Lyman Hardy is an Emmy nominated sound designer and musician living in Austin, Texas. Some feature highlights include Jeff Nichols’ Take Shelter (2011) and Mud (2012), Keith Maitland’s documentary TOWER (2016) and Dear Mr. Brody (2020) and Ben Masters’s epic nature film Deep in the Heart: A Wildlife Story (2022). He mixed and SFX edited Richard Linklater’s Hulu series Up to Speed (2012) and Rooster Teeth’s award winning anime series RWBY (Seasons 1-4), YouTube stars—Planet Slow Mo (2018–2019), and remixed Red vs. Blue Seasons 1-10 (2012). He sound designed QCODE’s podcasts The Beautiful Liar (2021) and Jeff Nichols’ podcast Hank the Cowdog (2020) in Atmos and binaural. He was nominated for an EMMY in “Outstanding Sound” for his work on TOWER .
Bands: Hardy Henley Harris, Thor & Friends. Co-founder of Rolling Ryot, a spatial sound collective. Recent installations include Dumpter Fire (2020), Buzz Fest (2020) and Rainforest Reverb (2019) at Fusebox.
Previous Bands: Ed Hall, Total Unicorn, Pong, Sixteen Deluxe, The Goin’ Along Feelin’ Just Fines, The Moving Van Goghs