Frank Morrone is an independent re-recording mixer who has worked extensively in both film and television. His award winning work includes Emmy Awards for the ABC hit LOST and the mini-series The Kennedys as well as a best sound Satellite Award for Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow.
He has served as a Governor for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and as President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors. He has also been elected to the Motion Picture Editors Guild board of directors to represent re-recording mixers and served as Vice President of the Motion Picture Sound Editors from 2005 to 2013. In addition to these associations, he is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, NARAS, SOCAN, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television and the Cinema Audio Society where he has served on the board of directors.
Career He began his career mixing music for film scores as well as jazz, rock and country albums. His music projects include Amin Bhatia’s 5.1 mix The Interstellar Suite, Sunny Days Again: The Best of Lighthouse remix and A Christmas Story soundtrack. He has received a platinum album for his contributions to the Camp Rock soundtrack. From music mixing, he transitioned to film and television post production initially editing music and dialogue and then moving in to re-recording mixing. In 1995, he accepted a position at Todd AO New York mixing film and television, where he also lectured for NYU Film School. He moved to Los Angeles in 2004 to work with JJ Abrams on Lost, and has since mixed several projects for Sony and Disney as well as freelance projects for several other studios. He has written articles for industry publications including Mix Magazine and Canadian Musician. He has collaborated on product development with Digidesign, McDSP and M-Audio and lectures at well-known colleges across North America for Avid such as USC, Full Sail and Tribeca Flashpoint. He has been elected to serve on several key industry organization Boards of Directors including ATAS, MPEG, MPSE and CAS.
Awards and nominations
Emmy Awards 2012 – Person of Interest – Pilot (Nominated) 2011 – The Kennedys: Lancer And Lace (Won) 2010 – Lost: The End (Nominated) 2009 – Lost: The Incident (Nominated) 2008 – Lost: Meet Kevin Johnson (Won) 2006 – Lost: Live Together, Die Alone (Nominated)
2005 – Lost: Outlaws (Nominated)
Cinema Audio Society Awards 2012 – The Kennedys (Nominated) 2009 – Lost (Nominated) 2007 – Lost (Nominated)2005 – Lost (Nominated)
MPSE Golden Reel Awards 2010 – Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie (Nominated) 1987 – Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future (Won) 1987 – Ford the Man & the Machine (Won)
Gemini Awards 2011 – The Kennedys (Nominated) 1989 – Glory Enough for All (Won) 1987 – Ford the Man and the Machine (Nominated)
Satellite Award 1999 – Sleepy Hollow (Won)
TEC Awards 2008 – Lost (Nominated) 2007 – Lost (Nominated) 2006 – Lost (Nominated) 2005 – Lost (Nominated)
Selected credits
Television Last Resort – 2012 – Shawn Ryan / Karl J Gajdusek Raising Hope – 2012 – Greg Garcia (producer) Copper – 2012–2013 – Barry Levinson/ Tom Fontana / BBC The Killing Game – 2011 – Bobby Roth/ Anne Carlucci/Lifetime Boss – 2011 – Kelsey Grammer/Gus Van Sant /Farhad Safinia Alcatraz (pilot) – 2011 – J. J. Abrams// Bad Robot Person of Interest (pilot) – 2011 – J. J. Abrams// Bad Robot Once Upon a Time (pilot) – 2011 – Adam Horowitz (screenwriter)/Edward Kitsis The Kennedys – 2011 – Jon Cassar/ Joel Surnow Undercovers – 2010 – J. J. Abrams//Bad Robot Lost – 2004–2010 – J. J. Abrams/ABC/Touchstone TV The Day of the Triffids – 2009 – Nick Copus/BBC Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie – 2009 – Lev L. Spiro/ Disney Channel Princess Protection Program – 2009 – Allison Liddi-Brown/ Disney Channel The Cheetah Girls: One World – 2008 – Paul Hoen/ Disney Channel Camp Rock – 2008 – Matthew Diamond/ Disney Channel Snow 2: Brain Freeze – 2008 – Mark Rosman/ABC Family Channel The L Word (season 5) – 2008 – Ilene Chaiken/Showtime Tyrannosaurus Azteca – 2007 – Brian Trenchard-Smith What About Brian (Pilot) – 2006 – Dana Stevens/J. J. AbramsABC/Touchstone Queens Supreme – 2003 – Tim Robbins / CBS Miss America – 2002 – Lisa Ades Fling – 2001 – Glenn Gordon Caron 100 Center Street (33 eps) – 2001 – Sidney Lumet First Person – 2001 – Errol Morris Shades of Dust – 2001 – Danny Aiello III The Independent – 2000 – Steve Kessler/Jerry Weintraub Wonderland – 2000 – Peter Berg/John David Coles/Brian Grazer Sex and the City (seasons 1–2) – 1998–99 – Darren Star/ HBO Dellaventura – 1997–98 – Danny Aiello / CBS Bye, Bye Birdie – 1995 – Robert Halmi Sr/Gene Saks/Boyce Harmon Derby – 1995 – Bob Clark Mysterious Island – 1995 – Alliance Films/Atlantis Tek War – 1994–96 – William Shatner/Alliance It Runs in the Family – 1994 – Bob Clark/ MGM Destiny Ridge – 1993 – Anne Marie La Traverse/Atlantis Films The American Clock – 1993 – Bob Clark Scales of Justice – 1992 – George Jonas/CBC Kung Fu: The Legend Continues – 1992 – David Carradine, Michael Sloan/USA Ntwk War of the Worlds – 1990 – Frank Mancuso Jr./Greg Strangis/Paramount My Secret Identity – 1988–91 – Brian Levant/Fred Fox Jr/Paramount Dracula – Allan Eastman/Wendy Grean/Paragon Small Sacrifices – 1989 – David Greene The Jim Henson Hour – 1989–92 – Jim Henson Glory Enough for All – 1988 – Eric Till/Gordon Hench/Gemstone Prod. Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future – 1987–88 – Gary Goddard/Landmark Ent Ford: The Man and The Machine – 1987 – Allan Eastman
Feature films Justin Bieber – Believe – 2013 – Jon Chu Strangely in Love – 2012 – Amin Matalqa Small Time – 2012 – Joel Surnow Happy & Bleeding – 2012 – Christian Charles/ Anne Estonilo The Killing Game – 2011 – Bobby Roth/ Anne Carlucci/Lifetime The United – 2011 – Amin Matalqa/Walt Disney Pictures Never Back Down 2: The Beatdown – 2011 – Michael Jai White Gnomeo & Juliet (temp) – 2011 – Kelly Asbury Sideways – 2010 – Cellin Gluck Morning Light – 2008 – Mark Monroe / Roy E. Disney Murder Dot Com – 2008 – Rex Piano/ Regent Films Tyrannosaurus Azteca – 2007 – Brian Trenchard-Smith Saving Luna – 2007 – Suzanne Chisholm/Michael Parfit Full of It – 2007 – Christian Charles Partition – 2007 – Vic Sarin Love on the Side – 2004 – Vic Sarin A Hole in One – 2004 – Richard Ledes Slowly Silently – 2003 – Jinoh Park Jersey Guy – 2003 – Elia Zois Rhythm of the Saints – 2003 – Sarah Rogacki Miss America – 2002 – Lisa Ades Comedian – 2002 – Christian Charles / Jerry Seinfeld First Person – 2001 – Errol Morris Shades of Dust – 2001 – Danny Aiello III The Independent – 2000 – Steve Kessler/Jerry Weintraub Lost Souls – 2000 – Janusz Kamiński / Meg Ryan Shaft – 2000 – Scott Rudin / Paramount Up at the Villa – 2000 – Philip Haas Ricky Six – 2000 – Peter Filardi Sleepy Hollow – 1999 – Tim Burton Mr. Death: The Rise and Fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. – 1999 – Errol Morris Fever – 1999 – Alex Winter EDtv – 1999 – Ron Howard / Universal Inventing the Abbotts – 1997 – Pat O’Connor/Fox Under the Bridge – 1997 – Charles Weinstein Childhoods End – 1997 – Jeff Lipsky Ransom – 1996 – Ron Howard / Touchstone Dear Diary – 1996 – David Frankel, Barry Jossen/DreamWorks When We Were Kings – 1996 – Leon Gast/Taylor Hackford The Daytrippers – 1996 – Greg Mottola It Runs in the Family – 1994 – Bob Clark/ MGM Paris France – 1993 – Jerry Ciccoritti/Alliance Dieppe – 1993 John N. Smith – Foley mixer Black Robe – 1991 – Bruce Beresford – ADR recordist
Music The Interstellar Suite – 2012 – Amin Bhatia 5.1 mix Sunny Days Again: The Best of Lighthouse – 1999 – Lighthouse remix Tears Are Not Enough documentary – 1985 – music editor A Christmas Story – Music from the Motion Picture – 1983 – recording & mixing engineer A Christmas Story – 1983 – music engineer My Bloody Valentine – 1981 – music engineer Jack London's Tales of the Klondike – 1981 – music engineer Being Different – 1981 – music engineer You've Got To Be A Kid To Get In – Free Rose Corporation – 1981 – music engineer The Entertainer – Artie MacLaren – 1980 – music engineer Catherine McKinnon (self titled album) – Catherine McKinnon – 1980 – music engineer The Kidnapping of the President – 1980 – music engineer Prom Night – 1980 – music engineer Murder by Decree – 1979 – music engineer
Affiliations Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cinema Audio Society Motion Picture Editors Guild Motion Picture Sound Editors Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television NARAS SOCAN
References
External links
Frank Morrone official website