an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . august 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message soundelux industry post production owner todd soundelux website www.soundelux.com soundelux is an audio post production company based in hollywood california . soundelux is currently a member of the todd soundelux group of sound companies . the post production services company provides audio services to clients working in feature films . soundelux supervising sound editors sound designers and sound editors have earned nominations and honors from the academy awards emmy awards british academy awards and golden reel awards . 1 contents 1 history 2 services 3 overseas offices 4 staff 5 notable industry recognition 6 soundelux design music group 7 references 8 external links history edit lon bender and wylie stateman founded soundelux in 1982 . in 1991 they partnered with tony miceli david kneupper and john miceli to create the soundelux entertainment group . in 1992 scott martin gershin partnered with wylie stateman & lon bender to create soundelux media labs which eventually would become soundelux design music group dmg which was created to supply sound design voice over casting & music composition to the interactive entertainment industry . together they all continued developing addition business units such as showorks entertainment modern music soundelux dmg the hollywood edge mts cinema services and soundelux microphones . in november of 1995 jeffrey edell the business management partner at duitch and franklin for lon bender and wylie stateman and soundelux joined them as ceo and helped integrate 13 separate companies into one consolidated group called soundelux entertainment group . during his tenure and until the sale to john malone s liberty media group the company grew to over 120m in revenues with almost 500 employees at its peak . on june 9 2000 liberty media group acquired the post production and sound business of soundelux entertainment group for 90m cash a deal that replaced one agreed to in july 1999 for stock then valued at 70.3 m. the purchase also included soundelux s location based entertainment and theater design business which was excluded in the earlier agreement . 2 in 2002 liberty media group rebranded itself as ascent media group . the move was made to raise the company s profile in hollywood . at the same time the company was split into three divisions ascent media creative services ascent media network services and ascent media management services . soundelux is part of the creative services division along with todd ao riot company 3 method encore level 3 and pop . 3 in october 2008 the creative sound services group broke away from ascent media group and the discovery holding company to create css studios llc a wholly owned subsidiary of discovery communications . 4 the services of css studios are marketed under the brand names soundelux todd ao sound one pop sound modern music soundelux design music group and the hollywood edge . css studios maintains facilities in los angeles and new york . on september 19 2012 empire investment holdings announced it had acquired css studios llc . 1 in january 2013 css studios announced it would rename the company as todd soundelux . 5 on may 21 2014 todd soundelux filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection . 6 on november 17 2014 the todd soundelux trademarks todd ao and soundelux and copyrights sound effects library were acquired in federal bankruptcy court central district case no. 2 14 bk 19980 by rob nokes of sounddogs.com inc. 7 services edit soundelux offers sound supervision sound design and sound editorial for feature films . the company also boasts a library of unique sound effects that includes 400 000 original tracks . overseas offices edit until 2010 soundelux operated a facility in london . much like its u.s. based operations soundelux london was a sound design and editing facility . eddy joseph the facility s leading creative force has been nominated for multiple bafta and mpse awards . his work on the james bond film quantum of solace earned him an academy award nomination . in 2009 joseph was awarded best uk film sound editor designer at the uk screen sound awards . 8 staff edit soundelux audio professionals include andrew decristofaro anna mackenzie joao coimbra becky sullivan branden spencer dave mcmoyler harry cohen kelly oxford lon e. bender mike d. wilhoit paul aulicino peter brown tom bellfort victor ennis wylie stateman scott martin gershin notable industry recognition edit the audio professionals working out of soundelux have earned hundreds of notable industry nominations and awards . here are some highlights year award category type title honorees 2013 academy award best sound editing won skyfall per hallberg karen baker landers 2013 academy award best sound editing nominated django unchained wylie stateman 2013 bafta award best sound nominated skyfall per hallberg karen baker landers scott millan gregg russell stuart wilson 2013 bafta award best sound nominated django unchained wylie stateman michael minkler tony lamberti mark ulano 2012 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a series won game of thrones blackwater peter brown kira roessler tim hands paul aulicino stephen p. robinson vanessa lapato brett voss james moriana jeffrey wilhoit david klotz 2012 academy award best sound editing nominated drive lon bender victor ray ennis 2011 academy award best sound editing nominated unstoppable mark stoeckinger 2010 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special won the pacific part five tom bellfort benjamin cook daniel s. irwin hector gika charles maynes paul aulicino john c. stuver david williams michelle pazer john finklea jody holwadel thomas katie rose 2010 academy award best sound editing nominated inglourious basterds wylie stateman 2010 academy award best sound editing nominated star trek mark p. stoeckinger alan rankin 2010 bafta award best sound nominated star trek mark p. stoeckinger peter j. devlin andy nelson anna behlmer ben burtt 2009 academy award best sound editing nominated wanted wylie stateman 2008 academy award best sound editing won the bourne ultimatum karen m. baker per hallberg 2008 bafta award best sound won the bourne ultimatum karen m. baker per hallberg kirk francis scott millan and david parker 2007 academy award best sound editing nominated blood diamond lon bender 2006 academy award best sound editing nominated memoirs of a geisha wylie stateman 2005 bafta award best sound won ray karen m. baker per hallberg steve cantamessa scott millan greg orloff bob beemer 2005 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special won the life and death of peter sellers anna mackenzie tim hands geoffrey g. rubay james mather victoria brazier zack davis laura lovejoy richard ford felicity cottrell and ruth sullivan 2004 bafta award best sound nominated kill bill volume 1 wylie stateman michael minkler myron nettinga and mark ulano 2003 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special nominated live from baghdad glenn t. morgan ben wilkins jon title greg hedgepath lisle engle jon mete daniel s. irwin larry kemp michelle pazer scott sanders frederick h. stahly kelly oxford james bladon diane marshall and michael j. broomberg 2003 academy award best sound editing nominated road to perdition scott hecker 2002 bafta award best sound nominated black hawk down karen m. baker chris munro per hallberg michael minkler myron nettinga 2002 bafta award best sound nominated shrek lon bender andy nelson anna behlmer wylie stateman 2001 bafta award best sound won almost famous michael d. wilhoit jeff wexler doug hemphill rick kline paul massey 2001 bafta award best sound nominated gladiator ken weston scott millan bob beemer 2001 bafta award best sound nominated the perfect storm wylie stateman keith a. wester john t. reitz gregg rudloff david e. campbell kelly cabral 2000 bafta award best sound nominated american beauty scott martin gershin scott millan bob beemer richard van dyke 2000 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a series nominated the others eyes harry cohen mace matiosian ruth adelman guy tsujimoto jivan tahmizian diane griffen zane d. bruce and michael j. broomberg 2000 emmy award outstanding sound editing nominated the devil s arithmetic anna mackenzie william h. angarola mike marchain robert guastini cindy rabideau ray spiess rick hinson and warren smith 1999 academy award best sound effects editing nominated the mask of zorro dave mcmoyler 1999 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a series nominated buffy the vampire slayer lover s walk anna mackenzie cindy rabideau robert guastini mark cleary mike marchain william h. angarola rick hinson ray spiess fernand bos zane d. bruce and joseph t. sabella 1999 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a series nominated the sopranos i dream of jeannie cusamano anna mackenzie ray spiess william h. angarola robert guastini benjamin beardwood mike marchain rick hinson bruce swanson mark cleary cindy rabideau kathryn dayak zane d. bruce and joseph t. sabella 1999 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special nominated a soldier s sweetheart anna mackenzie william h. angarola rick hinson raymond e. spiess iii cindy rabideau mike marchain jason lezama robert guastini ray spiess ron finn christopher moriana and katie rowe 1999 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special nominated houdini anna mackenzie william h. angarola rick hinson ray spiess mike marchain skip adams robert guastini cindy rabideau jeanette surga zane d. bruce and joseph t. sabella 1998 academy award best sound effects editing nominated face off mark p. stoeckinger per hallberg 1998 emmy award outstanding sound editing nominated beauty and the beast scott marin gershin anthony mazzei robert mackston steve dutkovich dave weathers david hankins and don sanders 1998 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a series nominated the visitor pilot anna mackenzie cindy rabideau mark cleary rick hinson raymond e. spiess iii ray spiess robert guastini william h. angarola jay b. richardson james moriana and michael j. broomberg 1998 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries movie or a special nominated creature anna mackenzie william h. angarola ray spiess rick hinson cindy rabideau robert guastini mark cleary jason lezama mike marchain raymond e. spiess iii steve bissinger aaron martin ellen heuer and craig ng 1996 academy award best sound effects editing won braveheart lon bender per hallberg 1996 bafta award best sound won braveheart lon bender per hallberg brian simmons andy nelson scott millan and anna behlmer 1994 academy award best sound effects editing nominated cliffhanger wylie stateman and gregg baxter 1993 bafta award best sound won jfk wylie stateman tod a. maitland michael d. wilhoit michael minkler and gregg landaker 1993 bafta award best sound nominated the last of the mohicans lon bender simon kaye larry kemp paul massey doug hemphill mark smith and chris jenkins 1991 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries or a special won son of the morning star dave mcmoyler g. michael graham joseph melody richard s. steele mark steele gary macheel charles r. beith jr. mark friedgen dan luna michael j. wright bob costanza christopher assells bill bell scott a. tinsley phil jamtaas andre caporaso stephen grubbs kristi johns and john caper jr. 1990 academy award best sound nominated born on the fourth of july wylie stateman michael minkler gregory h. watkins and tod a. maitland 1989 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries or a special won lonesome dove dave mcmoyler joseph melody mark steele richard s. steele michael j. wright gary macheel stephen grubbs mark friedgen charles r. beith jr. scott a. tinsley karla caldwell george b. bell g. michael graham kristi johns tom villano and jamie forester 1989 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries or a special nominated steal the sky dave mcmoyler joseph melody mark friedgen g. michael graham gary macheel a. david marshall diane marshall mark steele rusty tinsley scott a. tinsley charles r. beith jr. christopher assells kristi johns and allan k. rosen 1988 emmy award outstanding sound editing for a miniseries or