Todd Soundelux

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Todd Soundelux is an American creative entertainment services company.

Todd Soundelux
IndustryPost-production, broadcast media
Founded2008
HeadquartersHollywood, California, United States
Websitetoddsoundelux.com

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

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  • 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 Edge.[1]
  • 2012: On September 19, Empire Investment Holdings announced it had acquired CSS Studios, LLC from Discovery Communications, Inc. [2][permanent dead link]
  • 2013: In January 2013, CSS Studios announced it would rename the company as Todd-Soundelux.[1]
  • 2014: In May 2014, Todd Soundelux filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and was seeking to reorganize.[2] As part of the bankruptcy proceedings, they closed their Hollywood and Santa Monica facilities, leaving only their Burbank location operational.[3]
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Subsidiaries

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

Notable creative staff

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Feature films

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Television

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Notable industry recognition

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Year Award Category Type Title Honorees
2014 Academy Award Best Sound Editing Nominated Lone Survivor Wylie Stateman
2014 Academy Award Best Sound Mixing Nominated Lone Survivor Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow
2014 CAS Award Sound Mixing - Motion Picture - Live Action Nominated Lone Survivor Andy Koyama, Beau Borders, David Brownlow, Satoshi Mark Noguchi, Gregory Steele, Nerses Gezalyan
2014 CAS Award Sound Mixing - Television Series Nominated Game Of Thrones, The Rains of Castamere Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Ronan Hill,
Brett Voss
2014 CAS Award Sound Mixing - TV Non-Fiction, Variety, Music Series or Specials Nominated 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Michael Minkler, Greg Townsend
2013 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy Or Drama Series Nominated Game Of Thrones,
And Now His Watch Is Ended
Mathew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill
2013 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Series Nominated Game Of Thrones,
And Now His Watch Is Ended
Tim Kimmel, Paula Fairfield, Jed M. Dodge,
Bradley C. Katona, David Klotz, Brett Voss,
Jeffrey Wilhoit, James Moriana
2013 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy Or Drama Series Nominated Mad Men,
The Flood
Ken Teaney, Alec St. John, Peter Bentley
2013 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Series Nominated Nikita,
Aftermath
George Haddad, Ruth Adelman, Chad J. Hughes,
Steve Papagiannis, Dale Chaloukian, Ashley Revell,
James M. Bailey
2013 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Miniseries, Movie or Special Nominated Seal Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden Christopher Kaller, Trip Brock, Peter D. Lago,
Steven Avila, Alexander Pugh, Kate Sheil,
Greg Mauer, Rick Owens
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
2013 CAS Award Sound Mixing - Television Series Nominated Game Of Thrones, Blackwater Onnalee Blank, Mathew Waters, Ronan Hill,
Brett Voss
2013 CAS Award Sound Mixing - Television Series Nominated Mad Men, Commissions and Fees Ken Teaney, Alec St. John, Peter Bentley
2012 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Series Nominated CSI: Miami, Blown Away Timothy I. Kimmel, Brad Katona, Ruth Adelman,
Todd Niesen, Skye Lewin, Joseph Sabella,
James Bailey
2012 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Series Won Game Of Thrones, Blackwater Peter Brown, Kira Roessler, Tim Hands,
Paul Aulicino, Stephen P. Robinson, Vanessa Lapato,
Brett Voss, James Moriana, Jeffrey Wilhoit,
David Klotz
2012 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy Or Drama Series Won Game Of Thrones, Blackwater Matthew Waters, Onnalee Blank, Ronan Hill,
Mervyn Moore
2012 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy Or Drama Series Nominated Entourage, The End Tom Stasinis, Dennis Kirk, Todd Orr
2012 Academy Award Best Sound Editing Nominated Drive Lon Bender, Victor Ray Ennis
2011 Emmy Award Sound Mixing – Comedy or Drama Won Family Guy: Road to the North Pole James F. Fitzpatrick, Patrick Clark
2011 Emmy Award Sound Mixing Nominated Mildred Pierce (Part Five) Drew Kunin, Leslie Shatz, Bobby Johanson,
Joshua Reinhardt
2011 Emmy Award Sound Mixing – Comedy or Drama Nominated Mad Men, The Suitcase Ken Teaney, Todd Orr,
Peter Bentley
2011 Emmy Award Sound Editing – Series Nominated Nikita, Pandora George Haddad, Dale Chaloukian, Ruth Adelman,
Chad J. Hughes, Ashley Revell, James Bailey,
Joseph T. Sabella
2011 Emmy Award Sound Editing – Series Nominated 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 Best Sound Editing Nominated Unstoppable Mark Stoeckinger
2011 BAFTA Award Best Sound Nominated Black Swan Dominick Tavella, Craig Henighan, Ken Ishii
2010 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Miniseries or Movie 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 Emmy Award Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie Won The Pacific, Part Two Michael Minkler, Daniel Leahy,
Andrew Ramage
2010 Emmy Award Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie Nominated The Pacific, Part Five Michael Minkler, Daniel Leahy,
Craig Mann, Andrew Ramage
2010 Emmy Award Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie Nominated The Pacific, Part Eight Michael Minkler, Daniel Leahy,
Marc Fishman, Gary Wilkins
2010 Emmy Award Sound Mixing – Miniseries or Movie Nominated The Pacific, Part Nine Michael Minkler, Daniel Leahy, Gary Wilkins
2010 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy or Drama Series Won Entourage, Part Eight Dennis Kirk, Alec St. John, Todd Orr,
Tom Stasinis
2010 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Nonfiction Programming Nominated The National Parks: America's Best Idea Dominick Tavella
2010 BAFTA Award Best Sound Nominated Star Trek Mark P. Stoeckinger, Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson,
Anna Behlmer, Ben Burtt
2010 Academy Award Best Sound Editing Nominated Star Trek Mark P. Stoeckinger, Alan Rankin
2010 CAS Award Sound Mixing - Television Series Won Mad Men, Guy Walks Into an
Advertising Agency
Ken Teaney, Todd Orr, Peter Bentley
2009 Academy Award Best Sound Editing Nominated Inglourious Basterds Wylie Stateman
2009 Academy Award Best Sound Mixing Nominated Inglourious Basterds Michael Minkler and Tony Lamberti
2009 BAFTA Award Best Sound Nominated Quantum of Solace Eddy Joseph
2009 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy or Drama Won Entourage Dennis Kirk, Bill Jackson, Tom Stasinis
2009 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Series Nominated CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mace Matiosian, Ruth Adelman, Jivan Tahmizian,
David Van Slyke, Joseph Sabella, James Bailey.
2009 Academy Award Best Sound Editing Nominated Wanted Wylie Stateman
2008 Emmy Award Sound Editing, Miniseries or Movie Won John Adams Alex Gibson
2008 Emmy Award Sound Mixing, Miniseries or Movie Won John Adams Marc Fishman and Tony Lamberti
2008 Emmy Award Sound Mixing, Miniseries or Movie Nominated John Adams Michael Minkler and Bob Beemer
2008 Emmy Award Sound Editing - Series Nominated CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Mace Matiosian, Ruth Adelman, Jivan Tahmizian,
David Van Slyke, Chad Hughes, Joseph Sabella,
Zane Bruce.
2008 Emmy Award Sound Mixing, Nonfiction Nominated The War Dominick Tavella
2008 Emmy Award Sound Mixing - Comedy or Drama Nominated Entourage Dennis Kirk and Bill Jackson
2008 Academy Award Best Sound Mixing Won The Bourne Ultimatum Scott Millan and David Parker
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, David Parker

References

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  1. ^ The Hollywood Reporter
  2. ^ Palank, Jacqueline (22 May 2014). "Soundelux Enters Bankruptcy, Seeks Cash". The Wall Street Journal.
  3. ^ Frazer, Bryant (22 May 2014). "Todd-Soundelux Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection, Shuttering Hollywood and Santa Monica Locations". Studio Daily.
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