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Oscar-Winning ‘Zone of Interest’ Sound Designer Breaks Down ‘Ethical Approach’ to Recreating Chilling Noises of Auschwitz
Johnnie Burn, who won an Oscar for his sound design work on 'The Zone of Interest,' spoke at the BFI London Film Festival.
Taking into account the historical context, Burn — speaking at the BFI London Film Festival on Thursday at an event sponsored by Variety — explained that a very “ethical approach” was taken, saying that it was “very important not to sensationalize” anything and “to be respectful” throughout the process. With that in mind, he went to the riots that took place for work and pension reform in Paris in 2022, which he said “gave a good source of French-sounding prisoners,” and attended lower-league football matches in rural Germany “where young German men were shouting in aggressive accents.” Fendrix, he said, wrote and recored the “entire score” for “Bugonia” working from a “three-word brief,” with the crew and cast “not allowed to tell him anything about the script.” As for the film, Burn said he recently watched a cut and thought it was “incredible,” adding that “the final scene was extraordinary.”
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