For an independently made film, Amazon’s Sound of Metal has some remarkably complex and sophisticated technical challenges, including its intricate sound design. “We went for it, “ writer-director Darius Marder says of the unique sound work the film called for. “My brother said he wished we had a documentary crew covering because it was such a crazy process.
We really pushed the boundaries. It is hard to understand what it really took to get it to work.”Marder was joined by his cast during a panel for the Amazon Studios portion of Deadline’s Contenders Film award-season event.
Riz Ahmed plays a heavy metal band member who discovers he is going deaf, Olivia Cooke as his bandmate and girlfriend, and Paul Raci as a man who runs a rehab center
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