Skywalker Sound is the renowned sound effects, sound editorial, sound design and music recording division of George Lucas's Lucas Digital motion picture group. Its main facilities are located in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California. It began as Sprocket Systems in San Anselmo, California and changed names soon after The Empire Strikes Back Sound effects or audio effects are artificially created or enhanced sounds, or sound processes used to emphasize artistic or other content of movies, video games, music, or other media. ... Sound Design is a technical/creative field. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary All Music Guide: includes a comprehensive and flexible Genre and Style system MusicWiki: A Collaborative Music-related encyclopedia Science of Music: Multimedia exploration of the... George Lucas George Walton Lucas, Jr. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... Lucas Valley is a small town in the city of San Rafael which is in Marin County, California, USA. Located in a small valley, the surrounding hills have been left wild and beautiful. ... Nicasio is a village located in the hills of west Marin County, California, United States. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ... San Anselmo is a town located in Marin County, California, in the western United States. ... Movie poster Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back is the sequel to the first released Star Wars movie, and the second film released in the original trilogy. ...

Its staff of Sound Designers and Re-Recording Mixers have either won or been nominated for the Best Sound or Best Sound Editing Academy Award every year since Star Wars in 1978 (in that year Ben Burtt was given a Special Achievement Award, since the category for Sound Editing had not yet been established.) This is an article about the film crew member known as a sound designer. ... For the missile defense program, see Strategic Defense Initiative. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Ben Burtt (born July 12, 1948 in Jamesville, New York) is the archetypal sound designer (a term he invented) and sound editor for many famous and noteworthy films, as well as directing an Oscar-nominated documentary. ...

The facility, on a sprawling, sylvan campus high in the Marin foothills, is a model of technological sophistication and integration. Dubbing facilities, editorial services and scoring stages are all located in a central "Tech Building," with dining areas and living quarters in the vicinity but separate from the main work area. Marin County is a county located in Californias San Francisco Bay Area, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. ...

The idyllic locale fosters a unique and creative work environment, but for film producers the main draw of Skywalker was the reliability and very high quality of its key personnel, namely its stable of sound supervisors and re-recording mixers, including:

• Gary Rydstrom - Sound Designer - Jurassic Park, Terminator 2: Judgment Day
• Chris Boyes - Sound Designer - Pearl Harbor, The Lord of the Rings
• Richard Hymns - Re-Recording Mixer - Saving Private Ryan, Hulk

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External link

• Official site (http://www.skysound.com)