Skywalker Sound

Skywalker Sound
legal form	division
founding	1975
Seat	Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio , California
Number of employees	160
Branch	Recording studio
	As of May 29, 2017

Skywalker Sound is a sound effects , editing and remastering company in the United States . The company has received 18 Oscars for best sound and sound effects editing and has been nominated for several Oscars, and Skywalker Sound has also received a Golden Reel Award , CAS Award (Cinema Audio Society), BAFTA , Emmy , Grammy and HPA Award (Hollywood Professional Association ) awarded or nominated. The company is based in the Skywalker Ranch in Nicasio , California .

Skywalker Ranch, the seat of Skywalker Sound

The soundtrack of all Star Wars films was produced in the studios of Skywalker Sound .

In addition to a sound studio (scoring stage), Skywalker Sound has six mix studios , automatic dialogue recording , 34 editing rooms and a screening room with 300 seats.

history

In 1975 George Lucas founded Sprocket Systems , a production company specializing in sound design , sound mixing, and sound effects . The company shared rooms with Industrial Light & Magic in San Rafael . In 1987 the studio moved to a new building on the Skywalker Ranch and from then on was called Skywalker Sound .