Scott Millan

Though it's likely that you've heard the work of Scott Millan, it's unlikely that you would recognize him on the street or be able to recall a specific example unless you're a hopeless audiophile. Since his earliest work in television (including the... more

Though it's likely that you've heard the work of Scott Millan, it's unlikely that you would recognize him on the street or be able to recall a specific example unless you're a hopeless audiophile. Since his earliest work in television (including the game show classic The Joker's Wild and a slew of made-for-TV films), Millan has been subtly enhancing the movie-going experiences of audiences everywhere, with Oscar-nominated work in such feature films as Schindler's List (1993), Braveheart (1995), and 1996 Best Sound Oscar-winner Apollo 13. A master of the Dolby Digital Surround Sound system, Millan again won the Best Sound Oscar (along with co-sound mixers Bob Beemer and Ken Weston) for his work in Gladiator (2000). Keep an eye out for the sword-throwing sequence in one of Gladiator's many battle scenes (that is, if you have a good home theater or by chance catch the film in a theater), one of Millan's favorite examples of the powerful use of sound in the film. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide less