Working on the sound for the film “Morning”

Jeanne Tripplehorn (on screen), Paul Massey, and Hamilton Sterling at work on “Morning.” 
(Photo: Leland Orser)

Leland Orser, Jeanne Tripplehorn (on screen), and Hamilton Sterling in the Cary Grant Stage at Sony Pictures. (Photo: Rita DaSilva)

Recording the train for “The Assassination of Jesse James
by the Coward Robert Ford.”

Hamilton in front of the 1942 steam locomotive. (Photo: Eric Potter)

Where the hell are we going at 3:00AM? Nobody knows. (Photo: Hamilton Sterling)

A thirty mile recording expedition on the High Sierra Trail.
John Muir said, “It is a quiet place only to the impatient.”

The High Sierra trail. (Photo: Hamilton Sterling)

The High Sierra trail. (Photo: Hamilton Sterling)

The Moon and Jupiter rise above the High Sierra trail. (Photo: Hamilton Sterling)

Recording playback in a dressing room in the
1920’s Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles.

Recording playback for Christopher Guest’s film, “A Mighty Wind.” Fer Bos in the background, a fellow bass player and music editor. (Photo: Todd Harris)

The “perfect” bad speaker created to re-record playback on “A Mighty Wind.” We also blasted music from a bass amp a corridor away. (Photo: Todd Harris)

I have received medals of honor from Christopher Guest for the four films I’ve done with him. I wear them at formal dinners.