Ben Burtt is the Oscar-winning sound designer behind many of the voices and effects in Star Wars, Indiana Jones, E.T and Invasion Of The Body Snatchers. He’s also created the sounds in Disney’s latest Pixar animated film, WALL·E.
For people who don’t know your name, can you run through some of the films you’ve had a hand in?
I had the wonderful opportunity to be part of the Star Wars franchise from the very beginning. So, my job was to create voices for aliens and robots and Wookiees and Jawas and all of that as well as many sound effects, TIE Fighters and lightsabers. And also I worked on all the Indiana Jones films which put me in contact with gun shots and whips and jungle birds and earthquakes and crystal skulls and all of that. So, I’ve had a great career in terms of being associated with a lot of popular action/adventure and fantasy movies.
And is it right you did the voice for E.T. as well?
I created the voice for E.T. out of many different things, about 18 different people and animals and sound effects. There are racoons in there, there are sea otters, there are some horses, there’s a burp from my old cinema professor from USC (University of Southern California). There’s my wife’s laboured breathing asleep at night with a cold. I’ll take sound from anywhere and use it if it’ll get me the effect I want. Link.
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