Sound Designer

David Farmer grew up in Gladys, Virginia. He played drums, guitar, and bass in his youth. He would record a drum part to a cassette, then play guitar along with that cassette while recording the composite mix to another cassette. Rinse & repeat with other instruments until the song was done. More than just music, he found he was actually interested in sound itself, which led him to a career in sound effects for feature films.

Condensing the next phase of his life, he wound up in Burbank CA working on films, such as Mortal Kombat, The Mask, Dumb & Dumber, etc. After that, he started working on films out of Skywalker Ranch, including The Arrival, Armageddon, Con Air, Space Cowboys, and so on. He wound up as the Sound Designer for Peter Jacksons Lord of the Rings trilogy. Clearly this was a dream job for someone in this field.

Nominated: 2004 Best Sound Lord of the Rings (the Return of the King) 2003 Best Sound Lord of the Rings (the Two Towers) 2002 Best Sound Lord of the Rings (the fellowship of the

ring) 2014 - Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a

Feature Film The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

2013 - Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

2013 - Best Sound Editing - Computer Interactive Entertainment World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria

2012 - Best Sound Editing - Computer Interactive Entertainment Diablo III

2011 - Best Sound Editing - Computer Interactive Entertainment World of Warcraft: Cataclysm

2009 - Best Sound Editing - Computer Entertainment World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King

2006 - Best Sound Editing in Feature Film - Foreign King Kong

2005 - Best Sound Editing - Made for Computer Entertainment World of Warcraft

2004 - Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

2003 - Best Sound Editing in Foreign Features The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

2002 - Best Sound Editing - Foreign Film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

2001 - Best Sound Editing - Sound Effects & Foley, Domestic Feature Film Space Cowboys

Won: 2014 - Best Sound Editing - Computer Interactive Entertainment

StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm 2008 - Best Sound Editing - Computer Entertainment

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty 2005 - Best Sound Editing - Made for Computer Entertainment

GoldenEye: Rogue Agent

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