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Skywalker Sound is a post-production sound service founded in 1975 by George Lucas and Ben Burtt, created by Lucasfilm Ltd. for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977). It it one of the most popular sound services, working with around 200 staff members on around 100 projects a year, ranging from commercials and short films to documentaries, TV shows and movies, including independent projects.
Skywalker Sound is involved with the debut of many major sound formats, like Dolby Digital ("Ghost Train" trailer), Auro 3D (Red Tails), and Dolby Atmos (Brave).
In 1990, Skywalker Sound essentially collaborated with Sound Ideas Canada Ltd. and created the Lucasfilm Sound Effects Library.
Staff
Over 500 people contributed to Skywalker Sound over the years since 1975. Many came from and/or went on to Zoetrope, Saul Zaentz Film Center, Studio C, Russian Hill Recording, Berkeley Sound Artists, and Kelvin Optical, among other services. (A nearly complete, unofficial list can be found here .)
- 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
- Randy Thom
- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- Bonnie Wild
- Dug Winningham
- Matthew Wood
Sound Effects Created by Skywalker Sound
Here're a few.
- Anime Pre-Explosion Glow Sound
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Breaks Light Ce FS024701
- Hollywoodedge, Small Group Kids Laug PE143601
- SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07
- SKYWALKER, SPACECRAFT - TIE FIGHTER ROAR BY 01
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - ARTILLERY FALL 01
- Sound Ideas, AIRPLANE, JET - MILITARY FIGHTER JET: PASS BY 02
- Sound Ideas, BATS, FRUIT - 8 SHORT SQUAWKS, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, CHICKEN - EXCITED, FLURRY THEN SETTLES DOWN, ANIMAL, BIRD
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - RICOCHET: SINGLE SHOT, BULLET 06
- Sound Ideas, HIT, CARTOON - SMACK
- Sound Ideas, WIND - BLAST, MODULATION & HOWL, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, WIND - DESERT WIND, LONELY, HAUNTING, OMINOUS, WEATHER
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 04
- Sound Ideas, WEATHER, LIGHTNING - BOLT OF LIGHTNING STRIKES CLOSE BY, THUNDER 10
Patrial filmography
Any film with an asterisk means that, though Skywalker Sound provided not sound services, a creative worked on it.
1970s
- The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) (Audio Restoration.)
- Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
- More American Graffiti (1979)
1980s
- Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
- E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
- Firefox (1982) (Audio Restoration.)
- Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)
- The Terminator (1984) (Audio Restoration.)
- 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)
- Colors (1988)
- Always (1989)
- Knick Knack (1989)
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
1990s
- The Neon Empire (1991)
- Backdraft (1991)
- Ricochet (1991)
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
- The Simpsons (1991-1994)
- Army of Darkness (1992)
- Single White Female (1992)
- Candyman (1992)
- A Few Good Men (1992)
- Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
- Jurassic Park (1993)
- The Joy Luck Club (1993)
- True Romance (1993)
- Thumbelina (1994)
- Forrest Gump (1994)
- Baby's Day Out (1994)
- Speed (1994)
- The Crow (1994)
- A Troll in Central Park (1994)
- The Pebble and the Penguin (1995)
- Se7en (1995)
- Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
- Gumby: The Movie (1995)
- Strange Days (1995)
- My Family (1995)* (Credit only for Foley Services. Among the Skywalker staff at Zoetrope, Gary Rydstrom and Richard King provided additional sound effects, uncredited.)
- Toy Story (1995)
- Jumanji (1995)
- Broken Arrow (1996)
- Mission: Impossible (1996)
- Mars Attacks! (1996)
- The Rock (1996)
- Eraser (1996)
- Romeo + Juliet (1996)
- James and the Giant Peach (1996)
- Con Air (1997)
- Contact (1997)
- Geri's Game (1997)
- Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
- Starship Troopers (1997)
- Hercules (1997)
- Titanic (1997)
- A Bug's Life (1998)
- Saving Private Ryan (1998)
- Armageddon (1998)
- Enemy of the State (1998)
- Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
- The Iron Giant (1999)
- Toy Story 2 (1999)
- Fight Club (1999)
2000s
- 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 3 (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)
- Bad Boys II (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)
- THX 1138 (1971) (2004 Director's Cut, uncredited)
- Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith (2005)
- War of the Worlds (2005)
- Munich (2005)
- Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (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
- 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)
- The Fifth Horseman (2012) (Shorts)
- 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: Episode VII - 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: A Star Wars Story (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)
- Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (2017) (presumed, but uncredited)
- 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: Episode VIII - 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: Episode IX - The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
- Spies in Disguise (2019)
2020s
Upcoming
- Black Widow (2020)
- Soul (2020)
- Wish Dragon (2020)
- Top Gun: Maverick (2021)
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (2021)
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