# Soundelux

Soundelux is an American audio post production company based in California, a previous member of the Todd Soundelux group of sound companies. The Soundelux library and trademark was bought in 2014 by Sounddogs. In 2021, original founders Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman came together to launch the new Soundelux, which restarted in sound editing production with episodes of HBO's Euphoria.
The post production company provides audio services to clients working in feature films and television.

## History

Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman founded Soundelux in 1982, focused on audio post production for the film industry. In 1991, they partnered with John Miceli, Tony Miceli, and David Kneupper to create the Soundelux Entertainment Group and expanded their business on the East Coast and into the growing special venue industry.
In 1992, Scott Martin Gershin partnered with Bender and Stateman and Bender to create Soundelux Media Labs, which eventually became Soundelux Design Music Group (DMG), supplying sound design, voice over casting, and music composition to the interactive entertainment industry. Together, they continued developing additional business units.
In November 1995, Jeffrey Edell, the business management partner for Bender, Stateman and Soundelux at accounting firm Duitch and Franklin LLP, joined Soundelux as CEO and helped consolidate 13 separate companies into one group, called Soundelux Entertainment Group. During Edell's tenure and until the sale of the company to John Malone's Liberty Media Group, the company grew to over $120M in revenue, 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 to replace one agreed to in July 1999 for stock then valued at $200M. The purchase excluded Soundelux Showorks & Soundelux Florida, the company's location-based entertainment and theater design businesses. These businesses were debt free at the close of the acquisition and positioned for long term growth in an emerging industry. Tony Miceli departed in 2000 to explore new opportunities.
In 2001, John Miceli broke off of the remaining Soundlelux Media Group company and formed Technomedia to build on the immersive media experience business that was emerging.
The remaining business unit continued under the direction of Jeff Edell, who assigned Phil Rafnson the direction of Soundelux Showorks, Soundelux Florida group until they filed for bankruptcy in 2002.
The same year, Liberty Media Group rebranded itself as Ascent Media Group. The move was made to raise the company's profile in Hollywood. Soundelux was part of the Creative Services division, along with Todd-AO, Riot, Company 3, Method, Encore, Level 3 and POP.
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. 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 maintain facilities in Los Angeles and New York.
On September 19, 2012, Empire Investment Holdings announced it had acquired CSS Studios, LLC.
In January 2013, CSS Studios announced it would rename the company as TODD-SOUNDELUX.
On May 21, 2014, Todd-Soundelux Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.
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.

## Relaunch

In 2021, original founders Bender and Stateman came together to relaunch the new Soundelux, which restarted in sound editing production with episodes of HBO's Euphoria.

## Overseas

Until 2010, Soundelux operated a facility in London. Much like its U.S.-based operations, Soundelux London had 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 2008 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.

## Notable staff

* Wylie Stateman
* Lon E. Bender
* John Miceli
* Karen Baker Landers
* Tony Miceli
* Mark Stoeckinger
* Dave McMoyler
* Andrew DeCristofaro
* Becky Sullivan
* Tom Bellfort
* Alan Rankin

## Partial filmography
### 1990s

* Home Alone (1990)
* JFK (1991)
* Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992)
* Mrs. Doubtfire (1993)
* The Crow (1994)
* Natural Born Killers (1994)
* The Pagemaster (1994)
* Braveheart (1995)
* Pocahontas (1995)
* The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
* Godzilla (1998)
* Mulan (1998)
* Tarzan (1999)
* Inspector Gadget (1999)

### 2010s

* Pacific Rim (2013)

## Industry recognition

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, Joao M. Coimbra, 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 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 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 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: The Plains | 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 a Special | Nominated | Earth Star Voyager | Dave McMoyler, Joseph Melody, Rusty Beith, Dino Dimuro, Golden Felton, Mark Friedgen, G. Michael Graham, Lenny Jennings, A. David Marshall, Greg Schorer, Scott A. Tinsley, Michael C. Gutierrez, John Mick, Mark Steele and Gary Macheel |
| 1988 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Nominated | Beauty and the Beast: No Way Down | Scott Marin Gershin, Anthony Mazzei, Robert Mackston, Steve Dutkovich, Dave Weathers, David Hankins and Don Sanders |
| 1986 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Nominated | Airwolf: Eagles | Michael D. Wilhoit, Gene Corso, Michael H. Ford, Hector C. Gika, Donlee Jorgensen, Asher Yates, Ernesto Mas and Gene L. Gillette |
| 1986 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Nominated | Misfits of Science: Deep Freeze | Michael D. Wilhoit, Kyle Wright, Bruce Bell, Barney Cabral, Phil Haberman, Mark Hollingsworth, Donlee Jorgensen, Jimmy Ling, Bernard F. Pincus, Vern Shaw, Bruce Stambler, Richard Marx and Laurie Higgins Tobias |
| 1985 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special | Nominated | Space | Lon Bender, Wylie Stateman, Terry Lynn Allen, David Bartlett, Jill Demby, John Duffy, Cameron Frankley, Avram D. Gold, Randy Kelley, Elliot Koretz, Bobbe Kurtz, Cliff Latimer, Mark P. Stoeckinger, Joseph A. Mayer, Stan Gilbert and Stephen M. Rowe |
| 1985 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Sound Editing for a Series | Won | Miami Vice: Brother's Keeper | Michael D. Wilhoit, Charles E. Moran, Bruce Bell, Victor B. Lackey, Ian MacGregor-Scott, Carl Mahakian, John Oettinger, Bernard F. Pincus, Warren Smith, Bruce Stambler, Kyle Wright, Paul Wittenberg and Jerry Cohen |
| 1985 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Series | Nominated | Airwolf: Firestorm | Michael D. Wilhoit, Gene Corso, Donlee Jorgensen, Gary Mundheim, Bob Newlan, Asher Yates, Barney Cabral and Gene L. Gillette |
| 1984 | Emmy Award | Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Series | Won | Airwolf | Michael D. Wilhoit, Sam F. Shaw, Michael H. Ford, Donlee Jorgensen, Mark Roberts, Breck Warwick, Bob Weatherford, Nicholas Vincent Korda, Gene L. Gillette |