The Sound of the Year Awards is judged by a global cohort of composers, audio producers, sound artists, category partners and industry professionals. Previous judges have included Chris Watson, Cheryl Tipp, Bernie Krause, Andrea Zarza, Axel Kacoutié, Poppy Szkiler, Josephine Lavelle, Lars Ginzel, Ain Bailey and Emeka Ogboh. Judges from the 2024 edition can be seen below.



Kirsty Whalley 
Oscar-Winning Mixing Engineer
Tony Gayle
Sound Designer
Matmos
Electronic duo
Alannah Chance
Audio Producer
Somerset House Trust
Christian Ching
Ecologist and Artist
Natural History Museum

Milo Thesiger-Meacham
Artist, Composer, Creative Director
Resonance FM
Anton Spice
Writer and Researcher
Dr. Annie Jamieson
Curator of Sound Technologies National Science and Media Museum
Will René
Librarian, National Poetry Library Radio Host, NTS
Kate Carr
Field Recordist and Sound Artist Flaming Pines
Rana Eid
Composer, Sound Designer
db Studios, Beirut
Jez Riley French
Artist, Listener, Curator,
Microphone Builder
Aidan Charron
Associate Director
Global Earth Day
Trevor Cox
Professor of Acoustic Engineering University of Salford
Linda O’Keeffe
Sound Artist
University of Edinburgh
Matthew Herbert
Composer, Chair of Judges
The Radiophonic Institute