Sif Lina Lambæk · Short film
Wild Child
A stylised sound world where analogue synth and detailed foley give the animation physical elasticity and electric character.
Project frame
Project context
An animation case where sonic stylisation is part of the story’s identity.
Wild Child is an animated short film directed by Sif Lina Lambæk that won the Robert Award for Short Film of the Year: Fiction/Animation 2025. I did sound design in collaboration with Mathias Savery, using analogue Moog synthesis to support the film’s dystopian world with physical, electric texture.
This case shows how stylistic boldness and narrative precision can coexist when the soundtrack needs to be distinct and readable at the same time.
Process
A hybrid track between foley and synth
The bolder the style, the more precise the control over timing and clarity needs to be.
Designing sound for animation at the short film level demands a balance between stylistic boldness and narrative clarity. The sound needed to match energy without disrupting comprehension.
The soundtrack is a hybrid of foley, environments and synthetic textures. The analogue layers act as character and world tone, while foley and detail anchor movement, timing and proximity.
Technical layer
Specs and signature moves
Soundtrack
Complete sound design + foley
A tightly layered track where movement and proximity are constantly grounded in tactile physical detail.
Texture
Analogue Moog synthesis
The synthetic layers function as both character tone and environmental timbre within the dystopian world.
Result
Robert winner 2025
The award recognises an overall film quality in which sound design is fully integrated into the visual and dramatic whole.
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