Chronicle Books’ new title, The Sounds of Star Wars, celebrates unmistakable sound effects from the science fiction series.
In the video above, the Underwire blog explored some of the book’s 250 sounds and 300 photographs. The $60 book features a sound module that works with both headphones and an built-in speaker. What other subjects do you think deserve this unique book and audio treatment?
Here’s more from sound designer Ben Burtt, explaining how he created noises for the robot R2D2: “I would close my editing room door and curl up in a quiet corner with the tape recorder and mic and generate baby talk … I put myself into the mind of an infant and acted out a scene with a droid’s intentions. I’d whistle and coo, I would sigh and groan, and at the same time I’d move the oscillators of the synthesizer.