Doug Grindstaff, Star Trek's sound effects maestro, dies at 87

The Hollywood Reporter

Grindsaff, a five-time Emmy winner, came up with Star Trek's Tribble coos, communicator beeps and the whoosh of Enterprise bridge doors opening and closing. In a 2016 interview, Grindstaff said Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry "wanted to paint the whole show (with sound) like you were painting a picture. And he wanted sounds everywhere. One time I asked him, 'Don't you think we're getting too cartoony?' Because I felt it should be a little more dignified, but he wanted sound for everything."