Ren Klyce


Ren Klyce is a Japanese-American sound designer and sound mixer.

Career

He has been nominated for nine Academy Awards; six for Best Sound Mixing|Best Sound] and three for Academy Award for [Best Sound Editing|Best Sound Editing]. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with director David Fincher, having been the primary sound designer on every one of his films since Seven, including The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He is also known for his frequent collaborations with Spike Jonze and films by Pixar Animation Studios.
Klyce was born in Kyoto, Japan, and moved to California at a young age, where he grew up in Mill Valley. He graduated from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Filmography

Se7en - Sound Designer/Effect SupervisorThe Game - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound EditorFight Club - Best Sound EditingBeing John Malkovich - Sound DesignerPanic Room - Sound DesignerZodiac - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound EditorThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer - Best Sound MixingWhere the Wild Things Are - Sound Designer/Re-Recording MixerThe Social Network - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer - Best Sound MixingThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer - Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound EditingOblivion - Supervising Sound DesignerHouse of Cards - Sound DesignerHer - Sound SupervisorThe Boxtrolls - Supervising Sound Designer/Re-Recording MixerGone Girl - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Sound SupervisorInside Out - Sound DesignerAlice Through the Looking Glass - Supervising Sound EditorStar Wars: The Last Jedi - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound EditorMindhunter - Sound Designer
  • Incredibles 2 - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • Toy Story 4 - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • Mank - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • Soul - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • Turning Red - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • Lightyear - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • Elemental - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor
  • The Killer - Sound Designer/Supervising Sound Editor/Re-Recording Mixer
  • Inside Out 2 - Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/Supervising Sound Editor

Session discography

Divine Emotion - Narada Michael Walden - Synthesizer Verge of Love - Yoko Oginome - Synthesizer, Percussion ProgrammingIndestructible - Four Tops - Synthesizer Through the Storm - Aretha Franklin - Synthesizer, KeyboardsStay with Me - Regina Belle - Synthesizer A Night with Mr. C - Clarence Clemons - Synthesizer Be Yourself - Patti LaBelle - Synthesizer License to Kill - Gladys Knight - Synthesizer, Sequence ProgrammingSo Happy - Eddie Murphy - Synthesizers Good to Be Back - Natalie Cole - Synthesizers I'm Your Baby Tonight - Whitney Houston - Synthesizer, ProgrammingKiss Me with the Wind - Brenda Russell - Synthesizer Mariah Carey - Mariah Carey - LinnDrum, Synthesizer, Rhythm ProgrammingCan You Stop the Rain - Peabo Bryson - Drums, Percussions, Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming Emotions - Mariah Carey - Programming, Synclavier, Synthesizer H.I.T.S. - New Kids on the Block - Synthesizer, SynclavierTrey Lorenz - Trey Lorenz - Programming, Synclavier, Synthesizer, Producer, Drum Programming, KeyboardsBreathless - Kenny G - Programming, Synthesizer Celine Dion - Celine Dion - Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming Music Box - Mariah Carey - Keyboard Programming, Synclavier, Synthesizer Programming, Synthesizer Penny Ford - Penny Ford - Drums, Bass Programming, Drum Programming, Synthesizers Passion - Regina Belle - Programming, Synthesizer The Colour of My Love - Celine Dion - Synthesizer Programming Songs - Luther Vandross - Additional Programming, Synthesizer Head over Heels - Paula Abdul - Drum Programming