Skywalker Sound Izotope Rx

Skywalker Sound
Division
IndustrySound effects, Sound editing and Remastering
FoundedSeptember 7, 1975; 44 years ago
FounderGeorge Lucas
HeadquartersLucas Valley, near Nicasio, California.
Key people
George Lucas
Josh Lowden (General Manager of Skywalker Sound)
Leslie Ann Jones
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ParentLucasfilm
(The Walt Disney Studios)
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]

Jan 08, 2019 The Cinema Audio Society has announced nominations for their 2019 CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. Skywalker Sound was well represented with several nominations across the various categories. Skywalker Re-recording Mixers Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker, Scott Curtis, Michael Semanick, Nathan Nance, Chris Scarabosio, Gary Rizzo, Juan Peralta, Blake Collins, Pete Horner. IZotope recruits audio professionals, music producers, and songwriters to share industry insider perspectives, to simplify and teach technical concepts, and to inspire hobbyists and seasoned professionals alike. Our contributors are passionate about music and audio production and write to educate, encourage, and excite. IZotope RX 2 is the most complete audio repair toolkit on the market, enabling you to remove noise, hiss, buzz and hum, eliminate clicks and crackle, restore clipped audio, visually select and suppress unwanted sounds, resynthesize missing audio and much more.

History[edit]

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

  1. IZotope, Inc.: RX 7 Sound Particles: Doppler + Air Todd-AO: Absentia DX. Skywalker Sound’s, Gary Rizzo, was also nominated for Sound Mixing for Dunkirk. A complete list of nominations can be found here. The Academy Awards will be announced live at 5pm on March 4 on ABC. Next Gen Wins Golden Reel Award.
  2. Sep 04, 2018  Heavyocity's FORZO: Modern Brass was made in that image. Recorded at the legendary Skywalker Sound, FORZO is the product of Heavyocity's world-class sound design team joining forces with award-winning composer, Jason Graves, and A-list.
  3. May 24, 2017  In this video, Oscar-winning sound designer Mark Mangini (Mad Max: Fury Road) discusses his philosophy on mixing sound for film during the Westlake Pro Immersive Sound Room Launch Event.
  4. Mar 13, 2012  Cambridge, MA, March 13, 2012 – iZotope, Inc., a leading innovator in digital audio signal processing, announces the acquisition of Imagine Research, Inc., a developer of intelligent audio analysis technologies. Based in San Francisco, Imagine Research developed MediaMined™, a cloud-based sound similarity and sound-object recognition engine powered by machine learning.

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.

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Staff[edit]

  • Al Nelson
  • Juan Peralta

Partial filmography[edit]

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

1970s[edit]

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  • Star Wars (1977)
  • More American Graffiti (1979)

1980s[edit]

  • The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
  • Return of the Jedi (1983)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
  • Ewoks: The Battle for Endor (1985)
  • Luxo, Jr. (1986)
  • Captain EO (1987)
  • Red's Dream (1987)
  • Willow (1988)
  • Tin Toy (1988)
  • Always (1989)
  • Knick Knack (1989)
  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

1990s[edit]

  • The Neon Empire (1991)
  • Backdraft (1991)
  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
  • The Simpsons (1991-1994)
  • Single White Female (1992)
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
  • Jurassic Park (1993)
  • Thumbelina (1994)
  • Forrest Gump (1994)
  • Baby's Day Out (1994)
  • A Troll in Central Park (1994)
  • The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
  • Se7en (1995)
  • Gumby: The Movie (1995)
  • Strange Days (1995)
  • Toy Story (1995)
  • Jumanji (1995)
  • Mission: Impossible (1996)
  • Mars Attacks! (1996)
  • The Rock (1996)
  • James and the Giant Peach (1996)
  • Con Air (1997)
  • Geri's Game (1997)
  • Hercules (1997)
  • Titanic (1997)
  • A Bug's Life (1998)
  • Saving Private Ryan (1998)
  • Armageddon (1998)
  • Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
  • The Iron Giant (1999)
  • Toy Story 2 (1999)
  • Fight Club (1999)

2000s[edit]

  • X-Men (2000)
  • For the Birds (2000)
  • Dinosaur (2000)
  • What Lies Beneath (2000)
  • Cast Away (2000)
  • 102 Dalmatians (2000)
  • Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
  • Osmosis Jones (2001)
  • Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
  • Pearl Harbor (2001)
  • A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
  • Jurassic Park III (2001)
  • Monsters, Inc. (2001)
  • Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
  • Minority Report (2002)
  • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
  • The Ring (2002)
  • Lilo & Stitch (2002)
  • Panic Room (2002)
  • Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
  • Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
  • Finding Nemo (2003)
  • Daredevil (2003)
  • Mickey's PhilharMagic (2003)
  • Hulk (2003)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  • Peter Pan (2003)
  • Shrek 2 (2004)
  • The Incredibles (2004)
  • The Polar Express (2004)
  • Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
  • War of the Worlds (2005)
  • Munich (2005)
  • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
  • Hoodwinked! (2005)
  • Over the Hedge (2006)
  • Cars (2006)
  • Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
  • Charlotte's Web (2006)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
  • Zoom (2006)
  • Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
  • Eragon (2006)
  • Monster House (2006)
  • Barnyard (2006)
  • Ratatouille (2007)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
  • The Simpsons Movie (2007)
  • Bee Movie (2007)
  • Enchanted (2007)
  • Beowulf (2007)
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters (2007)
  • Cloverfield (2008)
  • WALL-E (2008)
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
  • Bolt (2008)
  • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
  • Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
  • Iron Man (2008)
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
  • Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
  • Up (2009)
  • Avatar (2009)
  • A Christmas Carol (2009)
  • Terminator Salvation (2009)
  • Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
  • Coraline (2009)
  • Fanboys (2009)
  • I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
  • 9 (2009)

2010s[edit]

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  • 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)
  • Onward (2020)

Upcoming[edit]

  • Mulan (2020)
  • Black Widow (2020)
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
  • Soul (2020)
  • Top Gun: Maverick (2020)
  • Wish Dragon (2020)
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru (2021)

References[edit]

  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

External links[edit]

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