Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound is a 2019 documentary film about the history of sound design in cinema of the United States. It is directed by Midge Costin.
Interviewees
Walter Murch
Ben Burtt
Gary Rydstrom
George Lucas
Steven Spielberg
Robert Redford
Barbra Streisand
Ryan Coogler
Christopher Nolan
Hans Zimmer
David Lynch
Ang Lee
Sofia Coppola
Peter Weir
Critical reception
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes wrote of the critics' consensus, "Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound pays an all-too-rare tribute to an aspect of filmmaking that's utterly fascinating but often overlooked." The website assigned the film an approval rating of , based on reviews assessed as positive or negative; the average rating among the reviews is . The similar website Metacritic surveyed and assessed 11 reviews as positive and 1 as mixed. It gave a weighted average score of 80 out of 100, which it said indicated "generally favorable reviews".