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. 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

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. The post production services company provides audio services to clients working in feature films and television. Soundelux supervising sound editors, sound designers and sound editors earned nominations and honors from the Academy Awards, Emmy Awards, BAFTAs and Golden Reel Awards.

History

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and Wylie Stateman founded Soundelux in 1982 focused on audio post production for the feature film industry. In 1991 they partnered with John Miceli, Tony Miceli and David Kneupper to create the Soundelux Entertainment Group and to expand their business on the east coast and expand into the growing special venue industry. In 1992 Scott Martin Gershin partnered with Wylie Stateman & Lon Bender to create Soundelux Media Labs which eventually would become Soundelux Design Music Group (DMG) which was created to supply Sound design, voice Over casting, & music composition to the interactive entertainment industry. Together they all continued developing addition business units such as Showorks Entertainment, Modern Music, Soundelux DMG, The Hollywood Edge, MTS Cinema Services and Soundelux Microphones adding partners Kim Waugh, Per Hallberg, and Ken Statemen. In November 1995, Jeffrey Edell, the Business Management partner at Duitch and Franklin, for Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman and Soundelux, joined them as CEO and helped integrate 13 separate companies into one consolidated group called Soundelux Entertainment Group. During his tenure and until the sale to John Malone's Liberty Media Group, the company grew to over $120M in revenues, 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 that replaced 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 aquaisition 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 in charge of the Soundelux Showorks, Soundelux Florida group until its bankruptcy filing in 2002. In 2002, Liberty Media Group rebranded itself as Ascent Media Group. The move was made to raise the company's profile in Hollywood. At the same time, the company was split into three divisions: Ascent Media Creative Services, Ascent Media Network Services and Ascent Media Management Services. Soundelux is part of the Creative Services division, along with

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, 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

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, Sound One, POP Sound, Modern Music, Soundelux Design Music Group and The Hollywood Edge. CSS Studios maintains facilities in

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. 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. According to Lon and Wylie, the website will be polished over the next few weeks and the new company will build on the legacy that Soundelux has crafted from sound professionals who created the legacy of excellence Soundelux is known for around the world.

Services

Soundelux offers sound supervision, sound design and sound editing for feature films. The company also boasts a library of unique sound effects that includes 400,000 original tracks. They also offered a microphone division, launched by David Bock, former audio engineer, in 1995. The microphones were modern but with the look and sound of vintage models.

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

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Awards. His work on the 2008

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'' earned him an

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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 *

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* Scott Martin Gershin *Peter Michael Sulliven * Tony Miceli *

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* Dave McMoyler * Andrew DeCristofaro * Becky Sullivan *

Tom Bellfort Tom Bellfort is a sound editor. He has done sound editing on over 80 films since 1983. He was a member of The Saul Zaentz Film Center, Skywalker Sound, and Soundelux. Filmography Select titles Bellfort worked on at Skywalker Sound *''The Yo ...

* Alan Rankin

Partial filmography

1990s

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Home Alone ''Home Alone'' is a 1990 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The first film in the ''Home Alone'' franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Hear ...

'' (1990) *''

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'' (1991) *'' Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'' (1992) *''

Mrs. Doubtfire ''Mrs. Doubtfire'' is a 1993 American comedy-drama film directed by Chris Columbus. It was written for the screen by Randi Mayem Singer and Leslie Dixon, based on the 1987 novel ''Alias Madame Doubtfire'' by Anne Fine. Robin Williams, who also s ...

'' (1993) *''

The Crow The Crow is a supernatural superhero comic book series created by James O'Barr revolving around the titular character of the same name. The series, which was originally created by O'Barr as a means of dealing with the death of his fiancée at t ...

'' (1994) *''

Natural Born Killers ''Natural Born Killers'' is a 1994 American crime film directed by Oliver Stone and starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., Tommy Lee Jones, and Tom Sizemore. The film tells the story of two victims of traumatic childho ...

'' (1994) *''

The Pagemaster ''The Pagemaster'' is a 1994 American live-action/animated fantasy adventure film starring Macaulay Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Stewart, Leonard Nimoy, Frank Welker, Ed Begley Jr., and Mel Harris. The film was produced b ...

'' (1994) *''

Braveheart ''Braveheart'' is a 1995 American historical drama film directed and produced by, and starring Mel Gibson. Gibson portrays Sir William Wallace, a late-13th century Scottish warrior who led the Scots in the First War of Scottish Independence ag ...

'' (1995) *''

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'' (1995) *''

The Hunchback of Notre Dame ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (french: Notre-Dame de Paris, translation=''Our Lady of Paris'', originally titled ''Notre-Dame de Paris. 1482'') is a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo, published in 1831. It focuses on the unfortunate story o ...

'' (1996) *''

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'' (1998) *''

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'' (1998) *''

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'' (1999) *''

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'' (1999)

2010s

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'' (2013)

Industry recognition

The audio professionals working out of Soundelux have earned hundreds of notable industry nominations and awards. Here are some highlights:

Soundelux Design Music Group

Soundelux Design Music Group Soundelux Design Music Group is an American sound studio located in Hollywood, California. Soundelux Design Music Group specializes in sound design, music composition and voiceover recording for video games. It is part of Todd Soundelux, formerly k ...

(DMG) was established in 1985 by Stateman, Bender and Scott Martin Gershin and is still headed up by Gershin. The company specializes in sound for video games, commercials, new media, and experience-based environments.

References

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External links

Soundelux Credits at IMDb

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Soundelux at LinkedIn

Soundelux DMG archived website
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