Molinare Appoints Senior ADR Mixer

Molinare has appointed James Battley as Senior ADR Mixer.

In addition to the appointment and in line with the department’s growth, the company also announces the promotion of Jed Milton to Lead Recording Engineer. The two appointments sit alongside the company’s continued development of its ADR and recording facilities, demonstrating its dedication in delivering the highest quality solutions across TV, film and Games.

Battley brings nearly 20 years of experience to Molinare, starting his career in 2006 at the BBC in the company's Outside Broadcasting outfit. Over the next six years, Battley started audio editing, moving into the mix, eventually recording voice talent and mixing for broadcast. In 2012, Battley made the move to SIDE, when the company had shifted its focus on providing ADR solutions for video games, cinematics and Head Mounted Camera (HMC) workflows for performance capture. After four years, Battley was tasked with setting up SIDE’s new Los Angeles office, overseeing the technical set up and leading the engineering department for its first five years of operation.

Since moving back to London in 2021, Battley has worked as a freelance ADR Mixer and Recordist, working with studios across London including Soho Square Studios, Liquid Violet, Bleat, Halo and Molinare. Since 2021, Battley has contributed to titles from broadcasters and production companies including Netflix, HBO, the BBC, Channel 4, Blizzard, Square Enix, Ubisoft, linear titles such as The Watcher, Break Point, The Kitchen, The Simpsons, Jackdaw and Sexy Beast. Interactive titles include, Diablo IV, Valorant, A Plague Tale: Requiem and Final Fantasy XVI. In 2023, Battley was nominated for an MPSE Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing, for his work on Sony’s God of War: Ragnarök.

Joining Molinare in 2020, Milton has been instrumental in the company’s growing ADR department, implementing creative recording solutions, developing seamless and efficient workflows that are unique to Molinare. Redefining the landscape of ADR, the team, led by Jed have seamlessly blended traditional post-production excellence with an innovative, on-set style workflow that mirrors the exact signal chain of high-end productions. The approach extends beyond conventional ADR methods by employing the identical microphones and analogue mixing desks, like the esteemed Audio Developments AD149, used during filming. This meticulous replication of on-set audio environments, complemented by strategic microphone placement to replicate real-life audio perspectives, ensures studio-recorded dialogue indistinguishably matches the original on-location sound. Molinare's unique capability to emulate the precise signal chain and workflow of high-end productions sets a new standard in audio post-production, offering a superior, authentic sonic experience that aligns with the most rigorous demands of today's filmmakers.

Using his many years of experience developing innovative ADR and recording workflows, Battley will work closely with Milton to further develop tools and solutions for the company’s performance capture, HMC and ADR services.

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