Music scoring recordist and mixer with almost 200 films to his credit since 1979, including ROCKY II (1979), ON GOLDEN POND (1981), A SOLDIER'S STORY (1984), BACK TO THE FUTURE (1985), PREDATOR (1987), WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT (1988), THE ABYSS (1989), THE LAST OF THE MOHICANS (1992), THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994), ACE VENTURE: WHEN NATURE CALLS (1995), INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996), GOOD WILL HUNTING (1997), PLEASANTVILLE (1998), MUSIC OF THE HEART and AMERICAN BEAUTY (both 1999), ERIN BROCKOVICH and WHAT LIES BENEATH (both 2000), PLANET OF THE APES and AMERICA'S SWEETHEARTS (both 2001), SPIDER-MAN, STUART LITTLE 2 and RED DRAGON (all 2002) and FINDING NEMO (2003) to name just a few. Also working as a sound re-recording mixer since the late 1980s, Sands' re-recording credits include DRACULA'S WIDOW (1989), COUPE DE VILLE and BACK TO THE FUTURE PART III (both 1990), RUSH (1991), BRAM STROKER'S DRACULA (1992), FORREST GUMP and MILK MONEY (both 1994), CONTACT (1997), THE HORSE WHISPERER (1998), MUSIC OF THE HEART and STIGMATA (both 1999), WHAT LIES BENEATH, CAST AWAY and FINDING FORRESTER (all 2000), THE MEXICAN (2001), VAN HELSING and THE POLAR EXPRESS (both 2004), and BEOWULF (2007).  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1994: FORREST GUMP (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & William B. Kaplan)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 1997: CONTACT (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & William B. Kaplan)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2000: CAST AWAY (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & William B. Kaplan)  Nominated for Achievement in Sound 2004: THE POLAR EXPRESS (w. Randy Thom, Tom Johnson & William B. Kaplan) 4 nominations