Everest Without Sound Effects

Hey, remember that movie Everest? No? It was just in theatres and had an all-star cast. Still no? Everest may have come and gone with little fanfare, but it can still serve as a bit of a case study on the importance of sound design and music in film. Apparently someone at the studio sent an unfinished clip of the film to BBC News that contained no sound effects or score, and the result is a scene that’s undoubtedly supposed to be tense, but like the movie it’s from, leaves no impression.