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08 Jul 2022

Post-production uncovered: Twickenham Film Studios on Top Gun: Maverick (feature)

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Final sound mix for Paramount Pictures’ blockbuster was completed during the pandemic

Twickenham Film Studios has revealed the work completed on the final sound mix for Top Gun: Maverick.

The mix was completed at the height of the pandemic in Dolby Atmos and IMAX, in collaboration with Skywalker Sound.

Top Gun: Maverick sees Tom Cruise reprise his role as Pete “Maverick” Mitchell 36 years on from the original film, and it has gone on to break box office records.

The final Atmos sound mix was carried out in TFS Theatre 1 by re-recording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor with Will Miller, Harry Jones and Tom Melling as mix techs. It was led by Oscar nominated sound designer and supervising sound editor James H. Mather and his Soundbyte Studios editorial team, in collaboration with supervising sound editor, Al Nelson.

TFS Theatre 2 was used by the production for the IMAX sound mix. Additionally, the Studios provided some ADR for this project. 

The final mix took place between June and July 2020 during the pandemic for which TFS became the first recognised Covid safe studio in the UK.

Twickenham Film Studios

One-way systems and sanitisation systems were among measures introduced, studio staff were issued with thermometers to conduct routine temperature checks, and a bio-fogging specialist was on standby to treat the space being hired by the Top Gun: Maverick production.   

Piers Read, co-owner of Twickenham Film Studios, said: “The creative drive of our talent and the reliability and dedication of the teams at TFS really shone during a time when our clients really needed us. The ability of our whole team and especially our sound department to adapt under exceptional circumstances and accommodate a production of this magnitude is extraordinary.”

He added: “The fact that we were able to succeed and deliver exceptional creative work reinforced the close bonds we have with our clients and gave confidence to other big productions to restart their productions both here in London and across the wider industry.”

Top Gun: Maverick was produced by Paramount Pictures, Skydance and Jerry Bruckheimer Films. It was directed by Joseph Kosinski from a screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, with a story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, and based on characters created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.. The film stars Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly, and Jon Hamm along with Ed Harris and Val Kilmer.

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