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Ren Klyce
Ren Klyce
sound editor
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Alan Menken
Alan Menken
American composer
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James Horner
James Horner
film composer and conductor
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Oscar Hammerstein II
Oscar Hammerstein II
American librettist, lyricist, theatrical producer, and (usually uncredited) theatre director of musicals
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David Lynch
David Lynch
American filmmaker, visual artist, and musician
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Howard Shore
Howard Shore
Canadian composer and conductor noted for his film scores (born 1946)
Alan Splet
Sound engineer

Alan Splet

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Sound engineer
Nominated For
Academy Award for Best Sound

Alan Splet (December 31, 1939 – December 2, 1994) was a sound designer and sound editor known for his collaborations with director David Lynch on Eraserhead, The Elephant Man, Dune, and Blue Velvet.

In 1980, he won an Oscar for his work on the film The Black Stallion. He did not attend the Academy Award ceremony and became the butt of several jokes by host Johnny Carson throughout the remainder of the telecast. He was later nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for Never Cry Wolf. In 1995, The Motion Picture Sound Editors union posthumously honored Splet with a Lifetime Achievement Award for his creative contributions to the field of cinema audio.

Splet was married to sound effects designer Ann Kroeber, and collaborated with her on most of his projects from 1979 until his death in 1994.