McLean Sounds

Post-Production Sound · Film & Television

Make your film sound as good as it looks.

Dialogue, design, and the final mix — the post-production sound that makes an independent film feel finished. Built by an ear trusted on Marvel features and network TV.

Trusted on
Marvel Studios/NBC/Sony Pictures/MCU
Why post sound matters

Picture gets the budget. Sound gets the feeling.

Audiences forgive a rough shot long before they forgive rough sound. Muddy dialogue, a flat room, an effect that lands a frame late — that's what quietly reads as "low-budget," even when the picture is beautiful. Post sound is where a film stops sounding like a recording and starts sounding like a movie.
01

Dialogue editing & cleanup

Every line made clear and consistent — hums, clicks, and set noise gone, performances intact.

02

ADR

Re-recording lines that didn't survive the set, matched seamlessly to picture and the original take.

03

Sound design & effects

Creating and placing the sounds your camera never caught — the texture that sells every moment.

04

Ambience & backgrounds

World-building under the scene: the room, the street, the weather that makes a space feel real.

05

The final mix

Everything balanced and seated together, delivered to spec for festivals, streaming, and theaters.

Hear the difference

Same scene. Raw set sound vs. fully designed and mixed.

This is the most honest way to understand what post does. Toggle between the two — same moment, same timestamp.

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Toggle while it plays — same scene, same moment

Trusted on real sets

An ear that's worked where it counts.

Production credits on major features and network television. The work below is the proof behind the post: this is sound handled at a professional standard, every time.

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings poster
Marvel Studios

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings · 2021

Boom Operator — additional photography

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law poster
Marvel / MCU

She-Hulk: Attorney at Law · 2022

Additional Audio Utility

Found poster
NBC · 34 episodes

Found · 2023–2025

2nd Boom Operator / Sound Utility

Substantial recurring network credit

Scary Movie 6 poster
Upcoming studio comedy

Scary Movie 6 · 2026

Boom Operator

Harold and the Purple Crayon poster
Sony Pictures

Harold and the Purple Crayon · 2024

Audio Utility

Also onThe BreadwinnerBrothersHybridOne More NightThe New Jim Crow: Majority Rules

Plus several short films where Sam held the full Sound Designer / Sound Mixer role.

See the full credit list on IMDb
Post services

Sound finishing for independent film.

Whatever you're making, there's a path to a finished, festival-ready mix.

Short films

Full sound finishing for festival shorts — dialogue, design, and a delivery-spec mix that punches above the budget.

Features

End-to-end post sound for indie features: editorial, ADR, design, pre-dubs, and the final theatrical/streaming mix.

Documentary

Clarity-first dialogue and archival cleanup, plus ambience and score balance that keep long-form watchable.

Web series & branded

Consistent, episode-to-episode sound that makes serialized and branded work feel premium and intentional.

Listen

Selected sound-design work.

A few clips, on a clean player. Headphones recommended.

Forest — dawn build

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Layered ambience and creature design opening on a wide.

Chase — interior to street

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Hard effects, Foley, and a perspective shift across a cut.

Dialogue scene — designed

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Cleaned dialogue seated into a fully built room tone.

Start a project

Tell me about your film.

The best post starts with a conversation about what you're making — not a calendar slot. Send the details and I'll get back to you.

Every project starts with a conversation about the film, not a contract. Tell me where you are and where you want it to land.