{{Short description|American sound designer (born 1986)}} {{more footnotes needed|date=April 2020|blp=yes}} {{Infobox person | name = Jake Allston | image = Jake Allston.png | caption = Allston at MPSE Awards in 2018 | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1986}}
| occupation = Sound design | organization = NATAS | known_for = TV, film, video games | notable_works = ''Deadliest Catch'', ''Ice Road Truckers'', ''Tak and the Power of Juju'', ''God of War'', ''Spider-Man'', ''Death Stranding'' | awards = Emmy, Golden Reel, BAFTA, D.I.C.E. | website = {{URL|jakeallston.com}} }}
'''Jake Allston''' (born 1986) is an American sound designer.
== Career == Allston was born in Glens Falls, New York and started his professional career designing sound effects for animated television shows at Advantage Audio in 2006. Soon thereafter, he also edited audio for reality television at Max Post (Original Productions) in 2008 on various series including ''Deadliest Catch'' and ''Ice Road Truckers''.
On August 30, 2009, Jake received an Emmy Award<ref>{{cite web |title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES THE 36TH ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT EMMY® AWARD NOMINATIONS |url=http://emmyonline.com/day_36th_nominations |website=Emmy Online |accessdate=August 29, 2009 |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929153549/http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/daytime_35th_nominations.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES WINNERS FOR THE 36th ANNUAL DAYTIME ENTERTAINMENT CREATIVE ARTS EMMY® AWARDS |url=http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_36th_winners_creative.pdf |website=Emmy Online |accessdate=August 29, 2009 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083143/http://cdn.emmyonline.org/day_36th_winners_creative.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Daytime & Creative Arts Emmy Winners |url=https://deadline.com/2009/08/daytime-creative-arts-emmy-winners-14815/ |website=Deadline |accessdate=August 30, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Full Sail Grad Jake Allston Wins Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Creative Arts Award |url=https://www.fullsail.edu/press-releases/2009/full-sail-grad-jake-allston-wins-daytime-entertainment-emmy-creative-arts-award |website=Full Sail University |accessdate=Sep 10, 2009}}</ref> for his contributions as supervising sound editor on Nickelodeon's ''Tak and the Power of Juju''. According to a representative of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in New York, "Allston's achievement at such a young age is remarkable."<ref>{{cite news |title=And the Emmy goes to: Jake Allston |url=https://www.areawidenews.com/story/1580747.html |agency=Area Wide News |date=October 21, 2009 |archive-date=September 13, 2011 |access-date=April 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913235208/http://www.areawidenews.com/story/1580747.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
He began teaching Advanced Audio Post-Production at the Los Angeles Film School in 2015.
In 2017, Jake became senior cinematic sound designer for Sony PlayStation. His credits include ''God of War'', ''Spider-Man'', and ''Death Stranding''. From 2018-2020, the accolades were substantial for the PS4 titles at various award ceremonies including the D.I.C.E. Awards, BAFTA Game Awards, NAVGTR Awards, and MPSE Awards.
== Filmography == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role |- | 2006 || ''Care Bears: Oopsy Does It!'' || Sound designer |- | 2007 || ''Random! Cartoons'' || Sound designer |- | 2007 || ''Tak and the Power of Juju'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2007 || ''My Friends Tigger & Pooh'' || Sound designer |- | 2007 || ''Sushi Pack'' || Sound designer |- | 2008 || ''Mixed Nutz'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2008 || ''Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight'' || Sound designer |- | 2008 || ''I.O.U.S.A.'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2008 || ''Raw Nature'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2008 || ''Black Gold'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2008 || ''L.A. Hard Hats'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2008 || ''Iditarod'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2008 || ''The Simpsons'' Ride || Additional sound design |- | 2008 || ''America's Toughest Jobs'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2009 || ''3 Days Blind'' || Sound designer |- | 2009 || ''Timon and Pumbaa's Wild About Safety'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2009 || ''PitchMen'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2009 || ''The Colony'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2009 || ''Deadliest Catch'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2009 || ''Ice Road Truckers'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2009 || ''The Things We Carry'' || Sound designer |- | 2009 || ''The Mighty B!'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2009 || ''My Little Pony: Adventure'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Ax Men'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2010 || ''1000 Ways to Die'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2010 || ''Pixie Previews'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Care Bears: To the Rescue'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Care Bears: Share Bear Shines'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Care Bears: The Giving Festival'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Verminators'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2010 || ''World of Color'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Angelina Ballerina: The Next Steps'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Tinpo'' || Sound designer |- | 2010 || ''Hydee and the Hytops'' || Sound designer |- | 2011 || ''G.I. Joe: Renegades'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2011 || ''Bob the Builder'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2011 || ''Fish Hooks'' || Sound designer |- | 2011 || ''Twinkle Toes'' || Sound designer |- | 2011 || ''YooHoo & Friends'' || Sound designer |- | 2012 || ''Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'' || Sound designer |- | 2014 || ''Intore'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''Euros of Hollywood'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''Something Borrowed, Something New'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''Guy's Grocery Games'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''White Collar Brawlers'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''Preaching Alabama'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''Dognition'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2014 || ''The Last Frontiersman'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2015 || ''Mississippi Men'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2015 || ''Storage Wars'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2015 || ''Alaska Off-Road Warriors'' || Sound effects, music, dialogue editor |- | 2015 || ''Da Jammies'' || Supervising sound editor, sound designer |- | 2018 || ''God of War'' || Senior cinematic sound designer, re-recording mixer, dialogue editor, music editor, character vocalizations |- | 2018 || ''Spider-Man'' || Senior cinematic sound designer, re-recording mixer, dialogue editor, music editor, character vocalizations |- | 2019 || ''Death Stranding'' || Senior cinematic sound designer, re-recording mixer, dialogue editor, music editor, character vocalizations, additional music |- |}
== Awards and nominations == === Daytime Emmy Awards === 2009 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action or Animation - Nickelodeon's ''Tak and the Power of Juju'' ('''won''')
=== MPSE Golden Reel Awards === *2020 - Motion Picture Sound Editors#Golden Reel Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic - ''Death Stranding'' (nominated) *2020 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play - ''Death Stranding'' (nominated) *2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic - ''God of War'' (nominated) *2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play - ''God of War'' ('''won''') *2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic - ''Spider-Man'' (nominated) *2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play - ''Spider-Man'' (nominated) *2011 - Best Sound Editing: Television Animation - ''G.I. Joe: Renegades'' (Nominated<ref>{{cite web |title='Black Swan,' 'Inception' Top Motion Picture Sound Editors' Golden Reel Nominations |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/black-swan-inception-top-motion-74088 |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=20 January 2011 |accessdate=January 20, 2011}}</ref>) *2008 - Best Sound Editing: Television Animation - ''Tak and the Power of Juju'' (nominated)
=== BAFTA Games Awards === *2020 - British Academy Games Awards Audio Achievement - ''Death Stranding'' (Nominated<ref>{{cite web |title=Bafta Games Awards 2020: List Of Nominees |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mattgardner1/2020/04/02/bafta-games-awards-2020-list-of-nominees-ahead-of-todays-online-ceremony/#5f87c3c81fe1 |website=Forbes |accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref>) *2019 - Audio Achievement - ''God of War'' ('''won'''<ref>{{cite news |title=Bafta Games Awards 2019 winners and nominees: God of War wins Best Game in five-star night |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/gaming/news/bafta-games-awards-2019-winners-nominees-god-war-wins-best-game/ |website=Telegraph |date=5 April 2019 |accessdate=April 5, 2019|last1=Hoggins |first1=Tom }}</ref>) *2019 - Audio Achievement - ''Spider-Man'' (Nominated<ref>{{cite web |title=Bafta games awards 2019: God of War leads nominations |url=https://www.theguardian.com/games/2019/mar/14/bafta-games-awards-2019-nominations |website=The Telegraph |date=14 March 2019 |accessdate=March 14, 2019}}</ref>)
=== D.I.C.E. Awards === *2020 D.I.C.E. Awards Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - ''Death Stranding'' ('''won'''<ref>{{cite web |title=2020 DICE Awards |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/2020-dice-awards-full-winners-list-1278828 |website=Hollywood Reporter |date=13 February 2020 |accessdate=February 13, 2020}}</ref>) *2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - ''God of War'' ('''won'''<ref>{{cite web |title=God of War wins big at DICE Awards 2019 |url=https://www.polygon.com/2019/2/14/18224190/dice-awards-2019-winners-god-of-war-ps4 |website=Polygon |date=14 February 2019 |accessdate=February 14, 2019}}</ref>) *2019 - Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design - ''Spider-Man'' (Nominated<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Spider-Man and God Of War Lead The D.I.C.E. Award Nominations |url=https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/01/10/spider-man-and-god-of-war-lead-the-dice-award-nominations |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711061344/https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/01/10/spider-man-and-god-of-war-lead-the-dice-award-nominations |url-status=live |archive-date=July 11, 2019 |magazine=Game Informer |access-date=January 10, 2019}}</ref>)
=== Golden Joystick Awards === *2018 - Golden Joystick Awards Best Audio - ''God of War'' ('''won'''<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Golden Joystick Awards 2018 winners: God of War wins big |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/golden-joystick-awards-2018-winners/ |magazine=Games Radar |date=16 November 2018 |accessdate=November 16, 2018}}</ref>)
=== NAVGTR Awards === *2020 - Sound Editing in a Game Cinema - ''Death Stranding'' ('''won'''<ref>{{cite web |title=Winners: Kojima Productions and Obsidian win five awards from the National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers® |url=https://navgtr.org/winners/ |website=NAVGTR |accessdate=February 24, 2020}}</ref>) *2020 - Sound Effects - ''Death Stranding'' (nominated) *2020 - Use of Sound, Franchise - ''Death Stranding'' (nominated) *2019 - Sound Editing in a Game Cinema - ''God of War'' ('''won'''<ref>{{cite web |title=God of War wins the most NAVGTR awards in history |url=https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/509545-god-of-war-navgtr-awards |website=Gamer Revolution |accessdate=March 13, 2009}}</ref>) *2019 - Sound Editing in a Game Cinema - ''Spider-Man'' (Nominated<ref>{{cite web |title=NAVGTR Awards Announced Their 18th Annual Award Nominees |url=https://bleedingcool.com/games/navgtr-awards-announced-their-18th-annual-award-nominees/ |website=Bleeding Cool |date=11 February 2019 |accessdate=February 11, 2019}}</ref>) *2019 - Sound Effects - ''God of War'' ('''won''') *2019 - Sound Effects - ''Spider-Man'' (nominated) *2019 - Use of Sound, Franchise - ''God of War'' ('''won''')
=== The Game Awards === *2019 - The Game Awards Best Audio - ''Death Stranding'' (nominated) *2018 - Best Audio - ''God of War'' (nominated) *2018 - Best Audio - ''Spider-Man'' (nominated)
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== External links == * {{IMDb name|nm2708452}} * [https://jakeallston.com Jake Allston Official Website]
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