In “Murray Spivack and King Kong,” Steve Lee of the Hollywood Sound Museum traces the legacy of a pioneering sound artist whose approach still echoes through cinematic sound today: from Kong’s roar to the dinosaurs of Jurassic Park.
“Sound is about perception. It’s about psychoacoustics. It’s about storytelling. And you learn that by being in rooms, hearing feedback, working with other people.”
Before timelines and edit windows, there were splicers, Moviolas, KEMs, Steenbecks... and trim bins.
Read the first installment of “Stories from the Trim Bins” in the Summer 2026 issue: mpse.org/wavelength
Do you have a story from the trim-bin days? A photograph, a memory, or a behind-the-scenes moment that deserves to be preserved?
Send your stories to wavelength@mpse.org for consideration in a future edition of Wavelength.
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