"God is in the details": Emmy-nominated sound editor Jacob Ribicoff on his work on 'Fahrenheit 451' and Ken Burns' 'The Vietnam War'
As viewers, when we are engrossed in watching a film, it's rare that we are actually thinking of the individual components that add up to make the full cinematic experience. It can be very easy to forget that often nothing except for dialogue is actually recorded sound-wise during the shoot of a film. It's a team of sound designers, mixers, re-recording engineers, foleys, music composers and editors that layer in each individual element to finally produce the cohesive product that we get to see, hear and feel on the screen.
It was a fact I was constantly reminded of during my recent interview with sound designer/editor Jacob Ribicoff, who has worked across multiple sound and music departments with some of the industry's greatest, including Darren Aronofsky, Wes Anderson, Roger Waters, Ken Burns and more. Jacob won his first Emmy for his work on Ken Burns' 2008 documentary 'The War.' He's also worked on an eclectic range of projects, some of which include 'Manchester By The Sea', 'The First Purge', 'The Fantastic Mr. Fox', 'The Wrestler' and the upcoming film 'Boy Erased'. He also is the concert sound designer for Roger Waters' currently ongoing 'Us + Them Tour'.