Traversing the entertainment landscape, Sounds in Cinema seeks to provide a light-hearted, sometimes insightful, and often comedic (intentional or otherwise) analysis of sound design and score throughout movies and television. Tony Parham leads the way as the show's host. Born in the Cretaceous Period, Tony has honed his skills through years of acting, working on sound crews for both movies and television series, working as a front-of-house engineer for stage productions, and talking...a lot. Joining him is co-host and show producer Derek Hanson. Derek - or D-Rock if you're nasty - cut his teeth in audio engineering through years of music production that began more than two decades ago during his time at Berklee College of Music. His knowledge of audio production is surpassed only by his inimitable skill at lobbing sarcastic barbs at every opportunity.
The two met in Nashville, TN in early 2020, launching them into the original run of the show that saw 72 episodes released before life happened. Now separated by more than 2,000 miles, the question is whether or not this pair of ultimate doofuses will survive technology and succeed in bringing their unique brand of inane observation back to where it truly belongs: the internet. Come along for what promises to be a fun ride that lacks the pretense or self-awareness to take itself seriously. At all.
Tucker and Dale vs. Evil. Predator. Event Horizon. What do these movie have in common? Simple: a hyphen and the word "horror" somewhere in their descriptions. In the fourth part of our five-part October horror series, we take a look at the sound design methods in movies that try to maximize the terror while also embracing storytelling - and, therefore, sound design - traditionally kept for other genres. We also might have made a run at the world record for usage of the word "elements" in a sixty-minute recording.
18 Oct 2026
Founds in Cinema
The Blair Witch Project. Paranormal Activity. Late Night with the Devil. Tony Parham's Senior Prom After-Party. In part 3 of our 5-part October series on horror movie sound, we discuss how the principles of horror sound design explored in the previous two episodes translate to the popular (if not infamous) found footage subgenre. Tony shares his passion, and D-Rock spoils the fun, making this a totally routine exploration for Sounds in Cinema.
11 Oct 2026
Tension Through Sound: How We Judge Dread
In this second episode of our October/horror examination, Tony and D-Rock get into the deeper details of how foley, music, and psychology are used to build an atmosphere of dread in both creating memorable movie scares and building up to them. Combined with Tony's opening monologue, this inquiry (almost) contains enough professionalism that we're curious as to what happened to the usual two boneheads that host this show.
4 Oct 2026
Might As Well Jump
Starting off our October jaunt through horror movies, Tony and D-Rock take their deepest dive yet with a look at and listen to movie jump scares. Whether you love them or hate them (jump scares - not Tony and D-Rock,) jump scares have been a fixture in horror movie productions for decades, so we took the opportunity to examine the unique sound design and music in some of the most notorious horror movie moments in history.
26 Sept 2026
Ties That Bind: The Martian and... Snatch?
We all know some things just don't go together. Fire and ice. Oil and water. Tony and D-Rock. And yet, there are sometimes hidden elements that can draw similarities between even the strangest of bedfellows - a survival drama on Mars and a British gangster comedy, for example - to the eyes and ears of cinema fans everywhere. Join us as we take a dive into the sound design of two very different movies and discuss how they are both tied together by the re-recording mixes of engineer Mark Taylor.
16 Sept 2026
Almost Famous
Tony and D-Rock settle in for another episode on an under-the-radar sound design pick: 2000's Almost Famous. The boys dig into the stealthy sonic intricacies that tie several favorite scenes together, and we somehow get the added benefit of knowing that a skunk has taken up temporary lodging in Tony's apartment.
9 Sept 2026
The Sounds of Edgar Wright
With Tony and D-Rock both taking (well-deserved) beatings from life over the course of the summer, we decided to lighten things a bit with a look at sound design in the movies of director Edgar Wright. From a zombie comedy to a heist/car chase movie, these movies bring fun, laughs, and plenty of ear candy for our boys to talk about as they ponder what on Earth to do for the next episode.
31 Aug 2026
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Rediscovered through research for the previous episode, Tony and D-Rock take a listen to and analyze the sound design for Peter Weir's Master and Commander. Tony takes a look behind-the-scenes as to how the sounds were created while D-Rock plays Whack-A-Mole with his mute button to prevent someone's pesky lawnmower from making its debut on the show.
28 Aug 2026
Analysis: The Element of Surprise
When you think of certain genres, you probably don't think of sound design, much in the same way you don't hear Tony's name and associate it with peace and quiet. In this episode, the boys take a look at and give a listen to movies from over the decades that exceed sonic expectations by way of perspective. The challenge is to listen to movies - even familiar ones - in a different way as a means of further appreciating the craft of filmmaking.
16 Aug 2026
Cinema Sound Legends: Gary Rydstrom
After a brief break, the boys return to the mics with a research project on one of the great modern sound designers in the world of cinema, Gary Rydstrom. Have a listen, go watch the movies with a fresh set of ears, always remember to keep a lookout for your favorite talents in the industry, and somebody please come clean my desk if you have an hour to spare.
27 Jul 2026
Sports Movie Wrap-Up
Tony and D-Rock take a final crash course through any number of movies featuring sports that were not represented in the previous weeks' episodes, taking an in-depth dive into the sound design of one movie per topic while also leaving recommendations for other movies revolving around each sport. What comes next after the sports suite? We don't know.
26 Jul 2026
Hockey Movies
Tweedle D-Rock and Tweedle Dumb-Dumb chime in for another round of sports movies to focus on sound design and score in a pair of hockey flicks, prefaced by a discussion on the current state of blockbusters (intended or otherwise) in current Hollywood.
24 Jul 2026
Baseball Movies
The boys talk through some of the their experiences in youth with America's Pastime before delving into the analysis of sound design in a couple of clips. Let's face it: there are so many baseball movies out in the cinematic universe that we could have gone for hours, so we decided to focus on a couple of favorites that provide the best ear candy for you, our beloved listeners.
3 Jul 2026
Football Movies
The boys open their sports movies suite with an analysis of a couple of football movies, comparisons as to how the sound is designed for football movies versus live football games, and their thoughts on sports, life, love, and laughter. Some of that might not be true.
13 May 2026
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
After a harrowing week away from action sequels featuring colons in their titles, the boys return to form for an early 90s classic with a wide array of unnecessary background information on vehicle sounds, car crashes, gunfire, and how to use a condom and amorphous goo to create the sound of liquid metal reshaping. Fun times were had by all.
8 May 2026
Sicario
The boys take a dive into one of the most effective movies since the turn of the century, both as a quality piece of entertainment and a unique masterclass in sound design and the use of score as a mood-altering layer.
2 May 2026
Mad Max: Fury Road
The boys continue their reset of Sounds in Cinema with another movie title containing a colon. Listen along as they try to figure out how to talk about a two-hour car chase as anything but a two-hour car chase.
2 May 2026
Top Gun: Maverick
Tony and D-Rock return to the fold together for the first time in nearly four years, and, boy, does it show?! The fortunate part is that the topic of conversation was about as fun, exciting, and easy to talk about as movies get.
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