A founding member of Silver Sound, Emmy Award-winning Cory Choy has been pushing the audio limits since 2003. He has crisscrossed the globe with the likes of director and activist Iara Lee, explorer and TV host Richard Wiese, and trouble-and-movie-maker Andrew Wonder as a production sound mixer; he has been supervising sound designer for folks such as indie horror legend Lloyd Kaufman and actor and director Peter Vack, and an adjunct professor of Sound Design at Brooklyn College. Driven by a desire to excel in his craft and a belief that he can always learn more, Cory has never been afraid to go off the beaten path: he was an early adopter of the groundbreaking DAW REAPER from Cockos, has been a proponent of the game-changing Zaxcom Nova, and is constantly searching for and thinking about new and better ways to record, edit, create, and mix sound.

Tom Fama is the studio manager at Silver Sound, overseeing daily operations to ensure smooth project execution. After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Tom honed his audio expertise as a rental technician at Gotham Sound, enhancing his industry knowledge and skill set as an audio professional. He is also a location sound recordist who has had the privilege of working with clients such as Rolling Stone, Neon Rated, and Broadway’s Phantom of the Opera, as well as music artists like Arctic Monkeys, Natalie Merchant, and Ike Reilly. When he is not behind the mixing board or holding a boom pole, Tom is a passionate classic rock and heavy metal musician. He has been playing drums for over 15 years and enjoys jamming with his friends and attending local shows. With his technical proficiency, diverse skills, and unwavering dedication he is always seeking new challenges and opportunities to expand his skills and knowledge in the realm of audio.

Luke Allen is a Brooklyn-based composer, sound designer, and audio engineer. A founding member of the Silver Sound team, Luke has lent his ear to a wide range of productions since 2005. Luke’s love for music comes from his training as a classical pianist and as a self-taught guitarist and drummer. After spending time in Austin TX and Durham NC, he is happy to call New York home again and is excited to be involved in projects big and small.

Emmy Award-winning Hunt Beaty is from Nashville, Tennessee. He decided he liked listening to things at New York University’s Film School. He joined Silver Sound back in 2008 and since then he’s worked for a slew of people cooler than him (Funny or Die, Birchbox, Oscar de la Renta) and travelled the world recording sound with ABC’s ‘Born to Explore.’ In his free time, he’d rather be climbing a mountain somewhere.

Reed has been with our company since 2009 and has been mixing audio professionally since attending college at New York University for Film and Television. Along with production sound, Reed is also a filmmaker, currently producing a feature doc and has produced numerous music videos and short form documentaries. His work has been featured in the New York Times, on MTV2, and in Cannes Film Festival. He is a lifelong musician and currently plays guitar in The Sound is Fine. Reed has been a production sound mixer for Food Network, PBS, MTV, Nat Geo, Science Channel, and commercials for Nike, Can Am, Febreeze, and dozens of other narratives, docs, and industrials.

Ohioan émigré, Ryan first arrived to New York City in 2007. He attended the Tisch School of the Arts where foundations were laid for an obsession with all things sound. Set loose among a new arsenal of equipment, he took to experimenting with sound design for film before choosing to focus on production sound. He joined forces with Silver Sound in 2010. His passion for sound developed in tandem with a love of writing and directing and he strives to integrate this grasp of the full workflow while in the field. Whether scripted narrative or run-and-gun, Ryan will set up your post team to succeed.

Christian Cuciniello is an innovative and dynamic sound designer who has quickly become a rising star at Silver Sound. Specializing in creating immersive audio experiences across film, podcasts, commercials, and live events, Christian quickly makes himself not just a strong creative partner, but an indispensable one. Christian is the technical director and engineer for the Silver Sound Sonic Dash, and lead producer on the Silver Podcast Network’s Silver Shorts series. Christian is driven by a curiosity for technology and an obsession for the art of sound, continually exploring new techniques, instruments, and tools to push the boundaries of audio post-production.