TIM RYAN
Head of Sound & Music / Supervising Music Editor

Tim is a Trackdown director and the Head of Sound & Music. As Australia's Leading Music Editor with over 30 years experience, he boasts an impressive list of credits, including "Boy Swallows Universe", "Faraway Downs", "The Pope's Exorcist", “Mortal Kombat”, “Bump” (Seasons 1-3), “Peter Rabbit” 1 & 2, “Lion”, “The LEGO Movie”, “Gods of Egypt”, “The Great Gatsby”, "Happy Feet" 1 & 2, and “Moulin Rouge”.
He has applied his expertise in post audio production, sound engineering and mixing, to acts such as The Saints, Chris Bailey, Paul Kelly and The Robertson Brothers. In addition to coordinating the audio for Yoram Gross Village Roadshow, YG-EMTV and Flying Bark television productions, Tim has worked on numerous award-winning documentaries.
Together with Simon Leadley, Tim was presented with an MPSE Golden Reel award for Music Editing, and a Special Achievement Award from the Australian Screen Sound Guild for their extraordinary work on “Moulin Rouge”. In 2014, Tim was again recognised for his outstanding Music Editing with an MPSE Golden Reel Award for "The Great Gatsby”.


(2024) Music Editing



MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARDS
2025 NOMINEE - Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing, Motion Picture
Better Man
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2015 NOMINEE - Best Sound Editing, Animated Feature
The Lego Movie
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2014 WINNER - Best Sound Editing - Music in a Feature Film
The Great Gatsby
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2007 NOMINEE - Best Sound Editing in Direct to Video
Inspector Gadget 2
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2002 WINNER - Best Sound Editing
Moulin Rouge
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AACTA AWARDS
2025 NOMINEE - Best Sound in Film
Better Man
ASSG Awards
2024 WINNER - Best Sound for a Television Series
Boy Swallows Universe
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2023 NOMINEE - Best Sound for a Feature Film
True Spirit
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2021 WINNER - Andrew Plan Award for Best Film Sound Editing
Mortal Kombat
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2020 WINNER - Soundtrack of the Year
The King
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2020 WINNER - The Best Film Sound Recording
The King
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2018 NOMINEE - Best Sound for a Television Drama Series (Over 30 Minutes Duration)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
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2018 NOMINEE - Best Sound for a Television Drama Series (Over 30 Minutes Duration)
Safe Harbour
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2018 WINNER - Andrew Plain Award for Best Film Sound Editing
Las Travesuras De Peter Rabbit
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2001 WINNER - Technical Achievement Award
Moulin Rouge!