Ren Klyce is a Japanese-American sound designer and sound mixer.

Career

He has been nominated for nine

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; six for Best Sound and three for Best Sound Editing. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Fincher, having been the primary sound designer on every one of his films since ''Seven'', including ''

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''. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with

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and films by

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. Klyce was born in Kyoto, Japan, and moved to

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at a young age, where he grew up in Mill Valley. He graduated from the

University of California, Santa Cruz The University of California, Santa Cruz (UC Santa Cruz or UCSC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Cruz, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of C ...

Filmography

* '' Se7en'' (1995) - Sound Designer/Effect Supervisor * '' The Game'' (1997) - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor * '' Fight Club'' (1999) - Best Sound Editing * ''

Being John Malkovich ''Being John Malkovich'' is a 1999 American surrealist fantasy comedy drama film directed by Spike Jonze and written by Charlie Kaufman, both making their feature film debut. The film stars John Cusack, Cameron Diaz, and Catherine Keener, wit ...

'' (1999) - Sound Designer * '' Panic Room'' (2002) - Sound Designer * ''

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'' (2006) - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor * '' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button'' (2008) - Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer - Best Sound Mixing * '' Where the Wild Things Are'' (2009) - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer * ''

The Social Network ''The Social Network'' is a 2010 American biographical drama film directed by David Fincher and written by Aaron Sorkin, based on the 2009 book '' The Accidental Billionaires'' by Ben Mezrich. It portrays the founding of social networkin ...

'' (2010) - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer - Best Sound Mixing * ''

'' (2011) - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer - Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing * '' Oblivion'' (2013) - Supervising Sound Designer * '' House of Cards'' (2013-2018) - Sound Designer * ''

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'' (2013) - Sound Supervisor * '' The Boxtrolls'' (2014) - Supervising Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer * '' Gone Girl'' (2014) - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Sound Supervisor * '' Inside Out'' (2015) - Sound Designer * '' Alice Through the Looking Glass'' (2016) - Supervising Sound Editor * '' Star Wars: The Last Jedi'' (2017) - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor * '' Mindhunter'' (2017-2018) - Sound Designer *''

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'' (2018) - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor *'' Toy Story 4'' (2019) - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor *'' Mank'' (2020) - Supervising Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor *''

Soul The soul is the purported Mind–body dualism, immaterial aspect or essence of a Outline of life forms, living being. It is typically believed to be Immortality, immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that ...

'' (2020) - Supervising Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor *'' Turning Red'' (2022) - Supervising Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor *'' Lightyear'' (2022) - Supervising Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor *''

Elemental An elemental is a mythic supernatural being that is described in occult and alchemy, alchemical works from around the time of the European Renaissance, and particularly elaborated in the 16th century works of Paracelsus. According to Paracelsu ...

'' (2023) - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor *'' The Killer'' (2023) - Supervising Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer *''

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'' (2024) - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor

Session discography

* '' Divine Emotion'' (1988) -

Narada Michael Walden Narada Michael Walden ( ; Michael Walden; born April 23, 1952) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He acquired the nickname Narada from Sri Chinmoy. He began his career as a drummer, working primarily in the jazz ...

- Synthesizer airlight CMI* ''Verge of Love'' (1988) - Yoko Oginome - Synthesizer airlight CMI Percussion Programming * ''Indestructible'' (1988) -

Four Tops The Four Tops are an American vocal group formed in Detroit, Michigan in 1953 as the Four Aims. They were one of the most commercially successful American pop music groups of the 1960s and helped propel Motown Records to international fame. The ...

- Synthesizer airlight CMI* '' Through the Storm'' (1989) -

Aretha Franklin Aretha Louise Franklin ( ; March 25, 1942 – August 16, 2018) was an American singer, songwriter and pianist. Honored as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Soul", she was twice named by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine as the Roll ...

- Synthesizer airlight CMI Keyboards * '' Stay with Me'' (1989) -

Regina Belle Regina Belle (born July 17, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter who started her career in the mid-1980s. Known for her singles "Baby Come to Me (Regina Belle song), Baby Come to Me" (1989) and "Make It Like It Was" (1990), Belle is most notabl ...

- Synthesizer airlight CMI* ''A Night with Mr. C'' (1989) - Clarence Clemons - Synthesizer airlight CMI* '' Be Yourself'' (1989) -

Patti LaBelle Patricia Louise Holte (born May 24, 1944), known professionally as Patti LaBelle, is an American Rhythm and blues, R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Godmother of Soul". LaBelle began ...

- Synthesizer airlight CMI* ''License to Kill'' (1989) -

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- Synthesizer airlight CMI Sequence Programming * '' So Happy'' (1989) -

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- Synthesizers airlight CMI, Emulator II* ''

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'' (1989) -

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- Synthesizers airlight CMI, Emulator II* '' I'm Your Baby Tonight'' (1990) -

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- Synthesizer airlight CMI Programming * '' Kiss Me with the Wind'' (1990) -

Brenda Russell Brenda Russell (née Gordon; born April 8, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, and keyboardist. Russell has a diverse musical range which encompasses Rhythm and blues, R&B, pop music, pop, soul music, soul, dance music, dance, and ...

- Synthesizer airlight CMI* ''

Mariah Carey Mariah Carey ( ; born March 27, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. Dubbed the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Songbird Supreme" by ''Guinness World Records'', Carey is known for her five-octave voc ...

'' (1990) -

- LinnDrum, Synthesizer airlight CMI Rhythm Programming * ''Can You Stop the Rain'' (1991) - Peabo Bryson - Drums, Percussions, Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming kai* ''

Emotions Emotions are physical and mental states brought on by neurophysiology, neurophysiological changes, variously associated with thoughts, feelings, behavior, behavioral responses, and a degree of pleasure or suffering, displeasure. There is ...

'' (1991) -

- Programming, Synclavier, Synthesizer kai* '' H.I.T.S.'' (1991) -

New Kids on the Block New Kids on the Block (also initialized as NKOTB) is an American boy band from Dorchester, Massachusetts. The band consists of brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight, Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood. New Kids on the Block had ...

- Synthesizer kai Synclavier * '' Trey Lorenz'' (1992) - Trey Lorenz - Programming, Synclavier, Synthesizer kai Producer, Drum Programming, Keyboards * '' Breathless'' (1992) - Kenny G - Programming, Synthesizer kai* ''

Celine Dion Céline Marie Claudette Dion (born 30 March 1968) is a Canadian singer. Referred to as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, Queen of Power Ballads", Dion's powerful, technically skilled vocals and commercially successful works have had ...

'' (1992) -

- Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming kai* ''

Music Box A music box (American English) or musical box (British English) is an automatic musical instrument in a box that produces Musical note, musical notes by using a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder (geometry), cylinder or disc to pluck ...

'' (1993) -

- Keyboard Programming, Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming kai Synthesizer oland* ''Penny Ford'' (1993) - Penny Ford - Drums, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Synthesizers kai, Fairlight CMI* '' Passion'' (1993) -

- Programming, Synthesizer kai* '' The Colour of My Love'' (1993) -

- Synthesizer Programming kai* ''

Songs A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usuall ...

'' (1994) -

Luther Vandross Luther Ronzoni Vandross Jr. (April 20, 1951 – July 1, 2005) was an American Soul music, soul and Contemporary R&B, R&B singer, songwriter, and record producer. Over his career, he achieved eleven consecutive RIAA certification, RIAA-certified ...

- Additional Programming, Synthesizer kai* '' Head over Heels'' (1995) - Paula Abdul - Drum Programming dditional

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Klyce, Ren Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American audio engineers American sound editors People from Kyoto People from Mill Valley, California American people of Japanese descent Japanese emigrants to the United States University of California, Santa Cruz alumni