Badsound is an award-winning audio post-production company founded by Nikolay Antonov. Based in Berlin, working worldwide. We collaborate with directors, brands, and agencies across the globe to create immersive soundscapes for art installations, fashion shows, documentaries, narrative films, TV, music videos, and commercials.

From the early stages of pre-production to the final Dolby Atmos mix session, we provide wide-ranging services individually tailored to each project:

• We can recommend production sound mixers from our roster and advise on the best equipment for each situation to guarantee the highest possible quality of audio recorded on set.

• Working with field recordists and foley artists, our sound designers create authentic sound libraries for every project, while our dialogue editors, equipped with cutting-edge audio restoration plugins, ensure pristine speech quality.

• Our music supervisors and composers curate and compose music in a wide range of styles, from minimal electronics to full-scale orchestral recordings.

• We do our cinematic mixes at our partner facility, SHOOT’n‘POST, in Adlershof, Berlin, in a state-of-the-art 1,722-square-foot Dolby Atmos certified mix theater with a 484-square-foot screen.

• Our re-recording sound mixers deliver audio that meets the technical specifications necessary for broadcasting, promotion, and international distribution of projects of any scale. This includes compliance with US, UK, and EU broadcast standards, as well as the specs of all major online platforms.

nikolayantonov@badsound.de

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• 2024: Jordan AJ11 Gratitude wins 103rd ADC Bronze for Best use of Sound and Music

• 2023: Nikolay worked on Lucy Kerr’s debut feature film Family Portrait as a sound designer, re-recording sound mixer and a post-production supervisor. The film premiered at 76º Locarno Film Festival — Concorso Cineasti del presente and won Boccalino d’Oro Locarno 2023 — Best Director. The film got numerous awards and received positive reviews.

• 2021: Nikolay worked on a Grammy 2021 CBS Promo campaign: he stepped in on the early stages of pre-production and edited music & sound before the videos were actually shot. The editing team was following Nikolay’s lead, working in a sound-driven workflow. Nikolay’s creative vision set the tone and pace of the campaign.

• 2019: Nikolay started an ongoing collaboration with OAMC by Luke Meier (Jil Sander, Supreme) and Arnaud Faeh (Carhartt WIP), creating the audio-visual identity of the brand through a series of works.

• 2019: Nikolay worked on his first feature film “Babai“, where sound plays an essential part in the exploration of childhood trauma. The film was a part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam Bright Future Competition and IndieLisboa Official Competition.

• 2015: Nikolay created sound for an almost no-dialogue 16 mm short film “Douggy“ by Matvey Fiks screened at Locarno Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and many others.

• Since 2014 Nikolay has worked in commercials, where his first breakthrough was a 2018 Webby Award-winning short film “Daniel Arnold | Odds and Ends“. Music edit, sound design and mix — all of the sonic elements became ‘sound’ as a whole, driving the film through the streets of New York.

• Nikolay started his career in 2013 with a multi-award-winning animated short film “Other Shores“ by Vasilly Chirkov, which premiered at Annecy International Animation Film Festival. The 7-minute piece was his first story told with sound.