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Who We Are

Audio Mechanics celebrated their 20th anniversary in September 2011. The company’s reputation for aesthetic integrity and extreme technical proficiency has made it one of the most sought-after film soundtrack re-mastering studios in the United States. Specializations include sound restoration, mixing and re-mastering, audio asset evaluation/cataloging and preservation services, as well as forensic audio analysis. Experienced active management and a staff of talented audio engineers skilled in the listening arts has made Audio Mechanics an award winning leader in the field of sound services, maintaining an impressive list of major studio, academic, government and independent audio collections clientele.

Featured Projects

  • Tora! Tora! Tora!

    Tora! Tora! Tora!

    20th Century Fox turned once again to Audio Mechanics to restore Tora! Tora! Tora! for its Blu-Ray release on the 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor. 5.1 surround, LCRS, and stereo mixes were created using new transfers of the original 6-track mag … [more]

  • Sun Legend / Tokugawa Era

    幕末太陽傳

    “The Sun Legend of the End of the Tokugawa Era” from 1957 is one of Japan’s most celebrated and critically acclaimed films of all time. The Japanese film company Nikkatsu hired Audio Mechanics through a recommendation by IMAGICA corp. to … [more]

  • Samson & Delilah

    Samson & Delilah

    Paramount Pictures selected Audio Mechanics to perform the audio restoration of Cecil B. Demille’s “Samson & Delilah.” This biblical epic from 1949 won 2 oscars and will be re-released on DVD and BluRay.

Latest News

  • FOX Preservation Project

    FOX Preservation Project

    Audio Mechanics has been chosen to supervise the digital preservation of 20th Century Fox’s entire inventory of feature film sound assets. The process includes metadata verification, audio evaluation, digital transfer for preservation, audio QC, and detailed reports.    

  • The Elia Kazan Collection wins Film Heritage Award

    The Elia Kazan Collection wins Film Heritage Award

    The Elia Kazan Collection, by 20th Century Fox, has won the National Society of Film Critics’ Heritage award.  Audio Mechanics provided sound restoration for Baby Doll (1956), Viva Zapata! (1952), and A Face in the Crowd (1957).

  • Word Is Out (1977) wins Film Heritage Award

    Word Is Out (1977) wins Film Heritage Award

    Audio Mechanics’ restoration of WORD IS OUT: STORIES OF SOME OF OUR LIVES, by the Mariposa Collective, won the National Society of Film Critics’ Heritage award.  Restoration supervisor, Ross Lipman, UCLA Film & Television Archive. http://www.nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/