Walnut Creek, CA (October 18, 2012)—The TEC Foundation for Excellence in Audio has announced the nominees in seven categories of Outstanding Creative Achievement in sound production for the 28th Annual Technical Excellence & Creativity Awards, to be held at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, CA, on Friday, January 25, 2013.
The Creative Achievement Nominees join the nominees in 20 categories of Technical Achievement announced last month, and comprise the producers, engineers, sound designers and editors, studios, tour companies and others behind the sound of diverse entertainment media. The nominees for Interactive Sound Production will be announced at a later date, and will complete the 28 categories of 2012 TEC Awards Nominees.
Nominations were made by a select panel of 130 professionals in numerous audio specialties, who chose among a wide variety of projects released during the eligibility year of September 1, 2011 to August 31, 2012. Online voting will begin in November among members of industry organizations and qualified professionals subscribing to audio and music products trade publications including Pro Sound News, Pro Audio Review and Mix.
Awards for both Outstanding Technical and Creative Achievement will be presented at the 2013 NAMM Show, along with the presentation of the Les Paul Award to musician Pete Townshend and the induction of Record Plant President Rose Mann Cherney to the TEC Awards Hall of Fame.
The 28th Annual TEC Awards Creative Achievement Nominees
Record Production/Single
“Good Girl” – Carrie Underwood
“Lonely Boy” – The Black Keys
“Paradise” – Coldplay
“Somebody That I Used To Know” – Gotye
“We Take Care of Our Own” – Bruce Springsteen
Record Production/Album
Born and Raised – John Mayer
El Camino – The Black Keys
Mylo Xyloto – Coldplay
Wasting Light – Foo Fighters
Wrecking Ball – Bruce Springsteen
Tour Sound Production
Foo Fighters – “The Wasting Light” Tour – Delicate Productions
Metallica – “2012 European Black Album” Tour – Thunder Audio
Radiohead – “The King of Limbs” Tour – Firehouse Productions
Zac Brown Band – Special Event Services
Dave Matthews – Pro Media | UltraSound
Remote Production/Recording or Broadcast
54th Annual Grammy Awards, CBS
66th Annual Tony Awards, CBS
2012 CMT Music Awards, CMT
2012 Kennedy Center Honors, CBS
The Voice, NBC
Film Sound Production
Hugo, Paramount Pictures
Prometheus, Twentieth Century Fox
The Avengers, Marvel Studios
The Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Columbia Pictures, MGM
Television Sound Production
American Idol, Fox
Breaking Bad, AMC
Late Show with David Letterman, CBS
Saturday Night Live, NBC
Smash, NBC
Studio Design Project
• Dreamworks Animation Studios, Glendale, CA
Architect or Studio Designer: Peter Grueneisen FAIA, nonzero\architecture & studio bau:ton
Acoustician: Charles M. Salter & Associates, Veneklasen Associates
• Dallas Audio Post, Dallas, TX
Architect or Studio Designer: Francis Manzella, FM Design Ltd.
Acoustician: Francis Manzella
• Dolby, San Francisco, CA
Architect or Studio Designer: Pelonis Sound & Acoustics
Acoustician: Chris Pelonis
• MonkMusic Studios, East Hampton, NY
Architect or Studio Designer: John Storyk, Walters-Storyk Design Group
Acoustician: John Storyk
• The MontAnna Mix Room, Nashville, TN
Architect or Studio Designer: Carl Tatz Design
Acoustician: Carl Tatz
TEC Foundation
www.tecfoundation.com
