Ep 90: Living the Dream with Jerry Thompson
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.
Kineticist’s take
Stern sound designer Jerry Thompson discusses his 20-game career and audio philosophy in pinball.
Synopsis
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.
Entities
- Stern Pinball· company
- Game of Thrones· game
- Ghostbusters· game
- Godzilla· game
- The Beatles· game
- Chris Graner· person
- Cousin Brucie· person
- David Thiel· person
- Dwight Sullivan· person
- George Gomez· person
- Greg Dunlap· person
- Greg Ferris· person
- Jerry Thompson· person
- Josh Larson· person
- Keith Elwin· person
- Lonnie· person
- Matt Scott· person
- Nicole· person
- Rick Nagel· person
- Scott Larson· person
- Steve Ritchie· person
- Steve Wiebe· person
- Zach Sharpe· person