The Sound Design of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Uses Kpop, Billie Eilish, and Imogen Heap to Protect the Honmoon

The Sound Design of ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Uses Kpop, Billie Eilish, and Imogen Heap to Protect the Honmoon

Like Icarus, it’s always possible for movie sound design to fly too close to the sun; too many audio layers and the sound of a moment can start to melt into a mess of nothing. So the filmmakers behind “Kpop Demon Hunters” — in addition to working so diligently on turning the film’s musical numbers into true bops — started working with supervising sound editor and re-recording mixer Michael Babcock very early, before animation had even begun.  Ba…