The Creative Arts Emmy '21 sound category winners have been found - here are the sound stories behind 8 of them:

The 2021 Creative Arts Emmy winners are in - a huge congrats from us to all the winners and nominees! We've compiled sound stories for 8 of the winners for Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, and Original Music Composition for you below, as well as the full list of Creative Arts Emmy winners:

The Queen’s Gambit:

WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Limited or Anthology Series, Movie, or Special • Outstanding Sound Mixing • Outstanding Music Composition(Original Dramatic Score)

Winners for Sound Editing: Gregg Swiatlowski, Co-Supervising Sound Editor, Eric Hirsch, Co-Supervising Sound Editor, Wylie Stateman, Sound Designer, Leo Marcil, Sound Editor, Mary Ellen Porto, Sound Editor, Patrick Cicero, Sound Editor, James David Redding III, Sound Editor, Eric Hoehn, Sound Editor, Tom Kramer, Music Editor, Rachel Chancey, Foley Artist

Winners for Sound Mixing: Eric Hirsch, Re-Recording Mixer, Eric Hoehn, Re-Recording Mixer, Roland Winke, Production Mixer, Lawrence Manchester, Scoring Mixer

Winner for Original Dramatic Score: Carlos Rafael Rivera, Composer

Behind the sound for The Queen’s Gambit:

Scoring The Queen’s Gambit with Carlos Rafael Rivera:

Mixing The Queen’s Gambit with Eric Hoehn:

Read ‘Checking out the sound of The Queen’s Gambit’ here

The Mandalorian:

WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour) • Outstanding Music Composition For A Series (Original Dramatic Score)

Winners for Sound Mixing: Bonnie Wild, Re-Recording Mixer, Stephen Urata, Re-Recording Mixer, Shawn Holden, CAS, Production Mixer, Chris Fogel, Scoring Mixer

Winner for Original Dramatic Score: Ludwig Göransson, Composer

Behind the sound for The Mandalorian:

The Sound Of The Mandalorian – with Bonnie Wild:

How The Mandalorian Score Found The New Star Wars Sound – with Ludwig Göransson:

Creating the sound for The Mandalorian – with Foley Mixer Blake Collins CAS:

David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet:

WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Single or Multi-Camera) • Outstanding Music Composition for a Documentary Series or Special (Original Dramatic Score)

Winner for Sound Mixing: Graham Wild, Re-Recording Mixer

Winner for Original Dramatic Score: Steven Price, Composer

Behind the sound for David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet:

Telling the Emotional Story of Sir David Attenborough’s Life on Our Planet:

‘David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet’ composer Steven Price on his Emmy nomination for Netflix

Ted Lasso:

WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation

Winners for Sound Mixing: Ryan Kennedy, Re-Recording Mixer, Sean Byrne, Re-Recording Mixer, David Lascelles, Production Mixer

Behind the sound of Ted Lasso:

10 Minutes with the Artisans of Ted Lasso – Sound Mixing

Read ‘Why Ted Lasso Sound Editor Learned to Love Actors’ Messy Closets’ here

Read ‘Emmy Awards 2021: Ted Lasso, Ep 110, ‘The Hope That Kills You’ here

Read ‘Supervising Sound Editor on Capturing the Sound of Ted Lasso Remotely’ here

Lovecraft Country:

WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (One Hour)

Winners for Sound Editing: Tim Kimmel, MPSE, Sound Supervisor, John Matter, Dialogue Editor, Paula Fairfield, Sound Designer, Bradley Katona, Sound Effects Editor, Brett Voss, Foley Editor, Jeff Lingle, Music Editor, Jason Lingle, Music Editor, Jeffrey Wilhoit, Foley Artist, Dylan Tuomy-Wilhoit, Foley Artist

Behind the sound of Lovecraft Country:

Read ‘Crafting the sound of Lovecraft Country – with Tim Kimmel and Paula Fairfield’ here

Love, Death + Robots:

WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Editing For A Comedy Or Drama Series (Half-Hour) And Animation

Winners for Sound Editing: Brad North, Supervising Sound Editor/Dialogue Editor, Craig Henighan, Sound Designer, Dawn Lunsford, Foley Editor, Jeff Charbonneau, Music Editor, Alicia Stevens, Foley Artist

Behind the sound of Love, Death + Robots:

Sonic World-Building on Love, Death, and Robots:

The Flight Attendant:

WINNER:
Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music

Winner for Main Title Theme: Blake Neely, Composer
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Behind the sound of The Flight Attendant:

Read ‘How The Flight Attendant Composer Blake Neely Crafted Show’s “Zany”, Percussion-Driven Score’ here

WandaVision:

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WINNER:
Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics for Episode: “Breaking the Fourth Wall,” Song: “Agatha All Along”

Winners Original Music and Lyrics: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Music & Lyrics, Robert Lopez, Music & Lyrics

Behind the sound of WandaVision:

Read ‘WandaVision Music Team on Creating Nostalgic Theme Songs and Show’s Musical Easter Eggs’ here

‘Agatha All Along’ and More: ‘WandaVision’ Songwriting Duo Breaks Down the Music of the Show:

David Byrne’s American Utopia:

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WINNER:
Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Variety Series or Special

Winners for Sound Mixing: Paul Hsu, Re-Recording Mixer, Michael Lonsdale, Production Mixer, Pete Keppler, Music Mixer

See the complete list of sound editing, mixing, and music composition 2021 Emmy winners here

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