38 I M PS E . O R G
PAULETTE VICTOR LIFTON: How
does it feel to be Emmy nominated this
year for your show?
WADE BARNETT (The Boys): Being
nominated is an honor. Looking at
the other shows in this category, it
feels great to just be in the same
conversation. There are a lot of great
sounding shows out there these
days, so it feels awesome to be
recognized.
LEE WALPOLE (The Crown): To have
this work recognized by our peers
means a lot. The soundtrack on The
Crown whilst detailed, complex, and
intricate is also often very subtle. It
is not packed with flashy in your face
The Stranger Things
of the Virtual Emmys
BY PAULETTE VICTOR LIFTON MPSE
Emmys in the time of COVID is not like any other
Emmys in history. I've asked the supervisors and
sound designers of this year's Emmy nominations
for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or
Drama Series what it was like.
MPSE has the honor of conveying the stories,
challenges, and joys of working on these amazing
shows: The Boys (Wade Barnett), The Crown
(Lee Walpole), Better Call Saul (Nick Forshager),
Westworld (Benjamin L. Cook), Star Trek: Picard
(Matthew E. Taylor), and Emmy winners of
Stranger Things (Craig Henighan and Will Files).
