Bill Wistrom William H . Wistrom , better known as Bill Wistrom , served as Supervising Sound Editor for all four of the live - action " Star Trek " spin - off series , beginning with the first season of . He left TNG after to work on , and left that series after the first three seasons to work on all seven seasons of . He then became Supervising Sound Editor for all four seasons of . Before working on " Star Trek " s television franchise , Wistrom did temporary work on and . He also received special thanks in . Outside of canon productions , Wistrom was the Supervising Sound Editor for the video games " " and " " . Career . Wistrom started working in the mail room at Paramount Studios in 1953 , transferring to Paramount ' s film shipping department . In 1955 , he was an apprentice editor on " The Desperate Hours " and " The Ten Commandments " and became a union editor later that year . Wistrom ' s early work as a sound editor for Paramount also included the Alfred Hitchcock films " To Catch a Thief " , " The Man Who Knew Too Much " , and " Vertigo " , as well as such classics as " The Court Jester " , " The Nutty Professor " , and " El Dorado " . In 1959 , Wistrom began working steadily on the western TV series " Bonanza " , the first major television series filmed at Paramount . From 1967 through 1971 , he worked simultaneously on " Bonanza " and another western series , " The High Chaparral " ( on which Henry Darrow and Robert F . Hoy were regulars ) . He remained with " Bonanza " until the series ended in 1973 . From there , he worked on " The Waltons " until 1975 . In 1975 , Wistrom joined Glen Glenn Sound , the company which had provided sound effects for years earlier . At Glen Glenn Sound , he worked on many other television projects , including " Kojak " , several " Columbo " specials , and numerous TV movies . Wistrom also continued to do films , including " The Wind and the Lion " ( featuring Brian Keith and Roy Jenson , with music by Jerry Goldsmith ) , " The Muppet Movie " ( featuring music by Paul Williams ) , and " Raise the Titanic " ( featuring performances by Paul Carr , Stewart Moss , and Michael Ensign , cinematography by Matthew F . Leonetti , and editing by Robert F . Shugrue ) . Later , Wistrom and fellow " Star Trek " sound editor Jim Wolvington worked together on the MGM film " Where the River Runs Black " , for which they supervised the first all - digital sound editing job . From 1981 through 1987 , Wistrom was the Supervising Sound Editor on " Falcon Crest " ( starring Robert Foxworth ) , but left that series to return to Paramount and apply his trade on TNG . During the 1990s , Wistrom and other members of his " Star Trek " sound team worked on various non - " Trek " projects , including the films " Ski Patrol " ( starring Leslie Jordan and Ray Walston ) , " Zandalee " ( featuring Ian Abercrombie ) , and " The Only Thrill " ( featuring Sharon Lawrence ) . Wistrom chose to retire after Paramount canceled " Enterprise " in 2005 , having worked as a sound editor for fifty years . In 2008 MPSE ( Motion Picture Sound Editors ) honored Wistrom with its Career Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding accomplishments over the course of his five - decade career . Emmy Awards . Wistrom has earned a total of seventeen Emmy Award nominations , ten of which were for his work on the various " Star Trek " shows . Of those seventeen nominations , he won six – including four for his work on TNG . All awards and nominations were shared with the sound editing department he was working with at the time . Personal life . Wistrom was born in Los Angeles , California on 20 December 1935 . He died in Santa Clarita , California , on 10 March 2010 . He was 74 years old .