I think every age has a medium that talks to it more eloquently than the others. In the 19th century it was symphonic music and the novel. For various technical and artistic reasons, film became that eloquent medium for the 20th century.

In 1996 Murch worked on Anthony Minghella's The English Patient which was based on Michael Ondaatje's novel of the same name. Murch won Oscars both for his sound mixing and for his editing. Murch is widely acknowledged as the person who coined the term Sound Designer and along with colleagues developed the current standard film sound format the 5.

Walter Scott Murch (born July 12 1943) is an American film editor and sound designer.