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Skywalker Sound

Skywalker Sound
TypeDivision
IndustrySound effects, Sound editing and Remastering
FoundedSeptember 7, 1975
FounderGeorge Lucas
HeadquartersSkywalker Ranch,
Lucas Valley, California
,
United States
Key people
Josh Lowden (General Manager of Skywalker Sound)
Leslie Ann Jones
Number of employees
160
ParentLucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Company)
Websiteskysound.com

Skywalker Sound is the sound effects, sound editing, sound design, sound mixing and music recording division of Lucasfilm. Its main facilities are located at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California.[1]

History

Skywalker Sound was founded as Sprocket Systems in San Anselmo, California.

While located in San Anselmo, Sprocket Systems came into contact with the local residents from time to time. For instance, Kentfield resident Pat Welsh was "discovered" while shopping at a camera store and went on to provide the voice for E.T.. During the sound recording of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford could be spotted practicing his bullwhip technique in the parking lot.[2]

Sprocket Systems moved from San Anselmo following a disastrous flood in January 1982. The company changed its name to Skywalker Sound in 1987 after the company moved to Skywalker Ranch.

Skywalker Sound's staff of sound designers and re-recording mixers have either won or been nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound and Best Sound Editing every year since Star Wars in 1977; in that year, Ben Burtt was given a Special Achievement Award, since the category for Sound Editing had not yet been established. Skywalker Sound has won 15 Academy Awards and received 62 nominations.

Mixing stages, editorial services, and scoring stages are all located in a central "Tech Building," with dining areas and living quarters in the vicinity but separate from the main work area.

Staff

  • David Acord
  • Christopher Barnett
  • Richard Beggs
  • Tom Bellfort
  • Steve Bissinger
  • Steve Boeddeker
  • Jeremy Bowker
  • Christopher Boyes
  • Ben Burtt
  • Bob Edwards
  • Frank Eulner
  • David Farmer
  • Andre Fenley
  • Ryan J. Frias
  • J.R. Grubbs
  • Scott Guitteau
  • Nia Hansen
  • Lora Hirschberg
  • Pete Horner
  • Richard Hymns
  • Leslie Ann Jones
  • Ren Klyce
  • Casey Langfelder
  • Dennis Leonard
  • Michael Levine
  • Scott Levine
  • Tom Myers
  • Al Nelson
  • Tim Nielsen
  • Steve Orlando
  • David Peifer
  • Juan Peralta
  • Travis Powers
  • Brandon Proctor
  • Gary A. Rizzo
  • Gary Rydstrom
  • Chris Scarabosio
  • Michael Semanick
  • Michael Silvers
  • Mac Smith
  • Kent Sparling
  • Gary Summers, M.P.S.E.
  • Randy Thom
  • Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
  • Bonnie Wild
  • Dug Winningham
  • Matthew Wood

Partial filmography

Any film with an asterisk means that though Skywalker Sound did not provide the sound, a creative worked on it.

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

  • Iron Man 2 (2010)
  • Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
  • Despicable Me (2010)
  • How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
  • Toy Story 3 (2010)
  • The Last Airbender (2010)
  • Rango (2011)
  • Rio (2011)
  • Super 8 (2011)
  • Cars 2 (2011)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
  • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
  • The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
  • War Horse (2011)
  • The Lorax (2012)
  • ParaNorman (2012)
  • Brave (2012)
  • The Avengers (2012)
  • Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
  • Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
  • Flight (2012)
  • Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
  • House of Cards (2013-2018)
  • The Croods (2013)
  • Epic (2013)
  • Despicable Me 2 (2013)
  • Monsters University (2013)
  • The Lone Ranger (2013)
  • Iron Man 3 (2013)
  • Free Birds (2013)
  • Thor: The Dark World (2013)
  • Nymphomaniac (2013)
  • Rio 2 (2014)
  • The Boxtrolls (2014)
  • Gone Girl (2014)
  • Maleficent (2014)
  • Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
  • Lucy (2014)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
  • Big Hero 6 (2014)
  • Strange Magic (2015)
  • Home (2015)
  • The Little Prince (2015)
  • Inside Out (2015)
  • Tomorrowland (2015)
  • Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
  • The Peanuts Movie (2015)
  • Jurassic World (2015)
  • Minions (2015)
  • Ant-Man (2015)
  • Creed (2015)
  • The Good Dinosaur (2015)
  • The Walk (2015)
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
  • The Revenant (2015)
  • Finding Dory (2016)
  • Captain America: Civil War (2016)
  • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
  • The Jungle Book (2016)
  • The Secret Life of Pets (2016)
  • Zootopia (2016)
  • The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
  • The BFG (2016)
  • Life, Animated (2016)
  • Ice Age: Collision Course (2016)
  • Mars (2016-present)
  • Moana (2016)
  • Doctor Strange (2016)
  • Sing (2016)
  • Rogue One (2016)
  • Native (2016)
  • Monster Trucks (2017)
  • Kong: Skull Island (2017)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017)
  • Cars 3 (2017)
  • Despicable Me 3 (2017)
  • Star Wars Forces of Destiny (2017-2018)
  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017)
  • I, Tonya (2017)
  • Only the Brave (2017)
  • Mindhunter (2017)
  • Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
  • Coco (2017)
  • Ferdinand (2017)
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
  • Phantom Thread (2017)
  • Black Panther (2018)
  • A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
  • Isle of Dogs (2018)
  • Ready Player One (2018)
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
  • Incredibles 2 (2018)
  • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018)
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
  • The Front Runner (2018)
  • Next Gen (2018)
  • High Life (2018)
  • The Grinch (2018)
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
  • Vice (2018)
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
  • Io (2019)
  • The Last Black Man in San Francisco (2019)
  • Triple Frontier (2019)
  • Captain Marvel (2019)
  • Unicorn Store (2019)
  • Avengers: Endgame (2019)
  • Bolden (2019)
  • A Hidden Life (2019)
  • Brightburn (2019)
  • The Secret Life of Pets 2 (2019)
  • Toy Story 4 (2019)
  • The Lion King (2019)
  • Haunt (2019)
  • The Angry Birds Movie 2 (2019)
  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
  • Ad Astra (2019)
  • Knives Out (2019)
  • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
  • Spies in Disguise (2019)
  • Frozen 2 (2019)

2020s

  • Dolittle (2020)
  • Onward (2020)
  • The Willoughbys (2020)
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
  • Mulan (2020)
  • Over the Moon (2020)
  • The Croods: A New Age (2020)
  • Soul (2020)
  • Stand by Me Doraemon 2 (2020)

Upcoming

  • Wish Dragon (2021)
  • Black Widow (2021)
  • Top Gun: Maverick (2021)
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru (2021)

References

  1. ^ Lev-Ram, Michal (November 1, 2015). "Behind the scenes at Lucasfilm's Skywalker Sound". Fortune. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
  2. ^ San Anselmo Historical Museum: 1970: Approaching the 21st Century

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