Obituary: Ken Weston

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KEN WESTON was an expert film sound engineer, who died at the height of his professional career. Just last month he won the Academy Award for the year's best sound work on the film Gladiator. His colleagues and co- winners Bob Beemer and Scott Millan were in Los Angeles to receive the award, and began their acceptance speech with the words, "First of all, we'd like to dedicate this award to Ken Weston, the other member of our crew, who couldn't be here tonight. He's at home, and we miss him."

A few years ago, the skill involved in producing an expertly recorded and mixed soundtrack would have been of interest primarily to other technicians within the industry, but with …