After early stints in theatrical sound and lighting design, Kent Sparling spent three years at Sound Transform Systems, hand-building Serge Modular analog synthesizers for musicians such as John McEntire and Trent Reznor. He departed STS in 1995 to work in film sound in Vancouver, BC, and since 1997 has been employed as a sound designer and re-recording mixer at Skywalker Sound, with credits on Sofia Coppola’s The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette; Mike Mills’ Thumbsucker; Spike Jonze’s Adaptation and her; and We Own the Night and Two Lovers by James Gray. His deep ties to independent film are exemplified by his work on Lance Hammer’s Ballast, Miranda July’s The Future, Braden King’s Here, Bluebird from Lance Edmands, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by David Lowery, Kelly Reichardt’s Night Moves and Ira Sachs’ Love is Strange.
Known For
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
(1991)
Sound Mix Technician
Lost in Translation
(2003)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
(1999)
Sound Mix Technician
Arlington Road
(1999)
Sound Mix Technician
The Virgin Suicides
(2000)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones
(2002)
Sound Mix Technician
Epic
(2013)
Sound Effects Editor
Pete's Dragon
(2016)
Sound Designer and Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Marie Antoinette
(2006)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Halloween H20: 20 Years Later
(1998)
Sound Mix Technician
We Own the Night
(2007)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Minari
(2021)
Sound Designer, Sound Re-Recording Mixer, and Music Editor