HERVE GIRARDIN
sound artist and audio professional based in Edinburgh, UK
Sound Design Showreel
About me
I am an award-winning sound designer and composer currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland, and working predominantly in audio post-production.
Classically trained musician with years of sound engineering under my belt, I love to collect and transform sounds to explore how our million-years-old senses try and make sense of the world around us.
I can deliver broadcast-ready and professionally mixed audio in stereo, any type of surround and Atmos.
My job is to make things sound better, so don't hesitate to get in touch !
picture by Owen McDonnell
Sound for moving image
Dior J'Adore commercial, Rescore (2023)
Commercial
Hervé Girardin: Musical Score
CHANEL N°5 commercial, Rescore (2023)
Commercial
Hervé Girardin: Musical Score
Silvering (2021)
Short animated film
Dir. and animated by Eilidh Nicoll
Hervé Girardin: Sound Design, Mixing
Hideo Nishizaki Award for Best Sound 2021
Vasilisa (2021)
Short animated film
Dir. and animated by Isolda Milenkovic
Hervé Girardin: Musical Score, Sound Design
Outstanding Animation at the Screen and Story Film Festival 2021
Ever since apey Eve appled Adam (2020)
Short animation
Animated by Luca Shaw
Hervé Girardin: Musical Score, Sound Design
Interactive // Performance
Sound Art
Commissioned for the Spiegelberg Festival 2023 in Switzerland, Peau de Vache (Cowhide) is a sound piece created around field recordings made in an organic cooperative farm in the Swiss countryside which proposes an immersion in the sound universe of an ox on his last journey to the slaughterhouse.
Performed on a multichannel Atmos configuration inside a disused slaughterhouse during the festival, it follows a young anonymous ox in the pasture with his herd, his daily walk back to the stables, and his final journey from the cattle truck to the butchers.
Through this experience, I hope I managed to tell a story that can bring us together for a moment, question ourselves about the ethical choices we're facing regarding animal husbandry and farming, enjoy the power of sound as a storytelling tool, and perhaps even face our own fateful journey with a more attentive and musical outlook on our surroundings.