Todd Soundelux is an American creative entertainment services company. The company's main activity is to provide creative and technical post production sound and music services for motion picture studios, independent producers, broadcast networks, cable channels, advertising agencies and other companies that produce, own or distribute content. The company maintains facilities in Hollywood, California, Burbank, California, and Santa Monica, California.

History

*2008: Ascent Media Group's Creative Sound Services group spun off from Discovery Holding Company to create CSS Studios, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications. This included the assets of Todd-AO, Soundelux, Sound One, POP Sound, Modern Music, Soundelux Design Music Group and The Hollywood Edg

*2012: On September 19, Empire Investment Holdings announced it had acquired CSS Studios, LLC from Discovery Communications, Inc

*2013: In January 2013, CSS Studios announced it would rename the company as Todd-Soundelux. *2014: In May 2014, Todd Soundelux filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and was seeking to reorganize. As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, they closed their Hollywood and Santa Monica facilities, leaving only their Burbank location operational.

Related companies

Subsidiaries

* Todd-AO ** Burbank, California ** Hollywood, California ** Santa Monica, California * Soundelux ** Hollywood, California *Hollywood Edge ** Hollywood, California

Notable creative staff

Feature films

*Bill Abbott - music editor - ''Oz the Great and Powerful'';''Brave''; ''Men In Black 3''; ''Spider-Man 2''; ''Alice in Wonderland'' * Tom Bellfort -

Supervising Sound Editor A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering of a television program, motion picture, video game, or any production involving recorded ...

- ''Source Code''; ''The Pacific''; ''Titanic''; ''Mission: Impossible''; ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' *

Lon Bender Lon Ethan Bender (born July 22, 1959) is an American supervising sound editor, business executive and inventor. Bender won the Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing for his work on '' Braveheart'' (1995). He has been recognized for numer ...

- ''2 Guns''; ''The Hunger Games''; ''Drive''; ''Defiance''; ''The Blood Diamond'' *Kelly Cabral -

- ''The Purge''; ''Dark Skies''; ''Kill the Irishman''; ''The Perfect Storm'' *Patrick Cyccone - Re-recording mixer - ''The Descendants''; ''Day Watch''; ''Halloween 2''; ''Mean Girls'' *

Andrew DeCristofaro Andrew DeCristofaro is a sound editor. DeCristofaro was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound Editing at the 87th Academy Awards The 87th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), ...

- ''Iron Man 3''; ''The Heat''; ''A Nightmare on Elm Street''; ''Little Miss Sunshine'' *Marshall Garlington - Re-recording mixer - ''CBGB''; ''The Perks of Being a Wallflower''; ''Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa'' *Gary Hecker -

Foley Artist In filmmaking, Foley is the reproduction of everyday sound effects that are added to films, videos, and other media in post-production to enhance audio quality. These reproduced sounds, named after sound-effects artist Jack Foley, can be anyt ...

- ''Man of Steel''; ''Pacific Rim''; ''Django Unchained''; ''Robin Hood''; ''The Hunger Games''; ''Nightmare on Elm Street'' *Adam Jenkins - Re-recording mixer - ''Law Abiding Citizen''; ''Forgetting Sarah Marshall''; ''Thank You For Smoking''; ''Crash'' *Kenneth Karman - supervising music editor - ''Flight''; ''The A-Team''; ''A Christmas Carol''; ''G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra''; ''Beowulf'' *Tony Lamberti - Re-recording mixer - ''Django Unchained''; ''The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 & 2''; ''RED''; ''Inglourious Basterds'' *Daniel J. Leahy - Re-recording mixer - ''Olympus Has Fallen''; ''Alex Cross''; ''Kiss Kiss Bang Bang''; ''The Fast and the Furious'' *

Dave McMoyler Dave McMoyler is a sound editor who was nominated for an Academy Award during the 71st Academy Awards. He was nominated for Best Sound Editing for the film ''The Mask of Zorro''. He won two Emmy awards for sound editing for the miniseries ''Lones ...

- ''Final Destination 5''; ''RED''; ''Snakes on a Plane''; ''Flightplan''; ''Wedding Crashers'' *Christian Minkler - Re-recording mixer - ''Riddick''; ''The Heat''; ''End of Watch''; ''Babel'' *

Michael Minkler Michael Minkler (born 14 May 1952) is a motion picture sound re-recording mixer. He has received Academy Awards for his work on '' Dreamgirls'', '' Chicago'' and '' Black Hawk Down''. His varied career has also included films like '' Inglourious B ...

- Re-recording mixer - ''Django Unchained''; ''Inglourious Basterds''; ''Chicago''; ''Dreamgirls''; ''Black Hawk Down'' * Kevin O′Connell - Re-recording mixer - ''Muppets Most Wanted''; ''Transformers''; ''Apocalypto''; ''Spider-Man 2''; ''Memoirs of a Geisha'' *Mark Paterson - Re-recording mixer - ''The World′s End''; ''Les Misérables''; ''Attack the Block''; ''Children of Men'' *

Wylie Stateman Wylie Stateman (born November 20, 1957) is an American sound director, supervising sound editor, sound designer, and post production media entrepreneur. Stateman has supervised over 150 sound projects, resulting in 9 Academy Award nominations, 6 B ...

- ''Django Unchained''; ''Robin Hood''; ''Inglourious Basterds''; ''Memoirs of a Geisha''; ''Kill Bill''; ''Natural Born Killers''; ''JFK'' *Michael Wilhoit -

- ''Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa''; ''Furry Vengeance''; ''Hurricane Season''; ''Madea Goes to Jail''; ''Almost Famous''

Television

*Onnalee Blank - Re-recording mixer - ''

Game of Thrones ''Game of Thrones'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss for HBO. It is an adaptation of ''A Song of Ice and Fire'', a series of fantasy novels by George R. R. Martin, the first ...

'' *Jim Fitzpatrick - Re-recording mixer - ''Family Guy''; ''American Dad''; ''The Cleveland Show''; ''Melrose Place'' *Dennis Kirk - Re-recording mixer - ''The Newsroom''; ''Big Love''; ''Entourage''; ''Supernatural''; ''Prison Break'' *Mace Matiosian

- ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''; ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''; ''Star Trek: The Next Generation'' *Todd Orr - Re-recording mixer - ''Big Love''; ''The Sopranos''; ''Band of Brothers'': '' Flipper'' *Yuri Reese - Re-recording mixer - ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''; ''CSI: Miami''; ''Without a Trace'' *Keith Rogers - Re-recording mixer - ''Perception''; ''Person of Interest''; ''Bones'' *Alec St. John - Re-recording mixer - ''Mad Men''; ''The Glades''; ''Body of Proof''; ''Entourage'' *Greg Schorer -

- ''NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service''; ''JAG''; *William Smith - Re-recording mixer - ''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''; ''CSI: Miami''; ''Without a Trace'' *Ken Teaney - Re-recording mixer - ''Mad Men''; ''Saving Grace''; ''Dollhouse''; *Scott Weber - Re-recording mixer - ''Person of Interest''; ''TRON: Uprising''; ''Alacatraz''; ''Lost''

Notable industry recognition

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, Sound Editing - Miniseries, Movie or Special , , '' Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden'' , Christopher Kaller, Trip Brock, Peter D. Lago,
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, Sound Editing - Series , , ''CSI: Miami'', Blown Away , Timothy I. Kimmel, Brad Katona, Ruth Adelman,
Todd Niesen, Skye Lewin, Joseph Sabella,
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, Sound Editing - Series , , ''Game Of Thrones'', Blackwater , Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands,
Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato,
Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit,
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Mervyn Moore , - ,

, Sound Mixing - Comedy Or Drama Series , , ''Entourage,'' The End , Tom Stasinis, Dennis Kirk, Todd Orr , - , 2012 , Academy Award ,

, , ''Drive'' ,

, Victor Ray Ennis , - , 2011 ,

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: Road to the North Pole'' , James F. Fitzpatrick, Patrick Clark , - , 2011 ,

, Sound Mixing , , ''Mildred Pierce (Part Five)'' ,

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, Leslie Shatz, Bobby Johanson,
Joshua Reinhardt , - , 2011 ,

, Sound Mixing – Comedy or Drama , , ''Mad Men'', The Suitcase , Ken Teaney, Todd Orr,
Peter Bentley , - , 2011 ,

, Sound Editing – Series , , ''Nikita'', Pandora , George Haddad, Dale Chaloukian, Ruth Adelman,
Chad J. Hughes, Ashley Revell, James Bailey,
Joseph T. Sabella , - , 2011 ,

, Sound Editing – Series , , ''CSI: NY'', Life Sentence , Mark Relyea, Edmund Lachmann, David Barbee,
Ruth Adelman, Kevin McCullough, Joshua Winget,
Joseph T. Sabella, James M. Bailey , - , 2011 , Academy Award ,

, , ''Unstoppable'' ,

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, , ''Black Swan'' , Dominick Tavella, Craig Henighan, Ken Ishii , - , 2010 ,

, Sound Editing - Miniseries or Movie , , ''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 ,

, Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie , , ''The Pacific'', Part Two ,

, Daniel Leahy,
Andrew Ramage , - , 2010 ,

, Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie , , ''The Pacific'', Part Five ,

, Daniel Leahy,
Craig Mann, Andrew Ramage , - , 2010 ,

, Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie , , ''The Pacific'', Part Eight ,

, Daniel Leahy,
Marc Fishman, Gary Wilkins , - , 2010 ,

, Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie , , ''The Pacific'', Part Nine ,

, Daniel Leahy, Gary Wilkins , - , 2010 ,

, Sound Mixing - Comedy or Drama Series , , ''Entourage,'' Part Eight , Dennis Kirk, Alec St. John, Todd Orr,
Tom Stasinis , - , 2010 ,

, Sound Mixing - Nonfiction Programming , , '' The National Parks: America's Best Idea'' , Dominick Tavella , - , 2010 , BAFTA Award ,

, , ''Star Trek'' , Mark P. Stoeckinger, Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson,
Anna Behlmer, Ben Burtt , - , 2010 , Academy Award ,

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David Van Slyke, Chad Hughes, Joseph Sabella,
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, , ''The Bourne Ultimatum'' ,

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