And many of them over the years – starring some of the planet’s most beloved actors, including Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise – owe their sonic power to AMS Neve in Burnley after using its technology to record their music.
We reported yesterday how Oppenheimer clinched this year’s Oscar for Best Music (Original Score) after the soundtrack was recorded on AMS Neve’s flagship 88RS console at Warner Bros’ Eastwood scoring stage.
The Burnley company, founded by Mark Crabtree OBE, has been instrumental in sculpting the sound of multiple smash-hit films over the years, some, like Oppenheimer and Barbie, being Oscar-winners.
Here are 19 such blockbuster movies:
1. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Johnny Depp arrives for the 76th Academy Awards ceremony 29 February, 2004 at the Kodak Theater in Hollywood, CA, after being nominated for Best Actor for his performance in "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl." Credit: Jeff HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images. Photo: Jeff HAYNES/AFP via Getty Images
2. American Beauty
The cast of the film American Beauty. (From L-R:) Chris Cooper, Mena Suvari, Peter Gallagher, Allison Janney, Thora Birch, Annette Bening and Kevin Spacey hold the awards they won for best ensemble cast for a motion picture during the 6th Annual Screen Actor's Guild Awards 12 March 2000 in Los Angeles.Credit: LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images Photo: LUCY NICHOLSON
3. Minions
Cartoon film characters from the Minions perform during the launch of Universal Christmas at Universal Studios Singapore in Resorts World Sentosa in Singapore on November 28, 2019. (Photo by ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN
4. Mission Impossible 2
The cast of the new film Mission Impossible 2 poses at the premiere at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA, 18 May, 2000. From L-R: actors Ving Rhames, Tom Cruise, Thandie Newton, and Dougray Scott. (Photo by LUCY NICHOLSON/AFP via Getty Images) Photo: LUCY NICHOLSON