Skywalker Sound’s Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Boeddeker, and David C. Hughes talk with writer Jay Stobie about their team’s role in bringing this musically-charged, supernatural period piece to life.

“I love that Ryan [Coogler] is a student of film in every aspect,” Burtt recalls. “We’ve been working with him on and off for a decade, and there’s a trust between us. We want to end up where he envisions a movie going, but he gives us freedom to use our best judgment for what we think a scene needs. He’s open to opinions and fresh takes.” Reflecting on their rapport with Coogler, Boeddeker concludes, “The Skywalker-Sundance connection made this relationship happen.”

Read the full story on Skywalker Sound’s Medium page.

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Congratulations to all of the 2024 Skysound MPSE Golden Reel and Cinema Audio Society Award winners!

MPSE Golden Reel Awards:

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form

WINNER – The Mandalorian: “The Return”

Disney

Supervising Sound Editors: Trey Turner, Matthew Wood

Sound Designer: David W. Collins

Sound Effects Editors: Luis Galdames MPSE, Kevin Bolen MPSE

ADR Editors: Brad Semenoff MPSE, Ryan Cota MPSE

Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella

Foley Editors: Joel Raabe, Alyssa Nevarez

Foley Artist: Shelly Roden MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation

WINNER – Star Wars: The Bad Batch: “Faster”

Disney

Supervising Sound Editors: David W. Collins, Matthew Wood

Sound Designer: David W. Collins

Sound Effects Editors: Justin Doyle, Kevin Bolen MPSE, Kimberly Patrick

Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella

Foley Artists: Kimberly Patrick, Margie O’Malley, Andrea Gard

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley

WINNER – Oppenheimer

Universal Pictures

Supervising Foley Editor: Christopher Flick

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation

WINNER – The Monkey King

Netflix Animation

Supervising Sound Editor: Eric A. Norris MPSE

Sound Designer: Tim Nielsen

The full list of 2024 MPSE Golden Reel Award winners here

Cinema Audio Society Awards

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION

WINNER – Oppenheimer

Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing – MOTION PICTURES – ANIMATED

WINNER – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Re-Recording Mixer – Michael Semanick CAS

Re-Recording Mixer – Juan Peralta

The full list of 2024 CAS winners here

A Celebration of Craft will honor Skywalker Sound’s Leslie Ann Jones, a seven-time GRAMMY® winner and the first woman Chair of the Recording Academy’s Board of Trustees (1999-2001), who has spent over 40 years in the industry as a recording and mixing engineer and record producer. The event will also salute the year-round work of the Producers; Engineers and Songwriters; Composers Wings and shine a light on the people working behind the scenes to create the year’s best musical works.

Iron Mountain Entertainment Services (IMES) and Qualcomm Technologies International, Ltd., to serve as Premier Sponsors for Recording Academy P&E Wing

Skywalker Sound has done it again! Congratuations to the 2024 Golden Reel Award Nominees!

Nine projects are in the running for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing in five Categories.
The 71th MPSE Golden Reel Awards will be held at Wilshire Ebell Theatre on March 3, 2024.

Skywalker Sound Nominees:

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation

Star Wars: The Bad Batch: “Faster” 

Disney 

Supervising Sound Editors: David W. Collins, Matthew Wood 

Sound Designer: David W. Collins 

Sound Effects Editors: Justin Doyle, Kevin Bolen MPSE, Kimberly Patrick 

Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella 

Foley Artists: Kimberly Patrick, Margie O’Malley, Andrea Gard

Star Wars: Visions: “The Pit” 

Disney 

Supervising Sound Editor: David W. Collins 

Sound Designer: David W. Collins 

Sound Effects Editors: Kevin Bolen MPSE, Bill Rudolph 

Dialogue Editor: David Collins 

Supervising Foley Editor: Alex Wilmer 

Foley Artists: John Roesch MPSE, Shelley Roden MPSE, Xiuzhu (Mimi) Guo

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley 

Andor: “Ahsoka: Part Four: Fallen Jedi” 

Disney 

Supervising Sound Editors: Bonnie Wild, Matthew Wood

Sound Designer: David Acord 

Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Tim Farrell 

Supervising Foley Editor: Joel Raabe

Foley Artists: Shelly Roden MPSE, Ronni Brown, Heikki Kossi MPSE

Loki: “Glorious Purpose” 

Disney 

Supervising Sound Editor: Bjørn Ole Schroeder

Sound Designer: David Chrastka 

Sound Effects Editors: Andre Zweers, Malcolm Fife, Jamey Scott MPSE 

Supervising Foley Editor: Alyssa Nevarez

Foley Editor: Dawitt Zemene MPSE

Foley Artist: Sandra Fox

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form

The Mandalorian: “The Return” 

Disney 

Supervising Sound Editors: Trey Turner, Matthew Wood

Sound Designer: David W. Collins 

Sound Effects Editors: Luis Galdames MPSE, Kevin Bolen MPSE 

ADR Editors: Brad Semenoff MPSE, Ryan Cota MPSE

Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella

Foley Editors: Joel Raabe, Alyssa Neverez

Foley Artist: Shelly Roden MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation

Elemental

Disney / Pixar

Supervising Sound Editors: Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce 

Sound Designer: Ren Klyce 

Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Jonathon Stevens, Benjamin A. Burtt, Steve Bissinger 

Supervising Dialogue Editor: Rich Quinn

Dialogue Editor: Lisa Chino

Supervising Foley Editor: Dee Selby

Foley Editor: Nicholas Docter

Foley Artists: Shelley Roden MPSE, Heikki Kossi MPSE

Music Editor: Shinnosuke Miyazawa

Migration

Illumination

Supervising Sound Editors: Daniel Laurie, Josh Gold

Sound Effects Editors: Richard Gould, Luke Dunn-Gielmuda, Scott Guitteau

Dialogue Editor: Bjørn Ole Schroeder

Supervising Foley Editor: Thom Brennan

Foley Editor: E. Larry Oatfield

Foley Artists: Sean England, Andrea Gard

Music Editor: Bill Bernstein

The Super Mario Bros Movie

Universal Pictures

Supervising Sound Editor: Daniel Laurie

Sound Designers: Randy Thom MPSE, Jamey Scott MPSE

Sound Effects Editors: Leff Lefferts, Qianbaihui Yang MPSE, Scott Guitteau

Dialogue / ADR Supervisor: Jacob Riehle

Supervising Foley Editor: E. Larry Oatfield

Foley Editor: Zach Martin

Foley Artists: Ronni Brown, Jana Vance, Sean England

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley

The Killer

Netflix

Supervising Sound Editor: Jeremy Molod

Sound Designer: Ren Klyce

Sound Effects Editors: Johnathon Stevens, Malcolm Fife

Supervising Foley Editor: Thom Brennan

Foley Editor: Dee Selby

Foley Artists: Shelley Roden MPSE, John Roesch MPSE

A full list of nominees here.

Congratulations to the Skysound Nominees for Outstanding Sound Mixing in Film and Television!
The Cinema Audio Society Awards ceremony will be held on March 2, 2024 where the outstanding contributions to the art of Sound Mixing will be honored, along with a look at the milestones in cinema audio over the past 60 years.

MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION

Oppenheimer
Re-Recording Mixer: Gary A. Rizzo CAS

Ferrari
ADR Mixer: Matthew Wood

MOTION PICTURES – ANIMATED

Elemental
Re-Recording Mixer: Stephen Urata
Re-Recording Mixer: Ren Klyce
Foley Mixer: Scott Curtis

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Re-Recording Mixer: Juan Peralta
Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Semanick

The Super Mario Brothers Movie
Re-Recording Mixer: Pete Horner
Re-Recording Mixer: Juan Peralta
Foley Mixer: Richard Duarte

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Semanick

TELEVISION SERIES: HALF HOUR

The Mandalorian S3: Ep 8 The Return

Re-Recording Mixer: Scott R. Lewis CAS
Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Villaflor
Foley Mixer: Scott Curtis

The full list of 2024 CAS nominees here.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has announced the winners of the 2nd Annual Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmy® Awards which took place at the historic Westin Bonaventure Hotel in downtown Los Angeles and aired live on The Emmys® apps. I AM GROOT S1 Ep2 won in the OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM category. Congrats to the entire Sound Team, Coya Elliott, Kyrsten Mate, Tony Villaflor, Malcolm Fife, James Spencer, Nicholas Docter, Steph Allen, John Roesch, Shelley Roden, Scott Curtis, and Derek McGinley. 

Read more here.