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March 11, 2026
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Mosfilm has begun the final stage of work on the soundtrack for the historical drama "The Noise of Time." Pavel Doreuli, sound engineer and co-founder of Atmosfera Studios, spoke to Mosfilm.ru about how the unique soundtrack is created, why the orchestras on set played to a metronome, and why the sound engineers try to hear the world through the eyes of a brilliant composer.
Atmosfera Studios has begun final recordings of the music and voiceover for the film "The Noise of Time," directed by Alexei Uchitel. Set in the 1930s and 1940s, the film tells the story of a creative figure during a time of great change, wars, and restrictions. The central figure of the story is the brilliant composer, whose worldview becomes the key to the film's sound design.
According to Pavel Doreuli, sound engineer and co-founder of Atmosfera Studio, his team joined the project from the very beginning—even before filming began. The specialists participated in discussions of technically complex musical scenes, assisted with the selection of in-shot music, and monitored the tempo of the orchestras on set to ensure a flawless editing process.
"Filming musical numbers is always a challenging task," said Pavel Doreuli. "For example, the film includes scenes with opera singers singing live, or episodes featuring a choir and symphony orchestra. To ensure the footage could be edited freely without interrupting the musical accompaniment, everything was filmed strictly to a metronome. We ensured that the performance speed was identical from take to take; otherwise, editing the different shots would have been impossible."
According to the sound engineer, some of the symphonic music featured in the film will likely be re-recorded at Mosfilm's legendary Studio One. This decision was driven by a desire for impeccable quality: the on-set recording served as a guide for editing, but the final soundtrack requires a masterful orchestral sound.
One of the team's most interesting creative challenges was attempting to convey the protagonist's auditory experience. "We strive to make the film's sound world as rich as possible, to show it through the eyes of someone who hears differently," explains Pavel Doreuli. "There's even a scene in the film where one of the composers discerns the melody of his future work in the song of a bird. We're looking for solutions where everyday noises—the creaking of tram tracks, horns, street noise—would create additional musical context, emphasizing the character's inner world."
Work on the sound is progressing in several directions. Rough mixes have already been edited, allowing us to assess the balance between the characters' speech and the future music. Now begins the painstaking stage of voice-over work, which will take several weeks. Concurrently, orchestral recordings are planned for this summer. Completion of the final soundtrack for the film is expected by the fall of this year.
"The Noise of Time" (working title):
Year: 2026Genre: dramaCountry: RussiaDistributor: Nashe Kino film companyDirector: Alexey UchitelScreenwriter: Alexander TerekhovDirectors of photography: Maxim Osadchiy, Yuri KlimenkoProduction designer: Dmitry OnishchenkoCostume designers: Nadezhda Vasilyeva, Vladimir NikiforovMake-up designers: Maria Morzunova, Kristina EvtyushinaGeneral producer: Alexey UchitelProducers: Anastasia Akopyan, Maxim Rogalsky, Kira SaksaganskayaCast: Oleg Savtsov, Polina Tsyganova, Maria Smolnikova, Daria Balabanova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Lev Zulkarnaev, Nikita Kologrivy and others.Film production: ROCK FILMS studio with the support of the Cinema Fund, the Committee for Culture St. Petersburg, the Moscow Department of Culture, and the Nashe Kino film company.
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