recordist

noun

re·​cord·​ist ri-ˈkȯr-dist 

: someone who records sound (as for movies)

Examples of recordist in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The annual Visionaries Tribute, to be held on the festival’s opening day at Gotham Hall in Manhattan, will see Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney and filmmaker-sound recordist JT Takagi honored with Lifetime Achievement awards. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 18 Aug. 2026

Track 1, first minute taken from audience recording (recordist unknown). — Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 June 2026

An avid field recordist, Kamaru has spoken of running his documentations of his surroundings—buses and bustling markets in Nairobi, sirens and birdsong in Berlin—through various types of digital processing, stretching and mulching and interweaving them with synths until the humdrum becomes musical. — Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 21 Feb. 2026

The crew consisted of photographer Jonathan Partridge from London, United Kingdom, sound recordist Matthew Magratten from Brooklyn, New York, sound recordist Drew Levinson from Boulder, Colorado, and photographer Andy Taylor, based in Sydney, Australia. — Will Croxton, CBS News, 22 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1930, in the meaning defined above