Dennis S. Sands

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Dennis S. Sands
Occupation Sound engineer
Years active1979-present

Dennis S. Sands is an American sound engineer. He has been nominated for four Academy Awards in the category Best Sound. He has worked on more than 400 films since 1979 and is best known for his collaborations with composers Alan Silvestri and Danny Elfman.

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Selected filmography

YearTitleDirector(s)Composer(s)RolesOther notes
1984 Romancing the Stone Robert Zemeckis Alan Silvestri Music Scoring MixerFirst collaboration with Zemeckis & Silvestri
1985 Cat's Eye Lewis Teague
Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis
1988 Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1989 Back to the Future Part II
1990 Downtown Richard Benjamin Uncredited
Back to the Future Part III Robert ZemeckisAlso Re-Recording Mixer
Darkman Sam Raimi Danny Elfman First collaboration with Raimi
1991 Father of the Bride Charles Shyer Alan SilvestriMusic Scoring Mixer (with Bob Fernandez and Bruce Botnick)First collaboration with Shyer
1992 FernGully: The Last Rainforest Bill Kroyer Music Scoring Mixer
1993 Army of Darkness Sam RaimiDanny Elfman ("March of the Dead" Theme), Joseph LoDuca
Cop and a Half Henry Winkler Alan SilvestriUncredited
Super Mario Bros. Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel Orchestrator: William Ross

Music Supervisor: Peter Afterman

1994 Forrest Gump [1] Robert Zemeckis
Blown Away Stephen Hopkins
The Shawshank Redemption Frank Darabont Thomas Newman First collaboration with Newman
Richie Rich Donald Petrie Alan Silvestri
1995 The American President Rob Reiner Marc Shaiman
Father of the Bride Part II Charles ShyerAlan Silvestri
1996 Independence Day Roland Emmerich David Arnold Scoring MixerFirst collaboration with Emmerich
1997 Contact [2] Robert ZemeckisAlan SilvestriMusic Scoring Mixer
1998 The Horse Whisperer Robert Redford Thomas NewmanScore Recordist & MixerMusic Consultant: George Budd

Additional Recordists: Paul Wertheimer, Tom Hardisty

The Parent Trap Nancy Meyers Alan SilvestriMusic Consultant & Editor: Andrew Silver
1999 American Beauty Sam Mendes Thomas NewmanMusic Scoring Mixer
Stuart Little Rob Minkoff Alan SilvestriScore Recordist & MixerFirst collaboration with Minkoff
2001 The Mummy Returns Stephen Sommers Alan SilvestriMusic Scoring MixerFirst collaboration with Sommers
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone Chris Columbus John Williams Digital Music Recordist
2002 Spider-Man Sam RaimiDanny ElfmanScore Recordist & Mixer
Men in Black II Barry Sonnenfeld First collaboration with Sonnenfeld
Stuart Little 2 Rob MinkoffAlan SilvestriRecordist & Mixer
Punch-Drunk Love Paul Thomas Anderson Jon Brion Orchestra Recordist & MixerScore Recordist: Greg Dennen
Chicago Rob Marshall Danny Elfman (Original Score Music), John Kander Original Score Music Recordist and MixerOriginal Score Music Conductor & Orchestrator: Steve Bartek
2004 Van Helsing Stephen SommersAlan SilvestriMusic Recordist & MixerAlso Sound Mixer

Score Recordist: Adam Michalak

2005 xXx: State of the Union Lee Tamahori Marco Beltrami Score MixerAdditional Guitar: Tom Morello
Guess Who Kevin Rodney Sullivan John Murphy Music Scoring Mixer
Cheaper by the Dozen 2 Adam Shankman John Debney
2006 The Wild Steve "Spaz" Williams Alan SilvestriScore Recordist and Mixer
Nacho Libre Jared Hess Danny Elfman, Beck Music Recordist and Mixer
Night at the Museum Shawn Levy Alan SilvestriScore Recordist and MixerFirst collaboration with Levy
2007 Are We Done Yet? Steve Carr Teddy Castellucci Score Recordist and Mixer (with Shawn Murphy)Additional Music: Kevin Kliesch
2009 He's Just Not That Into You Ken Kwapis Cliff Eidelman Score Recordist and Mixer
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian Shawn LevyAlan SilvestriScore Recordist & Mixer (with Steve Kempster)Digital Recordists: Adam Olmstead, Larry Mah

Stage Recordist: Tim Lauber

2011 Captain America: The First Avenger Joe Johnston Alan SilvestriMusic Recordist & MixerFirst collaboration with Marvel Studios
2012 The Avengers Zak Penn
Men in Black 3 Barry SonnenfeldDanny ElfmanScore Recordist & Mixer (with Shawn Murphy)
2013 The Croods Chris Sanders, Kirk DeMicco Alan SilvestriScore Recordist & MixerAdditional Recordist: Pete Cobbin
2014 Godzilla Gareth Edwards Alexandre Desplat Additional Recordist: Brad Haehnel
The Maze Runner Wes Ball John Paesano First collaboration with Ball and Paesano
Penguins of Madagascar Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith Lorne Balfe Score MixerFirst collaboration with Balfe
2015 Goosebumps Rob Letterman Danny ElfmanRecordist & Mixer (with Noah Snyder)Additional Music: Chris Bacon, TJ Lindgren, Paul Mounsey
2016 Independence Day: Resurgence Roland Emmerich Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker Score Recordist
Ice Age: Collision Course Michael Thurmeier, Galen Tan ChuJohn DebneyAdditional MixerScore Recordist: Shawn Murphy

Score Mixer: Brad Haehnel

2018 Maze Runner: The Death Cure Wes BallJohn PaesanoScore Recordist & Mixer
Ready Player One Steven Spielberg Alan SilvestriMusic Recordist & Mixer
Avengers: Infinity War Anthony and Joe Russo Score MixerScore Orchestrator & Conductor: Mark Graham

First collaboration with The Russo Brothers

Christopher Robin Marc Forster Geoff Zanelli, Jon BrionScore Recordist & Mixer (with Greg Koller)
Welcome to Marwen Robert ZemeckisAlan SilvestriRe-Recording Mixer / Score Mixer
2019 Captain Marvel Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck Alan Silvestri (Mid Credits Scene), Pinar Toprak Score Mixer (Mid Credits Scene)Uncredited

Score Mixer: Alan Meyerson

Wonder Park Dylan Brown Steven Price Score RecordistScore Mixer: Gareth Cousins
Avengers: Endgame Anthony and Joe RussoAlan SilvestriScore Mixer / Additional Recordist
Men in Black: International F. Gary Gray Danny Elfman, Chris BaconScore RecordistScore Mixer: Noah Snyder
2020 The Witches Robert ZemeckisAlan SilvestriScore Mixer
2022 Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Sam RaimiDanny ElfmanScore Mixer
Pinocchio Robert ZemeckisAlan SilvestriRe-Recording Mixer / Score Mixer
2023 Gran Turismo Neill Blomkamp Lorne Balfe, Andrew KawczynskiDigital Music RecordistUncredited
Leo Robert Marianetti, Robert Smigel, David WachtenheimGeoff Zanelli (Score), Robert Smigel (Songs)Score and Songs Mixer / Additional Music RecordistScore Recordist: Nick Wollage

Digital Score Recordist: Chris Barnett

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