http://hackenbacker.com/ en chris@hackenbacker.com Copyright 2012 2012-03-28T08:11:42+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-makes-adr-easy-with-new-voiceq-software/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-makes-adr-easy-with-new-voiceq-software/#When:08:11:42Z Award-winning audio post-production facility Hackenbacker have become early adopters in the UK to invest in VoiceQ, a cueing software solution for recording ADR and dubbing film and TV projects for international markets. Press Release, 2012-03-28T08:11:42+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-brings-the-murky-world-of-crime-to-life-for-bbc-drama-producti/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-brings-the-murky-world-of-crime-to-life-for-bbc-drama-producti/#When:12:07:25Z Award-wining Soho-based facility Hackenbacker has completed the entire audio post production for Inside Men, a new four-part television drama that will be screened on BBC1 in February. Press Release, 2012-01-27T12:07:25+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/inside-men-new-bbc-series-mixed-by-hackenbacker/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/inside-men-new-bbc-series-mixed-by-hackenbacker/#When:16:21:11Z Hackenbacker are proud to have worked closely with a fantastic team on the new BBC production “Inside Men”. We’ll be letting you know more about our involvement soon but in the meantime, read on for some information from the BBC themselves. It airs on BBC1 at 9pm on the 2nd Feb… General, 2012-01-20T16:21:11+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbackers-film-mix-for-the-new-sigur-ros-dvd/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbackers-film-mix-for-the-new-sigur-ros-dvd/#When:10:57:35Z http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Sigur-Ros-Inni-Blu-ray/29849/ According to this reviewer, the audio on the Blu-Ray: Sigur Rós, live, mixed in 5.1 and presented via a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio track? Yes, please, and thank you. Inni’s stellar visuals are backed up by an extremely powerful, immersive reproduction of the band’s nine-song set. If you’re familiar with Sigur Rós, you know that dynamic doesn’t even begin to describe the depth of their music, which combines deep bass, aching-glacier guitar swells, and crashing drums with crystalline high-end sounds like xylophones and tinkling electronics. Not to mention Jónsi’s world-shattering falsetto. Live, their sound is cavernously huge, drenched in watery reverb. This mix gets it perfect. Period. All 5.1 channels are utilized throughout, filling the room with rich, clear, forceful audio. You’ll want turn your receiver up loud, sit back, and soak it all in. General, 2011-12-08T10:57:35+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbackers-film-mix-for-the-new-sigur-ros-dvd1/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbackers-film-mix-for-the-new-sigur-ros-dvd1/#When:10:56:37Z According to this reviewer, the audio on the Blu-Ray: Sigur Rós, live, mixed in 5.1 and presented via a lossless DTS-HD Master Audio track? Yes, please, and thank you. Inni’s stellar visuals are backed up by an extremely powerful, immersive reproduction of the band’s nine-song set. If you’re familiar with Sigur Rós, you know that dynamic doesn’t even begin to describe the depth of their music, which combines deep bass, aching-glacier guitar swells, and crashing drums with crystalline high-end sounds like xylophones and tinkling electronics. Not to mention Jónsi’s world-shattering falsetto. Live, their sound is cavernously huge, drenched in watery reverb. This mix gets it perfect. Period. All 5.1 channels are utilized throughout, filling the room with rich, clear, forceful audio. You’ll want turn your receiver up loud, sit back, and soak it all in. General, 2011-12-08T10:56:37+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-delivers-a-virtuoso-performance-with-its-film-mix-for-the-new/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-delivers-a-virtuoso-performance-with-its-film-mix-for-the-new/#When:12:23:03Z Although best known for its Award-winning audio post production work on major television drama series, London-based facility Hackenbacker is also an important location for music industry clients who want high-end post production for their DVD projects. Press Release, 2011-11-29T12:23:03+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-mixes-meet-me-in-winter-charity-single-and-promo-video/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-mixes-meet-me-in-winter-charity-single-and-promo-video/#When:14:41:50Z Watch out X Factor! The Christmas No. 1 slot could be challenged by a new charity single that is released this month to raise money for the homeless charity Shelter and for a local youth centre in Gloucestershire. Written by Gloucestershire composer Katie Elliott and lyricist Anthony Marks, Meet Me in Winter was produced by Ian Dean, who has previously worked with Sir Paul McCartney, Mark Knopfler and Dame Evelyn Glennie. Award-winning audio post facility Hackenbacker offered free studio time and the services of Hackenbacker founder Nigel Heath to deliver a 5.1 mix for the song’s promo video. Heath has also mixed and mastered the single, which will be downloadable from iTunes and available at retail from November 21st. Press Release, 2011-11-21T14:41:50+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/work-starts-on-3-more-tv-series/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/work-starts-on-3-more-tv-series/#When:11:39:13Z We’re busy at Hackenbacker at the moment as we start work on 3 more TV series. “Hustle” is back for its final 8th series, “Lip Service” is back too and a new drama called “Inside Men” is also being audio posted by the team. Busy times and some more great sounding shows hitting the airwaves soon. General, 2011-10-26T11:39:13+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/which-will-you-be-watching-we-did-the-sound-on-both-of-them/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/which-will-you-be-watching-we-did-the-sound-on-both-of-them/#When:16:23:01Z An Article in the Independent today: General, 2011-09-16T16:23:01+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/the-americas-cup-uncovered-opening-titles/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/the-americas-cup-uncovered-opening-titles/#When:08:17:28Z ‘The Americas Cup - Uncovered’ Opening Titles. Watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X8dcP8-KKE Music and Sound Design by Zelig Audio Final Music Mix and Dub by Nigel Heath - Hackenbacker Studio One. General, 2011-08-01T08:17:28+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-is-nominated-twice-in-the-us-primetime-emmy-awards/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-is-nominated-twice-in-the-us-primetime-emmy-awards/#When:12:54:39Z Hot on the heels of its success at the British Academy Television Craft Awards, audio post production facility Hackenbacker has once again proved that quality counts by notching up two nominations for the prestigious Primetime Emmy® Awards in the USA. The Soho-based facility has been nominated twice in the Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or Special category for its work on series one of Carnival Films/Masterpiece’s major costume drama Downton Abbey and for Any Human Heart, a four-part miniseries also co-produced by Carnival Films/Masterpiece. Press Release, 2011-07-20T12:54:39+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-to-handle-audio-post-for-the-second-series-of-downton-abbey/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-to-handle-audio-post-for-the-second-series-of-downton-abbey/#When:09:50:17Z Just weeks after winning a British Academy Television Craft Award in the Best Sound Fiction category for its work on ITV’s costume drama series Downton Abbey, Hackenbacker is delighted to announce that it has been recommissioned to handle the entire audio post for Downton Abbey Series Two. The second series of Downton Abbey, a Carnival Films/MASTERPIECE co-production, is now shooting on location at Highclere Castle in Berkshire and will be screened this Autumn. Press Release, 2011-07-06T09:50:17+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-sends-the-voice-of-the-x-factor-well-and-truly-packing/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-sends-the-voice-of-the-x-factor-well-and-truly-packing/#When:08:46:08Z Soho audio facility Hackenbacker has been helping Peter Dickson, one of the UK’s most famous voices, to capture his trademark voice-over style while he is ‘on the road’. Read more… Press Release, 2011-06-08T08:46:08+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-win-bafta-for-best-sound-for-downton-abbey/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-win-bafta-for-best-sound-for-downton-abbey/#When:09:37:10Z We are very proud to have won the ‘Sound Fiction’ BAFTA last night for our work on Downton Abbey. The team worked very hard to produce the Award-Winning sound. Congratulations to Carnival and everyone else who was involved in this fantastic show. Here’s a picture of the BAFTA in our reception next to the Downton Abbey poster. General, 2011-05-09T09:37:10+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-nominated-for-2-bafta-awards/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-nominated-for-2-bafta-awards/#When:10:27:35Z This morning we found out that we’d been nominated for 2 BAFTA TV Craft Awards. Both ‘Downton Abbey’ and ‘Any Human Heart’ have been nominated for best Sound Fiction. We are so proud to have worked on these shows and send out our congratulations to everyone who worked on them. General, 2011-04-12T10:27:35+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/submarine-gets-rave-reviews-from-the-film-critics-and-from-its-audio-post-h/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/submarine-gets-rave-reviews-from-the-film-critics-and-from-its-audio-post-h/#When:15:03:09Z Comedy star Richard Ayoade makes his film directorial debut on March 18th with the UK opening of Submarine – a movie that is already generating rave reviews in the press. Award-wining Soho-based facility Hackenbacker was responsible for tackling the entire audio post production for the film, which is being hailed as a triumphantly brilliant movie and the best British comedy in years….. Press Release, 2011-03-08T15:03:09+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-assists-mike-figgis-with-a-groundbreaking-opera-project/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-assists-mike-figgis-with-a-groundbreaking-opera-project/#When:18:10:26Z Film director Mike Figgis the man behind cinema classics such as the Oscar-winning Leaving Las Vegas, has brought his visionary directorial style to the world of opera thanks to a unique collaboration with ENO. In a new production of Donizetti’s profound masterpiece Lucrezia Borgia, which is currently taking place in London, Figgis has interspersed the music with specially commissioned film charting the early life of the infamous Lucrezia Borgia. Audio post production for the filmed sequences was carried out at London-based post production facility Hackenbacker by award-winning sound mixer and Hackenbacker director, Nigel Heath. Figgis and Heath have worked together many times in the past, most notably on the audio post production for films such as Leaving Las Vegas and Hotel. Press Release, 2011-02-22T18:10:26+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-creates-out-of-this-world-audio-for-bbc1s-outcasts-a-major-new/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hackenbacker-creates-out-of-this-world-audio-for-bbc1s-outcasts-a-major-new/#When:12:33:53Z Kudos Film & TV, the production company behind era-defining hit programmes such as Spooks, Hustle and Life On Mars, has once again commissioned post production facility Hackenbacker to handle all of the audio post for its latest series, Outcasts. Due to start broadcasting on February 7th on BBC 1, this eight part drama series is set in the future on the recently discovered planet of Carpathia, which is now home to the surviving population from Earth. Settled in the town of Forthaven, the Outcasts are a group of people who have left their old lives on Earth behind in extraordinary circumstances. Each one has been promised a second chance at life and an opportunity to create a new society, far away from home, family, friends and the past. Press Release, 2011-01-31T12:33:53+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hustle-is-once-again-back-at-hackenbacker/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/hustle-is-once-again-back-at-hackenbacker/#When:09:17:55Z Once again ‘The Con Is On’ for the sound editors and mixers at Hackenbacker. The show is fully audio post produced at the Soho facility and is attaining great viewing figures in this, it’s seventh series. Tasked with final mixing the show Nigel Heath comments that “one of the secrets to tackling Hustle is to remember that it is essentially a ‘musical’ - Beat Guru’s music is so much more than a score, it’s almost become a character in the programme and the show is mixed with this very much in mind - and the dialogue has to be pin-sharp or it simply doesn’t work”.... General, 2011-01-25T09:17:55+00:00 http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/four-lions-nominated-for-baftas/ http://hackenbacker.com/blog/entry/four-lions-nominated-for-baftas/#When:10:36:42Z Congratulations to Chris Morris, Sam Bain, Jesse Armstrong and Warp for the BAFTA nominations for FOUR LIONS!!! Here at Hackenbacker, we are proud to have worked on all the post sound. A great team to work with and a well deserved BAFTA nomination! General, 2011-01-18T10:36:42+00:00