
Sound Editors Sam Fan, Ken McGill, Chris Terhune and Matt Yocum worked in parallel with visual effects production to create his menacing physical reality. While the characteristic sounds made by Venom were established in the first film, Carnage’s sonic identity had to be created from scratch. Sound plays an important role in underscoring their highs and lows.” They love each other, and can’t live without each other, but they also drive each other crazy and sometimes come to blows.

“The relationship between the two characters has deepened and become more nuanced. “In the first film, Venom had just 66 lines of dialogue, while in this film he speaks more than 400 times,” says Oakley. Notably, richly textured sound treatments underscore the growing tension between Eddie and Venom as they carry on a bickering banter and occasionally lapse into all-out war. Venom: Let There Be Carnage revives many of the sonic elements deployed with spectacular effect in the first film, while extending them in significant ways. The new film also featured extensive Foley sound effects, created by crew headed by Foley Supervisor Gary Hecker. Asgar, O’Connell and Files reprised their roles from the original Venom. Sound post-production for the film was centered at Sony Pictures Post Production Services in Culver City with Supervising Sound Editors Erin Oakley and Kami Asgar leading the sound editorial team, and Re-Recording Mixers Kevin O’Connell, Will Files and Beau Borders mixing the final, Dolby Atmos soundtrack. Directed by Andy Serkis, written by Kelly Marcel with the story by Tom Hardy and Marcel, the film finds the shaky marriage between investigative journalist Eddie Brock and the alien symbiote Venom, both played by Hardy, beginning to crumble just as they face an existential threat from condemned serial killer Cletus Kasady and the supervillain Carnage, both played by Woody Harrelson.

Venom: Let There Be Carnage, marking Tom Hardy’s return to the big screen as the lethal protector Venom, one of MARVEL’s greatest and most complex characters, proves a worthy successor to the hit 2018 original through its imaginative storytelling, outstanding performances, breakthrough visual effects and superb, action-packed soundtrack.
