Severance (2022)

Jacob Ribicoff constructs the eerie corporate sterility of Lumon Industries out of microscopic acoustic details: fluorescent bulb hums, muffled footsteps on endless carpeting, and the sharp mechanical chime of the elevator. The sound design deliberately starves scenes of non-diegetic music, forcing characters and viewers into an unnerving acoustic vacuum where every keycard swipe and paper slice reverberates. This clinical quietude transforms ordinary office architecture into an uncanny, psychologically suffocating labyrinth.