Pop producer and engineer Alan Meyerson was down and out when a chance meeting with Hans Zimmer took his career in a new direction. Thirty years and hundreds of film soundtracks later, Meyerson is Hollywood's first-call score mixer.

We visited Alan in his state-of-the-art Atmos mix room at Zimmer's Remote Control Productions studio complex in Santa Monica, California, to hear his extraordinary life story and find out what's involved in mixing a blockbuster movie score.

Then, in our special bonus feature, Alan takes us on a deep dive into his mix of Mark Mothersbaugh's soundtrack to the Marvel classic Thor: Ragnarok.

See the Thor: Ragnarok track breakdown in Part 2:    • Mixing The Movies: Alan Meyerson | Pa...  

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Chapters

00:00 - Intro
00:32 - Beginnings
02:32 - Starting Work In A New York Commercial Recording Studio
05:48 - A Job In Belgium After Working On 4th July
07:02 - Working At The Hit Factory Recording Studio
09:12 - Becoming A Freelance Engineer
12:42 - Moving To Los Angeles
14:23 - First Meeting With Hans Zimmer
17:09 - Mixing Film Scores
18:12 - Working With Hans Zimmer
19:56 - Difference In Mixing Music For Cinema And Home Audiences
21:38 - Setting Up An Orchestral Recording Space
25:18 - When Are Mixes Made In Dolby Atmos?

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