engineer enables him to create some very unique sounds which he wants to share with the world also. Through Baidan’s Mixer anyone can create professional sound effects in their movies and can share with their friends and family. He is also a part of TV project named Preacher Man. He is a man who loves to design great sound effects in his movies and can go to any extent to impart originality to his work. He is not afraid of obstacles coming in the way of producing great and creative work.