Skywalker Sound

Skywalker Sound (formerly known as Sprocket Systems and sometimes Skywalker Sound North) is the American sound effects, sound design, sound editing, sound mixing, and music recording division of Lucasfilm. Founded in 1975, the company's main facilities are located at George Lucas's Skywalker Ranch in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California.^[1]

Skywalker Sound

Skywalker Sound headquarters at the Skywalker Ranch
Formerly	Sprocket Systems (1975-1987)
Company type	Division
Industry	Sound effects, Sound editing, and Remastering
Founded	September 7, 1975; 50 years ago (1975-09-07)
Founder	George Lucas
Headquarters	Skywalker Ranch, Lucas Valley, California , United States
Key people	Josh Lowden (General Manager of Skywalker Sound) Leslie Ann Jones
Number of employees	160
Parent	Lucasfilm
Website	skysound.com

History

Skywalker Sound was founded in 1975 as Sprocket Systems in San Anselmo, California.

While located in San Anselmo, Sprocket Systems came into contact with residents. 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 practiced his bullwhip technique in the parking lot.^[2]

Sprocket Systems moved from San Anselmo following a dangerous flood in January 1982. The company renamed 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 received a Special Achievement Academy Award, since the category for Sound Editing had not yet been established. Skywalker Sound won 15 Academy Awards and received 62 nominations.

Sound mixing, editorial, and music 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.

In 2012, The Walt Disney Company acquired Skywalker Sound as part of its purchase of Lucasfilm.

Staff

• David Acord
• Christopher Barnett
• Richard Beggs
• Tom Bellfort
• Steve Boeddeker
• Christopher Boyes
• Ben Burtt
• Frank E. Eulner
• Andre Fenley
• Mike Hopkins
• Lora Hirschberg
• Richard Hymns
• Leslie Ann Jones
• William Files
• George Watters II
• Douglas Murray
• Al Nelson
• Ren Klyce
• Richard King
• Dennis Leonard
• Ethan Van der Ryn
• Addison Teague
• Tom Myers
• Erik Aadahl
• Gary A. Rizzo
• Gary Rydstrom
• Christopher Scarabosio
• Tom Johnson
• Michael Semanick
• Michael Silvers
• Gary Summers
• Randy Thom
• Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• Matthew Wood

Filmography

Any film with a collaboration that Skywalker Sound is uncredited; a creative sound design team worked on it.

1970s

• American Graffiti (1973)
• Jaws (1975)
• Star Wars (1977)
• Alien (1979)
• More American Graffiti (1979)

1980s

• The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
• Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
• The Stereo Demonstration Film (1982)
• Return of the Jedi (1983)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
• The Adventures of André and Wally B. (1984)
• Grand Canyon: The Hidden Secrets (1984)
• Cocoon (1985)
• Back to the Future (1985)
• The Legend of Billie Jean (1985)
• Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
• Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins (1985)
• The Mean Season (1985)
• Fletch (1985)
• Explorers (1985)
• Luxo Jr. (1986)
• Howard the Duck (1986)
• Captain EO (1986)
• Red's Dream (1987)
• Spaceballs (1987)
• Willow (1988)
• Tin Toy (1988)
• Technological Threat (1988)
• The Couch Trip (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Tucker: The Man and His Dream (1988)
• The Land Before Time (1988)
• Colors (1988)
• Cocoon: The Return (1988)
• Back to the Future Part II (1989)
• Always (1989)
• Knick Knack (1989)
• The Abyss (1989)
• Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
• Fletch Lives (1989)
• Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

1990s

• Cold Dog Soup (1990)
• Henry & June (1990)
• The Godfather Part III (1990)
• Wild at Heart (1990)
• Avalon (1990)
• Back to the Future Part III (1990)
• Backdraft (1991)
• Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
• Rush (1991)
• JFK (1991)
• The Five Heartbeats (1991)
• A Brief History of Time (1991)
• A Few Good Men (1992)
• Single White Female (1992)
• Honeymoon in Vegas (1992)
• Far and Away (1992)
• FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
• The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992-1993)
• Last Action Hero (1993)
• Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
• Jurassic Park (1993)
• Super Mario Bros. (1993)
• True Romance (1993)
• Miracle on 34th Street (1994)
• Forrest Gump (1994)
• Baby's Day Out (1994)
• Radioland Murders (1994)
• True Lies (1994)
• Speed (1994)
• A Troll in Central Park (1994)
• Home for the Holidays (1995)
• Casper (1995)
• Seven (1995)
• Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995)
• Species (1995)
• Strange Days (1995)
• My Family (1995)
• Toy Story (1995)
• Jumanji (1995)
• Broken Arrow (1996)
• Mission: Impossible (1996)
• Mars Attacks! (1996)
• William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet (1996)
• The Rock (1996)
• The Frighteners (1996)
• Beverly Hills Ninja (1997)
• Con Air (1997)
• Contact (1997)
• Geri's Game (1997)
• Speed 2: Cruise Control (1997)
• The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
• Titanic (1997)
• Hercules (1997)
• Volcano (1997)
• A Bug's Life (1998)
• Saving Private Ryan (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• Bunny (1998)
• Stepmom (1998)
• Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)
• Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999)
• The Iron Giant (1999)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)
• Toy Story 2 (1999)
• Bicentennial Man (1999)
• Fight Club (1999)
• Office Space (1999)
• Galaxy Quest (1999)

2000s

• Titan A.E. (2000)
• For the Birds (2000)
• Dinosaur (2000)
• What Lies Beneath (2000)
• Cast Away (2000)
• 102 Dalmatians (2000)
• X-Men (2000)
• Spy Kids (2001)
• Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
• Osmosis Jones (2001)
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
• Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001)
• Jurassic Park III (2001)
• Monkeybone (2001)
• Monsters, Inc. (2001)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
• Ice Age (2002)
• Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
• The Ring (2002)
• Gone Nutty: Scrat's Missing Adventure (2002)
• Hart's War (2002)
• The Emperor's Club (2002)
• Lilo & Stitch (2002)
• Mike's New Car (2002)
• Panic Room (2002)
• Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002)
• Adaptation (2002)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
• Maid in Manhattan (2002)
• Boundin' (2003)
• Daredevil (2003)
• Finding Nemo (2003)
• Hulk (2003)
• Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–2005)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
• Peter Pan (2003)
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
• Shrek 2 (2004)
• The Incredibles (2004)
• The Polar Express (2004)
• Hellboy (2004)
• The Island (2005)
• Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005)
• War of the Worlds (2005)
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)
• Jack-Jack Attack (2005)
• Munich (2005)
• Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean (2005)
• Corpse Bride (2005)
• Robots (2005)
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
• One Man Band (2005)
• King Kong (2005)
• Cars (2006)
• Monster House (2006)
• Lifted (2006)
• Mater and the Ghostlight (2006)
• Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
• Charlotte's Web (2006)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
• No Time for Nuts (2006)
• Zoom (2006)
• Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006)
• Over the Hedge (2006)
• Eragon (2006)
• Open Season (2006)
• Mission: Impossible III (2006)
• Night at the Museum (2006)
• Barnyard (2006)
• Ratatouille (2007)
• Zodiac (2007)
• Transformers (2007)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007)
• We Own the Night (2007)
• The Simpsons Movie (2007)
• Bee Movie (2007)
• Enchanted (2007)
• Beowulf (2007)
• Surf's Up (2007)
• The Kite Runner (2007)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)
• Your Friend the Rat (2007)
• Cloverfield (2008)
• WALL-E (2008)
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
• Bolt (2008)
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)
• The Incredible Hulk (2008)
• Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who! (2008)
• Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
• Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D (2008)
• Iron Man (2008)
• Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)
• Presto (2008)
• Surviving Sid (2008)
• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• BURN-E (2008)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009)
• Aliens in the Attic (2009)
• Up (2009)
• Partly Cloudy (2009)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
• G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
• Star Trek (2009)
• Avatar (2009)
• A Christmas Carol (2009)
• District 9 (2009)
• The Lovely Bones (2009)
• Terminator Salvation (2009)
• Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009)
• Coraline (2009)
• Astro Boy (2009)
• Dug's Special Mission (2009)
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

2010s

• Alice in Wonderland (2010)
• Iron Man 2 (2010)
• Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010)
• Despicable Me (2010)
• Day & Night (2010)
• How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
• Toy Story 3 (2010)
• The Last Airbender (2010)
• Tron: Legacy (2010)
• Mars Needs Moms (2011)
• Rango (2011)
• Rio (2011)
• Super 8 (2011)
• La Luna (2011)
• Cars 2 (2011)
• Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked (2011)
• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
• Mr. Popper's Penguins (2011)
• Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011)
• Cowboys & Aliens (2011)
• The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
• War Horse (2011)
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
• Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas (2011)
• The Smurfs (2011)
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
• Dr. Seuss' The Lorax (2012)
• ParaNorman (2012)
• Brave (2012)
• The Avengers (2012)
• Ice Age: Continental Drift (2012)
• Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012)
• Flight (2012)
• Red Tails (2012)
• Wreck-It Ralph (2012)
• The Croods (2013)
• Epic (2013)
• Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
• Despicable Me 2 (2013)
• Monsters University (2013)
• The Lone Ranger (2013)
• Iron Man 3 (2013)
• Free Birds (2013)
• Thor: The Dark World (2013)
• Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
• Rio 2 (2014)
• The Boxtrolls (2014)
• Gone Girl (2014)
• Maleficent (2014)
• Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
• How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
• Lava (2014)
• Godzilla (2014)
• Guardians of the Galaxy (2014)
• Big Hero 6 (2014)
• Strange Magic (2015)
• Home (2015)
• The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
• The Little Prince (2015)
• Sanjay's Super Team (2015)
• Inside Out (2015)
• Tomorrowland (2015)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
• The Peanuts Movie (2015)
• Jurassic World (2015)
• Minions (2015)
• Bridge of Spies (2015)
• Ant-Man (2015)
• Creed (2015)
• The Good Dinosaur (2015)
• The Walk (2015)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• The Revenant (2015)
• Pixels (2015)
• Piper (2016)
• 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)
• Allied (2016)
• Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
• Moana (2016)
• Doctor Strange (2016)
• Sing (2016)
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
• Native (2016)
• Monster Trucks (2016)
• A Cure for Wellness (2017)
• Lou (2017)
• Kong: Skull Island (2017)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
• War for the Planet of the Apes (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)
• Only the Brave (2017)
• Mindhunter (2017)
• Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
• Coco (2017)
• Newly Single (2017)
• Ferdinand (2017)
• Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017)
• The Post (2017)
• Phantom Thread (2017)
• Black Panther (2018)
• A Wrinkle in Time (2018)
• Ready Player One (2018)
• Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
• Bao (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)
• The Old Man & the Gun (2018)
• High Life (2018)
• Dr. Seuss' The Grinch (2018)
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
• Vice (2018)
• How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019)
• Io (2019)
• Alita: Battle Angel (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)
• 6 Underground (2019)
• Ad Astra (2019)
• Knives Out (2019)
• Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
• Frozen 2 (2019)
• Spies in Disguise (2019)

2020s

• Dolittle (2020)
• Onward (2020)
• The Willoughbys (2020)
• The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
• Mulan (2020)
• Over the Moon (2020)
• The Croods: A New Age (2020)
• Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous (2020-2022)
• Soul (2020)
• Extinct (2021)
• Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
• Wish Dragon (2021)
• 22 vs. Earth (2021)
• Luca (2021)
• Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
• The Green Knight (2021)
• The French Dispatch (2021)
• The Suicide Squad (2021)
• Vivo (2021)
• Black Widow (2021)
• Eternals (2021)
• Ciao Alberto (2021)
• Encanto (2021)
• West Side Story (2021)
• Don't Look Up (2021)
• Sing 2 (2021)
• Turning Red (2022)
• The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022)
• Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)
• Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022)
• Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
• Jurassic World Dominion (2022)
• Lightyear (2022)
• Minions: The Rise of Gru (2022)
• Thor: Love and Thunder (2022)
• Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (2022)
• Luck (2022)
• Spin Me Round (2022)
• She-Hulk: Attorney at Law (2022)
• Cars on the Road (2022)
• Pinocchio (2022)
• Wendell & Wild (2022)
• Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)
• The Fabelmans (2022)
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022)
• Strange World (2022)
• Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
• Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
• Peter Pan & Wendy (2023)
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023)
• Elemental (2023)
• Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (2023)
• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
• Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken (2023)
• Haunted Mansion (2023)
• Once Upon a Studio (2023)
• The Marvels (2023)
• Wish (2023)
• Migration (2023)
• Inside Out 2 (2024)
• Ultraman: Rising (2024)
• Despicable Me 4 (2024)
• Twisters (2024)
• Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)^[3]
• Transformers One (2024)^[4]
• The Wild Robot (2024)
• Piece by Piece (2024)^[5]
• Here (2024)^[6]
• Spellbound (2024)
• Moana 2 (2024)
• Kraven the Hunter (2024)
• Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
• The Electric State (2025)^[7]
• Thunderbolts* (2025)
• Lilo & Stitch (2025)^[8]
• How to Train Your Dragon (2025)^[9]
• Elio (2025)^[10]
• F1 (2025)
• Jurassic World Rebirth (2025)^[11]
• Superman (2025)^[12]
• The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)^[13]
• One Battle After Another (2025)^[14]
• Plainclothes (2025^[15]
• Tron: Ares (2025)^[16]
• In Your Dreams (2025)^[17]
• Zootopia 2 (2025)^[18]

Upcoming

• Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025)^[19]
• Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)^[20]
• Hoppers (2026)^[21]