The scores for two more major feature films, Paramount's Failure To Launch and Warner Bros.' The Fountain were recently recorded and mixed at Right Track/Sound on Sound Studios.

With the company's Studio A509 and production rooms at 509 West 38th Street and Studios A, B and C at its main 168 West 48th Street location, Right Track/Sound on Sound is uniquely capable of handling several films at once. Dave Amlen, CEO of Sound On Sound pointed out, "We were able to provide clients with everything they needed to do two major motion pictures simultaneously. No other facility in the Eastern U.S. is able to do that."

That was true with Failure To Launch and The Fountain, which booked into Right Track/Sound on Sound at the same time. Failure To Launch did its scoring and mixing in Studio A509. The largest dedicated recording studio in New York City and Right Track/Sound on Sound's main orchestral studio, Studio A509 boasts a 4,600 square-foot live room and spacious control room where engineer Greg Townley mixed on the 96-input Solid State Logic SL 9000 J Series console. The board has been fitted with a modified and removable center section, custom designed by SSL to allow it to be seamlessly reconfigured for film scoring/mixing as needed. The control room also features a Pro Tools HD4 Accel system and 30-inch Apple Cinema Display.

Although the film's composer, Rolfe Kent, wrote most of the score in California, he found it handy to move into one of the studio's adjacent production rooms when additional music was required.

The Fountain composer Clint Mansell recorded a choir in Studio A509's live room then moved to the 48th Street location to mix the score with engineer Geoff Foster in Studio C. Studio C recently had a complete cosmetic facelift and is now outfitted with a 72-input SSL 9000J series console, an Augspurger main monitor array and an extensive complement of outboard gear.

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