Sounddogs.com, Inc. is a commercial online library of sound effects 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. As of 2016[update], 708,636 sound effects and production music tracks are available for immediate download or on hard drive or CD. Downloads are available in AIFF, 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 BAFTA Award, Primetime Emmy Award 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 Todd-AO 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 Kleiner Perkins, a Silicon Valley Venture Capital firm. They later worked with giant companies like Apple, Microsoft, Sun Microsystems, Avid Technology, 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; (formally known as SoundDogs USA), owned by Greg King and , 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

Rob Nokes at SoundStorm Sound Effects Library Storage

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

Awards and recognitions

YearAwardCategoryTypeTitleHonoreesRef(s)
2015Canadian Screen AwardBest Sound EditingWonPompeiiStephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick, J.R. Fountain, Jill Purdy, Fred Brennan, Kevin Howard
2015DGC Craft AwardSound EditingWonKevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Fred Brennan, Alex Bullick, J.R. Fountain, Rose Gregoris, Kevin Howard, Jill Purdy, Tyler Whitham
2014Satellite AwardsBest SoundNominatedNoahCraig Henighan, Ken Ishii, Skip Lievsay
2014HPA AwardsBest SoundNominatedCraig Henighan, Jill Purdy, Skip Lievsay
2014Canadian Screen AwardBest Sound EditingWonThe Mortal Instruments: City of BonesNelson Ferreira, Stephen Barden, Alex Bullick, Christian Schaanning, J.R. Fountain, Jill Purdy, Kevin Banks, Nathan Robitaille, Steve Baine
2014DGC Craft AwardSound EditingWonKevin Banks, Alex Bullick, Stephen Barden, Nelson Ferreira, J.R. Fountain, Rose Gregoris, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille, Tyler Whitham
2014Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedPlanesRob Nokes, Todd Toon, Thomas Whiting, Charles Ritter, Jeff Sawyer, Pernell Salinas
2013Canadian Screen AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedResident Evil: RetributionStephen Barden, Kevin Banks, Steve Baine, Alex Bullick, Jill Purdy
2013DGC Craft AwardSound EditingWonKevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Alex Bullick, Rose Gregoris, Dashen Naidoo, Jill Purdy
2013Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedMoonrise KingdomCraig Henighan, Lewis Goldstein, David Briggs, Jac Rubenstein, Cate Montana
2012Satellite AwardsBest SoundNominatedSnow White and the HuntsmanCraig Henighan, Andy Nelson, Chris Munro
2011BAFTA Film AwardBest SoundNominatedBlack SwanCraig Henighan, Ken Ishii, Dominick Tavella
2011Online Film & Television Association AwardBest Sound MixingNominated
2011Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedCraig Henighan, Brian Emrich, Steve Baine, Wayne Lemmer
2011Critics' Choice Movie AwardBest SoundNominatedCraig Henighan, Brian Emrich
2011Cinema Audio Society AwardsBest Sound MixingNominatedCraig Henighan, Ken Ishii, Dominick Tavella
2011DGC Craft AwardSound EditingNominatedResident Evil: AfterlifeStephen Barden, Jill Purdy, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick, Rose Gregoris, Tyler Whitham
2011Genie AwardsBest Sound EditingNominatedStephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Alex Bullick, Jill Purdy
2011Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingWonLoveCraig Henighan, Bob Kellough, Steve Baine, Andy Koyama
2011Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingWonRush: Beyond the Lighted StageStephen Barden, David Rose, Andrew Wright
2010Gemini AwardsBest SoundNominatedDurham CountyStephen Barden, Brad Thornton, Jill Purdy, Steve Baine, Alex Bullick, Keith Elliott, Yann Cleary
2009DGC Craft AwardSound EditingWonDeath RaceStephen Barden, Jill Purdy, Alex Bullick, Rose Gregoris, Tyler Whitham
2008Gemini AwardsBest SoundWonAcross the River to Motor CityStephen Barden, Nelson Ferreira, Steve Baine, Alex Bullick, Eric Fitz, Andrew Tay
2006Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedSin CityCraig Henighan, Tim Rakoczy, William Jacobs, Paula Fairfield, Carla Murray, Edward Steidele, Jerry Trent
2006DGC Craft AwardSound EditingWonThe FountainStephen Barden, Alex Bullick, Jill Purdy, Nelson Ferreira, Craig Henighan
2006Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedCypherCraig Henighan, Stephen Barden, Tom Kramer, Joe Bracciale, Jill Purdy
2006DGC Craft AwardOutstanding Sound EditingNominatedLand of the DeadKevin Banks, Nelson Ferreira, Craig Henighan, Lee de Lang, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille
2006Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedNothingStephen Barden, Kevin Banks, Jill Purdy, John Sievert
2005DGC Craft AwardOutstanding Sound EditingWonAssault on Precinct 13Kevin Banks, Craig Henighan, Lee de Lang, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille
2005Genie AwardsBest Sound EditingWonResident Evil: ApocalypseSteve Baine, Stephen Barden, Tony Lewis, Craig Henighan, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille
2005DGC Craft AwardOutstanding Sound EditingNominatedStephen Barden, Craig Henighan, Kevin Banks, Joe Bracciale, Lee de Lang, Jill Purdy, Nathan Robitaille
2005Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedHollywood NorthCraig Henighan, Nelson Ferreira, Kevin Banks
2004Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedDreamcatcherRobert Grieve, Yann Delpuech, Wayne Griffin, Darren King
2004DGC Craft AwardOutstanding Sound EditingNominatedNothingKevin Banks, Stephen Barden, Jill Purdy, Craig Henighan
2003DGC Craft AwardOutstanding Sound EditingNominatedKart RacerStephen Barden, Rob Bertola, Craig Henighan, Tony Currie, Kevin Banks, J.R. Fountain, Mark Gingras
2003DGC Craft AwardOutstanding Sound EditingNominatedMen with BroomsStephen Barden, Kevin Banks, Joe Bracciale, Jill Purdy
2002Gemini AwardsBest SoundWonTrackerStephen Barden, Steve Baine, Kevin Banks, Elius Caruso, Joe Lafontaine, Robert Scherer, Brad Zoern
2002Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedRoboCop: Prime DirectivesCraig Henighan, Stephen Barden, Kevin Banks, J.R. Fountain, Joe Bracciale, Stephen Roque
2002Genie AwardsBest Sound EditingWonTreed MurrayStephen Barden, Kevin Banks, Joe Bracciale, John Sievert, Virginia Storey
2001Primetime Emmy AwardOutstanding Sound EditingWon61*Robert Grieve, Scott M. Silvey, Meg Taylor, Wayne Griffin, Stephanie Lowry, Ellen Heuer
2001Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedThe InsiderGregory King, Gregg Baxter, Stephanie Flack, Mary Ruth Smith, Darren King, Linda Folk
2001Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedRequiem for a DreamStephen Barden, Nelson Ferreira, Craig Henighan, Jill Purdy
2001Golden Reel AwardBest Sound EditingNominatedThe Road to El DoradoGregory King, Darren King, Yann Delpuech
2000Gemini AwardsBest Sound EditingNominatedLa Femme NikitaCraig Henighan, Rose Gregoris, Steve Baine, Jill Purdy
1999Gemini AwardsBest Sound EditingWonTotal Recall 2070Stephen Barden, Joe Bracciale, Angie Pajek, Craig Henighan
1997Genie AwardsBest Sound EditingNominatedCubeSue Conley, Stephen Barden, John Laing, Jill Purdy, John Sievert, Craig Henighan
1996Genie AwardsBest Sound EditingNominatedHouseYann Delpeuch, Fred Brennan, Paula Fairfield, Virginia Store
1996Gemini AwardsBest Sound EditingWonDue SouthYann Delpeuch, Michael Werth, Brian Avery, Allen Ormerod, Keith Elliott, Paula Fairfield

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