Sounddogs.com, Inc. is a commercial online library of

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s based in Marina Del Rey, California, with offices in Canada, Argentina, and Uruguay. It is the first and largest online sound effects and production music library on the internet launched in May 1997. , 708,636 sound effects and production music tracks are available for immediate download or on hard drive or CD. Downloads are available in

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, WAV, and MP3 formats. Sounddogs started as a sound design and editorial company in 1990 and has contributed to more than 150 feature films and earned multiple awards and nominations from the

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and Golden Reel Awards. As of 2022, there are over 1 million sound files of sound effects and production music.

Company history

In 1990, Gregory King and Nelson Ferrera formed the original Sound Dogs Inc. as a sound editorial company in Toronto, Canada. In 1991, Robert Nokes was appointed as an assistant of King. In 1995 Greg King moved to Los Angeles along with Rob Nokes. Paul Huntsman of

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introduced them to Robert Grieve, who six years earlier had declined to become a founding partner of Soundelux. Together they formed "Sound Dogs USA" in Los Angeles, California. After a year, they launched Sounddogs.com on May 1, 1997, a large online sound effects archive as a marketing tool with Picture Editors. In 1998 they received invitation for a meeting with

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, a Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm. They later worked with giant companies like

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, and Digital River. Around 1999, Nelson Ferreira partnered with Stephen Barden at Sound Dogs Toronto. In late 2001, Sound Dogs Inc. (King, Grieve) and Sounddogs.com (Nokes) split amicably and remain close working partners. Sound Dogs New York was started by Stephen Barden around 2005. In the late 2000s King formed a sound design firm called The Dawgs Sound Design, which later became King SoundWorks. Currently, there are three separately owned Sounddogs companies: Sounddogs.com, owned by Rob Nokes
King SoundWorks
(formally known as SoundDogs USA), owned by Greg King an
SoundDogs Canada
owned by Nelson Ferreira. On June 1, 2019, Sound Ideas purchased SoundDogs.com together with the entirety of the sound effects library owned by Rob Nokes, Soundelux, SounDogs Library, and SoundStorm.

Content partners

Since 2001, the company signed co-distribution deal and partnerships with many sound designer and companies with a view to providing the best selection possible. Partners of SoundDogs include: Charles Maynes, Elliot Koretz, AMG, Bobby Mackston, Casablanca, Coll Anderson, Copra Studios, Craig Henighan, Dan O’Connell, Digiffects, The Hollywood Edge, Elements, Farts Dot Com, Hanna Barbera, Interplay, Nightingale Mobile, Nightingale Voice Box, Nokes Library, Point One Sound, Ripe, Rob Nokes Horse Racing Collection, Sonic Science, Sound Ideas SFX, Sound HOG, Sound Label, Sonospheres, SoundDogs, Soundminer, The Anarchist Cookbook, The Recordist, Tomahawk Films, Trak Works, Valentino, and Zak Sound.

Acquisition

In November 2004, Rob Nokes acquired the sound library and trademark of SoundStorm, a sound editorial company nominated for eight

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. SoundStorm's corporate predecessor was a company called Walla Works, which had employed the founding partners of Soundelux, another sound editorial company. On November 17, 2014, the Todd-Soundelux Trademarks ( Todd AO and Soundelux) and Copyrights (Sound Effects Library) were also acquired in Federal Bankruptcy Court by Rob Nokes of Sounddogs.com, Inc. Nokes purchased all of Todd-Soundelux's library assets and trademarks, which included The Hollywood Edge. In January 2020, Sound Ideas finished acquiring Sounddogs.com.

Staff

*Brian Nimens, President and CEO, Sound recordist (2019–Present) *Craig Nimens, Vice-President (2019–Present) * Rob Nokes, President and Founder, Sound recordist, Supervising sound editor (1995–2019) ; Former staffs: *Rob Nokes, Co-Founder, Supervising sound editor (1997-2019) * Gregory King, Co founder, Supervising sound editor (1990-2001) * Nelson Ferreira, Co founder, Supervising sound editor (1990-1999) * Robert Grieve, Supervising sound editor * Craig Henighan, Supervising sound editor * Stephen Barden, Supervising sound editor * Yann Delpuech, Supervising sound editor * Darren King, Supervising sound editor * Paula Fairfield, Sound effect editor * John Switzer, Former Vice president * Paul Virostek, Former Vice president

Filmography

* '' Backstrom'' (2015) ... Supervising sound editor (12 episodes) * '' Big Sky'' (2015) ... Sound library * '' The Rover'' (2014) ... Field sound effects * '' Bones'' (2005-2015) (TV Series) ... Supervising sound editor (204 episodes) * '' Salem'' (2014) ... Supervising sound editor (2 episodes) * ''

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'' (2014) ... Field sound effects * ''

Someone Marry Barry ''Someone Marry Barry'' is a 2014 American romantic comedy directed and written by Rob Pearlstein and starring Tyler Labine, Lucy Punch, Damon Wayans, Jr., and Hayes MacArthur. The plot follows a group of childhood friends' plans to get rid o ...

'' (2014) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Planes'' (2013) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Finder'' (2012) ... Supervising sound editor (6 episodes) * '' Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'' (2010) ... Field sound effects * '' We Bought a Zoo'' (2010) ... Sound effects recording * '' Insidious'' (2010) ... ADR mixing * ''

The Princess and the Frog ''The Princess and the Frog'' is a 2009 American Animation, animated musical film, musical Romance film, romantic fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Inspired in part by the 2002 ...

'' (2009) ... Sound effects field recording * ''

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ''Ghosts of Girlfriends Past'' is a 2009 American Fantasy film, fantasy romantic comedy film directed by Mark Waters. The script was written by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore (screenwriter), Scott Moore, based on Charles Dickens' 1843 novella ''A Chr ...

'' (2009) ... Sound effects field recording * '' X-Men Origins: Wolverine'' (2009) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Race to Witch Mountain'' (2009) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience'' (2009) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' (2008) ... Sound effects recording * '' The X Files: I Want to Believe'' (2008) ... Sound effects recording * '' Generation Kill'' (2008) ... Sound effects recording * ''

The Spiderwick Chronicles ''The Spiderwick Chronicles'' is a series of children's fantasy books by Tony DiTerlizzi and Holly Black. They chronicle the adventures of the Grace children, twins Simon and Jared and their older sister Mallory, after they move into the Spider ...

'' (2008) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'' (2008) ... Sound effects field recording * ''

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'' (2008 TV Miniseries) ... Additional sound design (2 episodes) * '' The Game Plan'' (2007) ... Sound effects field recording * '' 3:10 to Yuma'' (2007) ... Sound effects field recording * ''

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'' (2007) ... Additional sound effects library * '' Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'' (2007) ... Sound effects field recording * ''

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'' (2007) ... Sound effects recording * '' Blades of Glory'' (2007) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Because I Said So'' (2007) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Broken English'' (2007) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Fountain'' (2006) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause'' (2006) ... Additional sound effects library * '' Flicka'' (2006) ... Additional sound effects library * ''

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'' (2006) ... Sound effects field recording * '' Gridiron Gang'' (2006) ... Additional sound recording * '' Invincible'' (2006) ... Field recording * '' The Host'' (2006) ... Additional sound effects * '' The Shaggy Dog'' (2006) ... Field recording * '' Glory Road'' (2006) ... Additional sound recording * '' Cheong yeon'' (2005) ... Additional sound * '' Stealth'' (2005) ... sound effects recording * '' Just Friends'' (2005) ... Supervising sound editor * ''

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'' (2005) ... Additional sound recording * ''

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'' (2005) ... Sound effects editing * '' Nomad (2005 film)'' (2005) ... Supervising sound editor * ''

Million Dollar Baby ''Million Dollar Baby'' is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, scored by and starring Clint Eastwood from a screenplay by Paul Haggis. It is based on stories from the 2000 collection ''Rope Burns: Stories from the Corner' ...

'' (2004) ... Additional sound recording * ''

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'' (2004) ... Supervising sound editor * ''

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'' (2003) ... Additional sound * '' Frankie and Johnny Are Married'' (2003) ... Supervising sound editor * '' My Baby's Daddy'' (2003) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Big Momma's House'' (2003) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Red Dragon'' (2002) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Ali'' (2001) ... Post sound technical planning * ''

The Road to El Dorado ''The Road to El Dorado'' is a 2000 American animated musical adventure comedy film directed by Eric "Bibo" Bergeron and Don Paul, from a screenplay by Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, as well as additional sequences directed by Will Finn and ...

'' (2000) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Requiem for a Dream'' (2000) ... Supervising sound editor, Sound effect * ''

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'' (2000) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Family Man'' (2000) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Return to Me'' (2000) ... Supervising sound editor * ''

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'' (2000) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Insider'' (1999) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Mumford'' (1999) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Dick'' (1999) ... Sound design * ''Water Damage'' (1999) ... Sound editing * '' Bride of Chucky'' (1998) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Very Bad Things'' (1998) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Jack Frost'' (1997) ... Supervising sound editor * ''

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'' (1997) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Waiting for Guffman'' (1996) ... Post sound technical * '' Ghosts of Mississippi'' (1996) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Cable Guy'' (1996) ... Supervising sound editor * '' The Harvest'' (1993) ... Supervising sound editor * ''

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'' (1992) ... Supervising sound editor * '' Dracula: The Series'' (1990) ... Supervising sound editor

Awards and recognitions

References

External links

Sounddogs.com websiteSoundDogs Canada websiteKing SoundWorks website
*{{IMDb name, id=0634190, name=Rob Nokes Sound Credits Sound archives in the United States Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Film sound production Internet properties established in 1997