Academy Award for Best Sound
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The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Academy Award that recognizes the finest or most 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!.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> 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. For most of the period from 1963-2019 two separate awards were given for sound: Best Sound Mixing (just called Best Sound in some years) and Best Sound Effects Editing (just called Best Sound Effects, or Best Sound Editing in some years).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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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[edit]Multiple nominations and awards for Best Sound Mixing
[edit]Multiple awards and nominations for Best Sound Editing
[edit]Multiple awards
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- 5 awards
- 4 awards
- 3 awards
- 2 awards
- Bub Asman
- Karen Baker Landers
- Christopher Boyes
- Mike Hopkins
- Stephen Hunter Flick †
- Alan Robert Murray
- Paul N. J. Ottosson
- George Watters II
- Ethan Van der Ryn
Multiple nominations
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- 10 nominations
- 9 nominations
- 8 nominations
- 7 nominations
- 6 nominations
- 5 nominations
- 4 nominations
- 3 nominations
- Richard L. Anderson †
- Mike Hopkins
- Skip Lievsay
- Paul N. J. Ottosson
- Mark Stoeckinger
- Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
- John Wilkinson (sound engineer)
- 2 nominations
- Erik Aadahl
- Karen Baker Landers
- Tom Bellfort
- Steve Boeddeker
- Gloria S. Borders
- Robert Bratton
- Brent Burge
- Glenn Freemantle
- Eugene Gearty
- Cecelia Hall
- Robert G. Henderson
- Martin Hernández
- Mildred Iatrou Morgan
- Ren Klyce
- Ai-Ling Lee
- Tom Myers
- Walter Rossi
- Philip Stockton
- Oliver Tarney
† = includes special achievement awards
Shortlisted finalists
[edit]Finalists 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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Finalists listed from 1981 to 2005 are for the now defunct award for Best Sound Effects Editing.<ref name="Mavity" />
| Year | Finalists | Ref |
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| 1967 | Casino Royale, El Dorado, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, In Cold Blood, Sofi | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1968 | Blackbeard's Ghost, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Head, Hell in the Pacific, The Lion in Winter, The Odd Couple, The Shoes of the Fisherman, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Yours, Mine and Ours | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1969 | Downhill Racer, Paint Your Wagon, The Reivers, The Secret of Santa Vittoria, The Wild Bunch | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1970 | Cromwell, The Great White Hope, The Hawaiians, Little Big Man, Scrooge | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1971 | A Clockwork Orange, Dirty Harry, The Last Picture Show, Le Mans, Shaft | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1972 | Avanti!, Deliverance, Lady Sings the Blues, Man of La Mancha, Pete 'n' Tillie | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1973 | Dillinger, Oklahoma Crude, The Seven-Ups, The Way We Were, Westworld | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1974 | Airport 1975, The Front Page, The Godfather Part II, The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, Zandy's Bride | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1975 | Barry Lyndon, Lucky Lady, Nashville, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Sunshine Boys | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1976 | Logan's Run, Midway, Network, The Omen, Silent Movie | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1977 | Black Sunday, Julia, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, MacArthur, Rollercoaster | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil, Grease, The Lord of the Rings, Midnight Express, An Unmarried Woman | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1979 | All That Jazz, The Black Hole, The China Syndrome, Rocky II, Star Trek: The Motion Picture | <ref>Template:Cite news</ref> |
| 1981 | Dragonslayer, Heaven's Gate, Reds, Sharky's Machine, Sphinx, Stripes, Superman II, Time Bandits, Wolfen | <ref name="Mavity">Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian, The Dark Crystal, Gandhi, Tron | |
| 1983 | Blue Thunder, The Golden Seal, Never Cry Wolf, Sudden Impact, WarGames | |
| 1984 | Dune, Gremlins, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, 2010: The Year We Make Contact | |
| 1985 | American Flyers, The Emerald Forest, Runaway Train, Year of the Dragon | |
| 1986 | The Color of Money, Platoon, Tai-Pan | |
| 1987 | Batteries Not Included, Cry Freedom, Full Metal Jacket, Lethal Weapon, Predator, The Witches of Eastwick | |
| 1988 | Beetlejuice, Mississippi Burning | |
| 1989 | Born on the Fourth of July, Glory, The Winter War | |
| 1990 | Dances With Wolves, Goodfellas | |
| 1991 | Beauty and the Beast, For the Boys, Hook, The Last Boy Scout | |
| 1992 | The Last of the Mohicans, Lethal Weapon 3, Patriot Games, Unforgiven | |
| 1993 | Geronimo: An American Legend | |
| 1994 | The Shawshank Redemption, True Lies | |
| 1995 | Apollo 13, Heat, Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Waterworld | |
| 1996 | Independence Day, The Rock, Star Trek: First Contact, Twister | |
| 1997 | Con Air, L.A. Confidential, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Men in Black | |
| 1998 | Godzilla, Lethal Weapon 4, Ronin, The Thin Red Line | |
| 1999 | Any Given Sunday, The Green Mile, The Mummy, Three Kings | |
| 2000 | Cast Away, Gladiator, Mission: Impossible 2, The Perfect Storm, Unbreakable | |
| 2001 | A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Amélie, Black Hawk Down, The Fast and the Furious, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | |
| 2002 | Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Spider-Man, We Were Soldiers, xXx | |
| 2003 | Kill Bill: Volume 1, The Last Samurai, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Seabiscuit | |
| 2004 | The Aviator, Collateral, The Day After Tomorrow, Ray | |
| 2005 | The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Walk the Line, Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith | |
| 2021 | Last Night in Soho, The Matrix Resurrections, A Quiet Place Part II, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Tick, Tick...Boom! | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2022 | Babylon, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Moonage Daydream | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2023 | Barbie, Ferrari, The Killer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| 2024 | Alien: Romulus, Blitz, Deadpool & Wolverine, Gladiator II, Joker: Folie à Deux | <ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
See also
[edit]- BAFTA Award for Best Sound
- Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Sound
- Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards
- List of Academy Award–nominated films
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