The Heart Behind "GOAT"(2026)
GOAT (2026) opens to the chanting of a crowd: "Roots run deep!" The rest of the film goes on to echo that sentiment, offering gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story along the way.

Ron Bartlett is an American sound engineer. He was nominated at the 85th Academy Awards for the film Life of Pi. He was nominated for Best Sound Mixing and shared his nomination with Doug Hemphill and Drew Kunin. He was nominated in the same category at the 90th Academy Awards for his work on Blade Runner 2049, along with Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth. Bartlett won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the films Dune and Dune: Part Two. He has produced sound on over 150 films since 1985. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ron Bartlett, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
GOAT (2026) opens to the chanting of a crowd: "Roots run deep!" The rest of the film goes on to echo that sentiment, offering gorgeous animation and a heartfelt story along the way.
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