Tom Fleischman: Cinema, Scorsese and The Art of the Mix
Episode S4 · Ep 4 49 min 47s

Tom Fleischman: Cinema, Scorsese and The Art of the Mix

Tom Fleischman has been shaping how films feel for over four decades — and most people have never heard his name, which is exactly how he knows he's doing it right.

Tom Fleischman is an Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer whose credits include Goodfellas, The Irishman, School of Rock, The Silence of the Lambs, and The Devil Wears Prada. He is known for decades-long collaborations with Martin Scorsese, Jonathan Demme, and Robert Redford, and a craft that is equal parts science and intuition.

  • How emotion in film is built as much through sound as through image — and why audiences never consciously notice when it's working
  • The evolution from splicing tape by ear to digital mixing suites — and what was gained and lost in the transition
  • What a decades-long collaboration with Scorsese looks like from the inside
  • Why even a single vowel can be surprisingly difficult to perfect — and why getting it wrong changes everything


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