Soundelux

{{Infobox company

| name = Soundelux

| founded = 1982; 2021 (relaunch)

| hq_location = Hollywood, California, United States

| industry = post-production / music

| homepage = [http://www.soundelux.com www.soundelux.com]

}}

Soundelux is an American audio post production company based in California, a previous member of the Todd Soundelux group of sound companies. The Soundelux library and trademark was bought in 2014 by Sounddogs. In 2021, original founders Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman came together to launch the new Soundelux, which restarted in sound editing production with episodes of HBO's Euphoria.

The post production company provides audio services to clients working in feature films and television.{{Cite web|url=http://www.linkedin.com/companies/Soundelux|title=Soundelux Profile at LinkedIn}}

History

Lon Bender and Wylie Stateman founded Soundelux in 1982, focused on audio post production for the film industry. In 1991, they partnered with John Miceli, Tony Miceli, and David Kneupper to create the Soundelux Entertainment Group and expanded their business on the East Coast and into the growing special venue industry.

In 1992, Scott Martin Gershin partnered with Bender and Stateman and Bender to create Soundelux Media Labs, which eventually became Soundelux Design Music Group (DMG), supplying sound design, voice over casting, and music composition to the interactive entertainment industry. Together, they continued developing additional business units.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

In November 1995, Jeffrey Edell, the business management partner for Bender, Stateman and Soundelux at accounting firm Duitch and Franklin LLP, joined Soundelux as CEO and helped consolidate 13 separate companies into one group, called Soundelux Entertainment Group. During Edell's tenure and until the sale of the company to John Malone's Liberty Media Group, the company grew to over $120M in revenue, with almost 500 employees at its peak.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

On June 9, 2000, Liberty Media Group acquired the post production and sound business of Soundelux Entertainment Group for $90M cash, a deal to replace 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 acquisition and positioned for long term growth in an emerging industry. Tony Miceli departed in 2000 to explore new opportunities.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

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.{{citation needed|date=February 2025}}

The remaining business unit continued under the direction of Jeff Edell, who assigned Phil Rafnson the direction of Soundelux Showorks, Soundelux Florida group until they filed for bankruptcy in 2002.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/10/business/company-news-liberty-media-group-to-acquire-soundelux-businesses.html|title=Liberty Media Group to acquire Soundelux Businesses |agency=Dow Jones|date=June 10, 2000|via=The New York Times}}

The same year, Liberty Media Group rebranded itself as Ascent Media Group. The move was made to raise the company's profile in Hollywood. Soundelux was part of the Creative Services division, along with Todd-AO, Riot, Company 3, Method, Encore, Level 3 and POP.{{Cite web|url=https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117877546.html?categoryid=1236&cs=1|title=Variety Article}}

In October 2008, the Creative Sound Services group broke away from Ascent Media Group and the Discovery Holding Company to create CSS Studios LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Discovery Communications.{{Cite web|url=http://www.postmagazine.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=&nm=&type=news&mod=News&mid=9A02E3B96F2A415ABC72CB5F516B4C10&tier=3&nid=9C0B951DFA8C48CA9DC5F40AFDAE6566|title=Post magazine Article}} The services of CSS Studios are marketed under the brand names Soundelux, Todd-AO,Sound One, POP Sound, Modern Music, Soundelux Design Music Group, and The Hollywood Edge. CSS Studios maintain facilities in Los Angeles and New York.

On September 19, 2012, Empire Investment Holdings announced it had acquired CSS Studios, LLC.{{Cite web|url=http://in.finance.yahoo.com/news/empire-investment-holdings-acquires-css-130300101.html|title = Yahoo Search - Web Search}}

In January 2013, CSS Studios announced it would rename the company as TODD-SOUNDELUX.{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/css-studios-changes-name-todd-421225|title=CSS Studios Renamed Todd Soundelux|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=13 February 2013}}

On May 21, 2014, Todd-Soundelux Filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/BL-BANKB-19740|title=Soundelux Enters Bankruptcy, Seeks Cash|first=Jacqueline|last=Palank|date=May 22, 2014|work=The Wall Street Journal}}

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.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2014/11/soundelux-sound-effects-sold-sounddogs-1201284521/|title = Bankrupt Soundelux Effects Library Sold off as Former Giant Goes Quiet|date = 14 November 2014}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Soundelux {{!}} Soundelux.com |url=https://soundelux.com/ |access-date=2022-09-26 |website=soundelux.com}}

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 MPSE Awards. His work on the 2008 James Bond film Quantum of Solace earned him an Academy Award nomination. In 2009, Joseph was awarded Best UK Film Sound Editor/Designer at the UK Screen Sound Awards.{{Cite web|url=http://cssstudios.wordpress.com/2009/09/24/soundelux-london’s-eddy-joseph-takes-top-“conch”-award/|title=Eddy Joseph Takes Top Conch}}