Skywalker Sound artists Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, and Juan Peralta joined production sound mixer Gareth John as “Best Sound” Oscar winners for their work on F1: The Movie at the 98th Academy Awards.
Other Skywalker Sound artists at the Oscars included Chris Scarabosio and Tony Villaflor, who joined José Antonio García as nominees for One Battle After Another. And Benjamin A. Burtt, Brandon Proctor, and Steve Boeddeker joined Chris Welcker and Felipe Pacheco as nominees for Sinners.
Congratulations to our winners and nominees! Read more about F1.
Sound designer, supervising sound editor, and re-recording mixer Chris Scarabosio and re-recording mixer Tony Villaflor sat down with writer Clayton Sandell to discuss their Academy Award-nominated work on director Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another.
Hidden among rolling hills and redwoods, George Lucas’s visionary retreat redefines what filmmaking can be: a creative refuge where words, music, sounds, and images are shaped to enhance each other.
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.