The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most euphonic sound mixing, recording, sound design, and sound editing. The award used to go to the studio sound departments until a rule change in 1969 said it should be awarded to the specific technicians, the first of which were Murray Spivack and Jack Solomon for Hello, Dolly!.[1] It is generally awarded to the production sound mixers, re-recording mixers, and supervising sound editors of the winning film. In the lists below, the winner of the award for each year is shown first, followed by the other nominees. Before the 93rd Academy Awards, Best Sound Mixing and Best Sound Editing were separate categories.[2]
| Academy Award for Best Sound | |
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| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) |
| First awarded | 1930 |
| Most recent winner | Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn The Zone of Interest (2023) |
| Website | oscars |
For the second and third years of this category (i.e., the 4th Academy Awards and the 5th Academy Awards) only the names of the film companies were listed. Paramount Publix Studio Sound Department won in both years.
Winners and nominees
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Shortlisted finalists
editFinalists for Best Sound are selected by the Sound Branch. Sound Branch members shall vote in order of their preference for not more than ten pictures to be considered for the Sound award. The ten motion pictures receiving the highest number of votes shall advance to the next round of voting. [6]
| Year | Finalists | Ref |
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| 2021 | Last Night in Soho, The Matrix Resurrections, A Quiet Place Part II, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tick, Tick...Boom! | [7] |
| 2022 | Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Moonage Daydream | [8] |
| 2023 | Barbie, Ferrari, The Killer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon | [9] |
See also
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edit- ^ a b These nominations were not associated with any individual film title.
- ^ a b c d e f This was presented as a Special Achievement Award, not competitively.
- ^ A tie in voting resulted in two winners.
- ^ Greg P. Russell was announced as a nominee for 13 Hours, but his nomination was rescinded by a vote of the Academy's Board of Governors on recommendation of the Sound Branch Executive Committee. Russell had violated a campaign regulation prohibiting telephone lobbying by calling his fellow members of the Sound Branch during the nominations phase to make them aware of his work on the film. No replacement nominee was named.
References
edit- ^ Koehler, Robert (May 8, 1999). "Pros play favorites". Variety.
- ^ Hammond, Pete (April 28, 2020). "Oscars Keeping Show Date But Make Big News As Academy Lightens Eligibility Rules, Combines Sound Categories, Ends DVD Screeners and More". Deadline Hollywood.
- ^ "Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ Calvario, Liz (February 25, 2017). "Academy Rescinds Sound Mixing Nomination for Greg P. Russell of '13 Hours'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 25, 2017.
- ^ "Academy Awards 2017: Complete list of Oscar winners and nominees". Los Angeles Times. February 26, 2017. Retrieved January 8, 2018.
- ^ "97TH ACADEMY AWARDS® OF MERIT" (PDF). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. April 22, 2024. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "94th Oscar Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. December 21, 2021. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "95th Oscar Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. December 21, 2022. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
- ^ "96th Oscar Shortlists". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. December 21, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2024.