Ep 90: Living the Dream with Jerry Thompson
LoserKid Pinball Podcast
1 hr 12 min
Summary
Stern sound designer Jerry Thompson discusses his 20-game career and audio philosophy in pinball.
Jerry Thompson, a veteran sound designer at Stern Pinball with nearly a decade of industry experience, discusses his journey from radio broadcasting to pinball audio design. He details his work on 20+ games including Godzilla, Game of Thrones, Ghostbusters, and The Beatles, emphasizing immersion, era-authentic sound design, and the technical complexity of implementing audio across switch effects, call-outs, videos, and licensed music. Thompson shares personal anecdotes about recording Cousin Brucie for The Beatles game and the collaborative design process with George Gomez, Dwight Sullivan, and other Stern team members.
It takes a lot to make a great sound package and Jerry Thompson is here to give us the insight! We talk his catalog and with the awesome experiences he's had from doing sound in the pinball industy.
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