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How director Joseph Kosinski and the Skywalker Sound team crafted the authentic, cinematic sound of F1: The Movie (2025), which is nominated for four Oscars, including Best Sound.
Read the full story by author Jamie Benning on Skywalker Sound’s Medium page.
50 years ago in 1975, Ben Burtt didn’t just start the company that we know today as Skywalker Sound — he was that company. As a one-man sound design team on Star Wars: A New Hope (1977), Burtt gave the world’s most iconic movie franchise its voice. The pioneering sound designer is the first at Lucasfilm to reach the half-century of service milestone.
Visit Skywalker Sound’s Medium page to read the full story.
Skywalker Sound has teamed with director Gareth Edwards once again to bring an unforgettable prehistoric soundscape to life in Jurassic World Rebirth. Writer Clayton Sandell joined sound designer and supervising sound editor Tim Nielsen and supervising sound editor Bjørn Ole Schroeder to discuss their on Skywalker Sound’s seventh entry in the Jurassic World franchise.
Featuring an intergalactic expedition set against the backdrop of a retro-futuristic world, Marvel Studios’ The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) was destined to require a wealth of distinctive and compelling sounds. Skywalker Sound supervising sound editor Matthew Wood (Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith [2005], Guardians of the Galaxy [2014], The Mandalorian [2018–2023]) and re-recording mixer Danielle Dupre [Loki (2021–2023), Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022), Agatha All Along (2024)] spoke with Skysound.com about their work on The Fantastic Four, chronicling Skywalker Sound’s initial involvement in the film’s preliminary stages, their creative relationship with the director, the insight they invested into the sounds of Galactus and H.E.R.B.I.E., and much more.
Skywalker Sound artists are among the winners for “Outstanding Sound Editing for a Nonfiction or Reality Program” at the 2025 Creative Arts Emmy Awards. Dialogue editor Dmitri Makarov, sound effects editor Tim Farrell, and sound editor Richard Gould of Skysound along with music editor Ramiro Belgardt have been recognized for their work on the 2024 Lucasfilm documentary, Music by John Williams, directed by Laurent Bouzereau.
Congratulations to our Emmy winners!
Watch Music by John Williams on Disney+.
To learn more about Music by John Williams, visit Lucasfilm.com.
And visit ILM.com and StarWars.com to learn more about recent Emmy wins for Lucasfilm.
