Hoy, hoy! Diego Stocco is one of the most talented sound designer out there. I was stunned his innovative attitude of creating unique sounds. Just think of his famous video on YouTube when he uses a tree and even a bonsai to compose music. At last bonsais have a reason to exist!

Besides discovering sound in every day's life he also developes his own instruments. His latest invention is flux capacitor Fence Bass. Diego describe its sound as " a rough and edgy [one] since it's all made of metal, so [he] imagined a piece that could work in a modern Western film" and the instrument looks like a starship. Check out the video of creating the song "Dustland"!

Diego Stocco - Dustland from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

If you think of how this sound would work with orchestra and choir, which was my first question when Diego draw our attention to this instrument, no one ever used it, sadly. However Diego's other unique instrument Experibass featured on Hans Zimmer's Sherlock Holmes and Jesper Kyd's Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood.

What do you think?

Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. readers! If the orchestra is the turkey, and the choir is the stuffing, then sound design is the gravy of trailer music. Even if you don't like that timely analogy, you should still check out Nick Murray's first video tutorial.

Nick goes into detail about his process in making some simple sound design using Native Instruments Reaktor. The technique Nick goes over is the same he used in the Surrogates trailer. If your curious about where these crazy sounds come from, or if you want to learn how Nick might approach a TV promo or movie trailer, you should check it out:

Nick Murray is a composer whose music has been featured in movie trailers. He has also scored television shows, and does dance music and remixes on the side. You can follow him on Twitter @nickmur, or on Facebook.

Brickwall Audio announces the release of the third album, Future Armour composed by Erik Ekholm.

"High powered, epic, distorted and loud! Future Armour features cutting edge sounds that will boost your production into overdrive! Get ready for awesome impacts, hits, ambiance and even a full set of recorded stainless steel kitchen knifes - all crushed, twisted and manhandled for maximum sonic brutality!"

Listen to the demo here: