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ABSTRACT
This article explores the role of ‘Dolby consultants’ in the contemporary South Korean film industry. Dolby is ostensibly a US company and global pioneer in the establishment of international standards for the presentation of 35mm film sound. It has also been providing Production Services to Korean film-makers since 1988. The article tracks the relations between Dolby and the South Korean film industry in the context of the establishment of independent audio post-production studios in Seoul since the late 1990s. By focusing on the interpersonal relations which sustain such activities, and through analysis of the specific example of Live Tone studio and the film The Good, the Bad and the Weird (Kim Jee-woon, 2008), it argues that complex transnational dynamics underpin South Korea's emergence as a global cinema industry.