Roesch always had his eyes set on Hollywood. However, he wanted to be an actor or director, rather than a Foley Artist. In the mid-1970s, John Roesch earned a degree in filmmaking from New York University.
It was only by happenstance that John got involved in Foley, obliging the work for a friend’s film. “Boy, what a stupid job,” Roesch thought to himself as he started his life-long career.
Incidentally, his apartment manager was award-winning Foley artist Joan Rowe. She offered him work as her partner at Gomillion Sound, and the rest is history.
You’ve heard John Roesch before. His work as a Foley Artist includes E.T., Empire Strikes Back, Toy Story, and countless other movies, commercials, and video games. His latest Foley projects are still making waves today, such as Avengers: Infinity War and Disney Pixar’s Soul.
Some of John’s famous sounds are:
● Michael Jackson's footsteps in Thriller
● Water splashes that ended up in Daft Punk's album Random Access Memories
● E.T’s body movements
● The knocking at the beginning of Frozen’s “Do You Wanna Build a Snowman?”
