George Watters II George Watters II is a two - time Academy Award - winning and six - time Academy Award - nominated sound editor who worked at Paramount Pictures from 1977 through 1992 . He worked on under Richard L . Anderson and later supervised the sound editing on , , and . He and fellow Supervising Sound Editor F . Hudson Miller were nominated for an Academy Award for their work on " Star Trek VI " . Watters began working as a sound editor for Paramount in 1977 . His first project was the 1978 romantic comedy film " The One and Only " , which starred Kim Darby . This was followed by the 1978 biographical film " American Hot Wax " and the cult 1979 action / thriller film " The Warriors " . Watters was then hired to help edit the sound effects for " Star Trek : The Motion Picture " . The first " Star Trek " film began a nearly thirteen - year collaboration between Watters and fellow sound editor Cecelia Hall . They subsequently worked together on such films as Joseph Sargent ' s " Coast to Coast " ( 1980 ) , " Mommie Dearest " ( 1981 ) , " Airplane II : The Sequel " ( 1982 , starring William Shatner ) , " Flashdance " ( 1983 , starring Michael Nouri ) , " Terms of Endearment " ( 1983 , featuring art direction by Harold Michelson ) , and " Firstborn " ( 1984 , starring Teri Garr and Peter Weller ) . Watters supervised Hall on " Star Trek II " , after which they both supervised the sound editing on " Star Trek III " . They later supervised the sound effects editing for hit Paramount films such as " Beverly Hills Cop " ( 1984 , starring Eddie Murphy , Jonathan Banks , Steven Berkoff , Michael Champion , and Ronny Cox ) , " Top Gun " ( 1986 ) , and " The Hunt for Red October " ( 1990 , featuring Timothy Carhart , Daniel Davis , Boris Lee Krutonog , Ned Vaughn , and s Gates McFadden ) . Their work on the latter two films earned Watters and Hall nominations from the Academy Awards ; they won for " The Hunt for Red October " . Watters left Paramount in 1992 , after working with Hall on one last film , the action thriller " Patriot Games " . From there , he joined Buena Vista Sound as Supervising Sound Editor . He has worked on over 30 films as part of Buena Vista , receiving Academy Award nominations for " Crimson Tide " ( 1995 , featuring Earl Billings and Scott Grimes ) , " Armageddon " ( 1998 , co - written by J . J . Abrams ) , and the first two " Pirates of the Caribbean " films , " The Curse of the Black Pearl " ( 2003 ) and " Dead Man ' s Chest " ( 2006 ) . He won an Academy Award ( his second ) for his work on the 2001 film " Pearl Harbor " . He has worked on several films from director Tony Scott : " Deja Vu " ( 2006 , starring Bruce Greenwood ) , " Domino " ( 2005 , featuring Stanley Kamel ) , " Man on Fire " ( 2004 ) , " Spy Game " ( 2001 ) , " Enemy of the State " ( 1998 ) , and the aforementioned " Crimson Tide " . He has also frequently worked with director Michael Bay ; in addition to the aforementioned " Armageddon " and " Pearl Harbor " , Watters and Bay have collaborated on " The Rock " ( 1996 , featuring Tony Todd ) and " Bad Boys II " ( 2003 ) . Watters ' other film credits with Buena Vista have included " Broken Arrow " ( 1996 , starring Christian Slater , Bob Gunton , and Casey Biggs ) , " Con Air " ( 1997 , starring Colm Meaney ) , " The Thomas Crown Affair " ( 1999 , featuring Fritz Weaver ) , " The Santa Clause 2 " ( 2002 , featuring Michael Dorn ) , " National Treasure " ( 2004 , featuring Ron Canada , Don McManus , and Christopher Plummer ) , " The Chronicles of Narnia : The Lion , the Witch and the Wardrobe " ( 2005 ) , and " Pirates of the Caribbean : At World ' s End " ( 2007 ) .