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Bill Varney obituary

1 June 2011 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »

Sound mixer on Orson Welles's remastered film noir Touch of Evil

The cinema is habitually deemed to be a visual medium, more sight than sound, yet the latter is of equal importance to the texture of any film. Unfortunately, sound editors and mixers tend to toil anonymously in the lower depths of the film industry. Occasionally, some of them, such as Bill Varney, who has died of congestive heart failure aged 77, have their work highlighted when they win Academy awards.

Varney, as part of a small team, won Oscars for best sound on the Stars Wars film The Empire Strikes Back (1980) and Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981), and was nominated for Dune (1984) and Back to the Future (1985). He was also recognised by film buffs for his valuable contribution to the "director's edition" of Orson Welles's 1958 "damaged" film noir masterpiece Touch of Evil. On the 40th anniversary of the film's release, »

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Oscar-Winning Sound Mixer Bill Varney Dead at 77

6 April 2011 11:15 AM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

Oscar-winning sound mixer Bill Varney has passed away at the age of 77. According to his press rep, Varney died of congestive heart failure in Fairhope, Alabama. Varney won Oscars in 1981 and 1982 for his work on "Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" respectively. He was also Emmy-nominated for his work on the miniseries "Roots." Varney was a past president of the Cinema Audio Society, which gave him its career achievement honor in 1990. He is survived by his wife, Suzy, and daughter, Lisa. Arrangements, which »

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