Jim McKee      jim@earwaxproductions.com

Feature Film Credits

"OSMOSIS JONES"

Warner Bothers

Directors: Farley Brothers

Sound Design: Jim McKee with Randy Thom

http://www.osmosisjones.com/

"FINAL FANTASY"

Feature Trailer

Square Pictures Inc and Columbia Pictures

Sound Design and Effects: Jim McKee

http://www.finalfantasy.com/

"CAST AWAY"

Twentieth Century Fox and Dreamworks

Director: Robert Zemeckis

Effects Editor: Jim McKee

Sound Supervisor: Randy Thom

http://www.castawaymovie.com/

"SECRET GARDEN"

American Zoetrope

Director: Agnieszka Holland

Sound Design/Effects Editing: Jim McKee

Bram Stoker’s "DRACULA"

American Zoetrope for Columbia Pictures

Director: Francis Ford Coppola

Sound Design/Special Effects: Andy Newell, Barney Jones and Jim McKee

Winner of an Academy Award for sound effects

"JUDGE DREDD"

Cinergy

Director: Danny Canon

Special Effects/ Sound Design: Peter Stienbach and Jim McKee

"AMERICAN NINJA 4"

Pathe Entertainment

Director: Cedric Sundstrom

Sound Effects Editor: Andy Newell and Jim McKee

"VEGAS IN SPACE"

Fish/Ford Productions

Director: Phillip Ford

Supervising Sound Editor/Mixer: Jim McKee

"HANNAH'S WAR"

Canon Films International

Director: Menahem Golen

Sound Effects Editor: Andy Newell and Jim McKee

"THE DOLLS"

Empire International

Directors: Rick and Charlie Band

Music by: Victor Spiegel

Music Mix: Jim McKee

"THE COLOR OF HONOR"

VOX Productions

Director: Loni Ding

Music by: Andy Newell

Sound Design/Broadcast Mix: Jim McKee

S.F. International Film & Video, Golden Eagle Award winner

Commercial Advertising

INFOSEEK "Fishing, Camping, Baby" 2000

Clement Studios

Produced by: Michel Clement

Musical Composition by: Rama Kolesnikow

Signature Sound Design and Mix by: Jim McKee

ZDTV Station Identification Signatures 1998 to present

ZDTV and XAOS

Produced by: Mark Malmberg

Signature Sound Design and Musical Composition by: Jim McKee

AVIA "Find Yourself" 1998

Clement Studios

Produced by: Michel Clement

Sound Design and Mix by: Jim McKee

PONTIAC "Road Runner "1998

"DMB&B

Produced by: ILM

Musical Composition by: Warner Brothers

Signature Sound Design and Mix by: Jim McKee

CROSS PENS "Ideas" 1997

Clement Studio

Produced by: Michel Clement"

Signature Sound Design and Mix by: Jim McKee

RED DEVIL "The Devil Made Me Do It" 1994

Holland Advertising

Musical Composition by: Barney Jones

Sound Design: Jim McKee

CALIFORNIA MILK "Surfer, Pajamas, Breakfast Pizza, Health Club" 1994

McCain Erickson

Sound Design: Jim McKee

TACO BELL "Active Imagination" 1993

Foote, Cone & Belding

Produced by: Andrew Linsk

Signature Sound Design and Mix by: Jim McKee

ROUND TABLE PIZZA "IL Garlico Returns" 1993

Mad River Post

Musical Composition by: Barney Jones

Sound Design: Jim McKee

CLARKE’S "Big Gripper" 1992

Goodby Silverstien

Sound Design by: Jim McKee

Radio Credits

"RADIO ACTIVE" 3 part series for KPFA

Antenna Audio

Director: Chris Hardman

Design, Music Composition and Mix: Jim McKee and Barney Jones

"OPHELIA AND THE WORDS"

WDR

Director: Klaus Schöning

Dialog Edit: Jim McKee

Mix: Danny Koppelson

"TALES FROM THE SHADOW" 13 part series for NPR

Bay Area Radio Drama

Director: Erik Bauersfeld

Sound Design/Special Effects: Jim McKee

"LOST AND FOUND SOUND" ongoing series for NPR

The Kitchen Sisters

Producers/Directors: Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

"LAZARUS LAUGHED" by Eugene O’ Neil

Bay Area Radio Drama

Director: Erik Bauersfeld

Music Composition: Lou Harrison

Sound Effects and Mix: Jim McKee

"WAKE FOR TOM"

earwax productions

Music Composition: Jim McKee and Barney Jones

Edit and Mix: Jim McKee and Barney Jones

Produced with a grant from NEA, winner of an Award from AIR

"LAUGH MY RAINBOW"

Institute for the Advancement of Journalism in South Africa

Directors: Harri Hutamäki and Sharon Davis

Supervising Sound Engineer and Mix: Jim McKee

"LOCATIONS" 11 part series

Bay Area Radio Drama

Director: Erik Bauersfeld

Bay Area Writers; Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Millicent Dillon,

Gary Soto, Helen Cline, Ellen Sebastian

Sound Design and Mix: Randy Thom and Jim McKee

IMAX and Natural History Film Credits

IMAX "YELLOWSTONE"

Destination Cinema

Directed by: KeithMerriel

Music by: Bill Conte

Narrated by: Erik Bauersfeld

Sound Supervisor: Randy Thom

Sound Design and Theatrical Mix by: Jim McKee

IMAX "WHALES"

Destination Cinema

Directed by: David Clark, Al Giddings and Roger Payne

Music by: Sam Cardon

Narrated by: Patrick Stewart

Sound Design & Supervision/Broadcast & Home Video Mix by: Jim McKee

"A WORLD ALIVE"

Sea Studios with St . Louis Zoo

Directed by: Mark Shelley

Music by: Kit Walker

Narrated by: James Earl Jones

Sound Design and Theatrical Mix by: Jim McKee

"JELLIES and OTHER OCEAN DRIFTERS"

Sea Studios with Monterey Bay Aquarium

Directed by: Mark Shelly

Music by: Kurt Bester and Chuck Meyers

Narrated by: Leonard Nimoy

Sound Design and Broadcast Mix by: Jim McKee

TALL GRASS "RETURN TO WILDERNESS"

Sea Studios - Orientation Theater

Directed by: Steve Bennett and Sea Studios

Music by: Kurt Bester and the Pinnacle Group, Inc.

Narrated by: Jarion Monroe

Sound Design and Theatrical Mix by: Jim McKee

"EL DORADO"

Green T.V.

Produced & Directed by: Frank Green

Music by: Robert Powell

Narrated by: Mary Steenburgen

Sound Design and Broadcast Mix by: Jim McKee

"THE MISSION"

KQED Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco

Directed by: Pam Rorke Levy

Music by: Barney Jones

Narrated by: Isabel Allende

Sound Design and Broadcast Mix by: Jim McKee

 

 

Independent Films

"MOTORIST" 1989

Chip Lords Productions

Director: Chip Lord

Music Composition: Residents

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/Lord/

"B.O.A.S" 1996

Director: Jeanne Finley and John Muse

Music Composition: Pamela Z

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.pair.xerox.com/MITbook/jmjfwpt/

"DROUGHT" 1997

Breathing Furniture Films

Director: Lisa Moncure

Music Composition: Alan Davis and Guy Carson

Effects Editor: Jeff Darby, Andrew Roth, Kerry Rose

Dialog Editor: Larry Schallet

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.kcjubilee.org/jubilee1.htm

"JUST MOM AND ME" 1998

Director: Yvette Marie Torell

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.justmomandme.com/stories.html

"ASPHALTO" 1999

Director: Ilppo Pohjola

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.ses.fi/data/films/asphalto.htm

35 mm * 44 min * b/w + colour * 1:2,35 * Dolby Digital

Released: 18.9.1998

AWAKENING TO THE 20TH CENTURY" 1999

Chip Lords Productions

Director: Chip Lord

Music Composition: Residents

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://arts.ucsc.edu/faculty/Lord/

"ROUTEMASTER" 1999

Director: Ilppo Pohjola

Music Composition: Wieslaw Pogorzelski, Merzbo and Jim McKee

Sound Design and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.ses.fi/data/films/asphalto.htm

35 mm * 13 min * b/w +colour * 1:2,35 * Dolby Digital

Released: 18.9.1998

"FAITH, HOPE AND CAPITAL" 2000

Tenth Street Media, Inc.

Director: Jim Mayer and Lynn Adler

Music Composition:

Sound Effects and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.pbs.org/capital/index.html

"PHOTOS TO SEND" 2001 - 2002

Director: Dierdre Lynch

Sound Effects and Mix: Jim McKee

http://www.photostosend.com

Signature and Product Branding

BELL ATLANTIC and SATURN 1987

Landor and Associates

Signature and Identity Development/Sound Design by: Jim McKee

APPLE Television 1988

Apple Computers , Inc.

Produced by: Michael Markman

Signature Sound Design by: Jim McKee

MTV Station Logos 1990

MTV

Directed by: Henry Selick

Sound Design by: Jim McKee

YLE Radio 1994 to present

Finnish Broadcasting

Produced/Directed by: Harri Huhtamaki

Channel Sound Design by: Jim McKee

APTIVA System Signature 1997

Metadesign

Produced by: Rick Lowe

Signature Sound Design and Musical Composition by: Jim McKee

APPLE COMPUTER OS8 Appearance Audio 1998

Apple Computers, Inc.

Produced by: Arlo Rose, Per Nielson and ATG Team

System Sound Design by: Jim McKee

ZDTV Station Identification Signatures 1998 to present

ZDTV and XAOS

Produced by: Mark Malmberg

Signature Sound Design and Musical Composition by: Jim McKee

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION IMAX Logo 1998

National Wildlife Productions

Developed by: Chris Palmer

Produced by: Mark Malmberg of XAOS

Muscical Composition by: Barney Jones of earwax productions

Signature Sound Design and Mix by: Jim McKee

Click Smart Camera U.I. Audio2002

Logitech

Produced by: Todd Hernandez

System Sound Design by: Jim McKee


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