[logfromblammo]

I think foley too often gets short shrift as an art. You would think that in a medium where people are so eager to drop huge wads of cash on pseudoscience and marketing hype, the people who make sound effects that are even more believable than real-life noise would be heroes and legends.

Think about what good foley means to you. The arrival or departure of the TARDIS. Godzilla's roar. The sweepy red light on KITT. The "pew pew" of a laser gun that shouldn't really make any noise at all. The incongruous farty buzzing sound of a GAU-8 taking apart a tank. The crackle and hum of a light saber in motion. The "errr aka-chicka aka-chicka tullet-peppa tullet-peppa" of Ripley entering the Nostromo's computer core. The signature sound of a modem handshake. The ringtone of the very first mobile phone you ever owned.

It's just as important as the visual portion of a story, but gets much less respect.