In terms of an Oscar predictor for the category (which combines both sound editing and mixing), there is definite overlap between the MPSE and CAS with these five nominees. However, the frontrunning “Dune,” “A Quiet Place Part Two,” “The Matrix Resurrections” and “No Time to Die” dominated the MPSE competition. The sonic power and complexity of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is going to be hard to beat. Its great achievement is creating a grounded reality that is both innovative and believable. So, rather than relying on over-hyped sounds, the teams conveyed an otherworldly palette that is hallucinatory yet gritty, from supernatural voices that rattle the mind to colossal sandworms that shake the sand dunes of Arrakis.
“No Time to Die” is the first Bond film to be mixed in Atmos, and director Cary Joji Fukunaga wanted sound editors Oliver Tarney and James Harrison to utilize the larger soundscape for Daniel Craig’s swan song. The Aston Martin DB5 opener in Matera is a great example. Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix), the psychological western about toxic masculinity, explores a visceral soundscape around the natural world. The sound team emphasizes ordinary details for dramatic effect, such as the pounding hooves of a cattle drive, the stirring wind, the slap of a horse’s flank, and the hum of a stream. Niko Tavernise For Steven Spielberg’s remake of “West Side Story,” the sound mixing team went for a combo of live vocals captured during filming and studio-captured audio played back during shooting. For smaller, more intimate scenes, such as the wedding, featuring the song “One Hand, One Heart,” actors (including Ansel Elgort and Rachel Zegler) sang live. To achieve the correct voice volume for the scene blocking and camera location, the team used a combination of boom and wireless mics and wireless to capture audio. Animation nominees went to Disney’s “Encanto” and “Raya and the Last Dragon,” Pixar’s “Luca,” Netflix/Sony’s “The Mitchells vs. the Machines,” and Universal/Illumination’s “Sing 2.” Documentary nominees included “Becoming Cousteau,” “Summer of Soul,” “The Velvet Underground,” “Tina,” and “Val.”
Ridley Scott will receive the CAS Filmmaker Award, and re-recording sound mixer Paul Massey (“Bohemian Rhapsody” Oscar winner) will be honored with the CAS Life Achievement Award. Additionally, Five finalists are vying for the Student Recognition Award. MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION “Dune” Production Mixer: Mac Ruth CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Ron Bartlett CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Douglas Hemphill CAS Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson CAS ADR Mixer: Tommy O’Connell Foley Mixer: Don White “No Time To Die” Production Mixer: Simon Hayes CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Massey CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor Scoring Mixer: Stephen Lipson ADR Mixer: Mark Appleby Foley Mixer: Adam Mendez CAS “Spider-Man: No Way Home” Production Mixer: Willie Burton CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Kevin O’Connell CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Lamberti CAS Scoring Mixer: Warren Brown ADR Mixer: Howard London CAS Foley Mixer: Randy K. Singer CAS “The Power of the Dog” Production Mixer: Richard Flynn Re-Recording Mixer: Robert Mackenzie Re-Recording Mixer: Tara Webb Scoring Mixer: Graeme Stewart Foley Mixer: Steve Burgess “West Side Story” Production Mixer: Tod Maitland CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Nelson CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Gary Rydstrom CAS Scoring Mixer: Shawn Murphy ADR Mixer: Doc Kane CAS Foley Mixer: Frank Rinella MOTION PICTURES – ANIMATED “Encanto” Original Dialogue Mixer: Paul McGrath CAS Re-Recording Mixer: David E. Fluhr CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Gabriel Guy CAS Re-Recording Mixer: David Boucher CAS Scoring Mixer: Alvin Wee ADR Mixer: Doc Kane CAS Foley Mixer: Scott Curtis “Luca” Original Dialogue Mixer: Vince Caro CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Christopher Scarabosio CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Villaflor Scoring Mixer: Greg Hayes Foley Mixer: Jason Butler Foley Mixer: Richard Duarte “Raya and the Last Dragon” Original Dialogue Mixer: Paul McGrath CAS Re-Recording Mixer: David E. Fluhr CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Gabriel Guy CAS Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson CAS ADR Mixer: Doc Kane CAS Foley Mixer: Scott Curtis “Sing 2” Original Dialogue Mixer: Edward Sutton Re-Recording Mixer: Gary A. Rizzo CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Juan Peralta Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson CAS ADR Mixer: Robert Edwards Foley Mixer: Frank Rinella “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” Original Dialogue Mixer: Howard London CAS Original Dialogue Mixer: Aaron Hasson Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Lamberti CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Semanick CAS Foley Mixer: John Sanacore CAS MOTION PICTURES – DOCUMENTARY “Becoming Cousteau” Re-Recording Mixer: Tony Volante CAS “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Hsu Re-Recording Mixer: Roberto Fernandez CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Paul Massey CAS “The Velvet Underground” Production Mixer: Juliana Henao Mesa Re-Recording Mixer: Leslie Shatz “Tina” Production Mixer: Caleb A. Mose Re-Recording Mixer: Lawrence Everson CAS Scoring Mixer: Phil McGowan CAS
“Val” Production Mixer: Michael Haldin Re-Recording Mixer: John Bolen Scoring Mixer: Garth Stevenson ADR Mixer: Mitch Dorf NON-THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE OR LIMITED SERIES “Hawkeye”: Ep. 3 Echoes Production Mixer: Pud Cusack CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Thomas Myers CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Danielle Dupre Scoring Mixer: Casey Stone CAS ADR Mixer: Doc Kane CAS Foley Mixer: Kevin Schultz “Mare of Easttown”: Ep. 6 Sore Must Be The Storm Production Mixer: Richard Bullock Re-Recording Mixer: Joseph DeAngelis CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Carpenter “The Underground Railroad”: Chapter 10: Mabel Production Mixer: Joseph White Jr. CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Onnalee Blank CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Mathew Waters CAS Scoring Mixer: Geoff Foster Foley Mixer: Kari Vahakuopus “WandaVision” Ep. 8 Previously On Production Mixer: Christopher Giles CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Danielle Dupre Scoring Mixer: Casey Stone CAS ADR Mixer: Doc Kane CAS Foley Mixer: Frank Rinella “WandaVision”: Ep. 9 The Series Finale Production Mixer: Christopher Giles CAS Production Mixer: Michael Piotrowski CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Danielle Dupre Scoring Mixer: Casey Stone CAS ADR Mixer: Doc Kane CAS Foley Mixer: Malcolm Fife TELEVISION SERIES – 1 HOUR “Squid Game”: S1 Ep. 7 VIPS Re-Recording Mixer: Park Hyeon-soo Re-Recording Mixer: Serge Perron ADR Mixer: Cameron Sloan “Succession”: S3 Ep. 1 Secession Production Mixer: Ken Ishii CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Andy Kris Re-Recording Mixer: Nicholas Renbeck Scoring Mixer: Tommy Vicari CAS ADR Mixer: Mark DeSimone CAS Foley Mixer: Micah Blaichman “The Morning Show”: S2 Ep. 1 My Least Favorite Year Production Mixer: William B. Kaplan CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Elmo Ponsdomenech CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Jason “Frenchie” Gaya Scoring Mixer: Carter Burwell ADR Mixer: Brian Smith Foley Mixer: James Howe “The White Lotus”: S1 Ep. 5 The Lotus Eaters Production Mixer: Walter Anderson CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Christian Minkler CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Ryan Collins ADR Mixer: Jeffrey Roy CAS Foley Mixer: Randy Wilson “Yellowstone”: S4 Ep. 1 Half the Money Production Mixer: Andrejs Prokopenko Re-Recording Mixer: Diego Gat CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Samuel Ejnes CAS ADR Mixer: Michael Miller CAS ADR Mixer: Chris Navarro CAS TELEVISION SERIES 1/2 HOUR “Cobra Kai”: S3 Ep. 10 December 19 Production Mixer: Michael Filosa CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Joseph DeAngelis CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Carpenter Scoring Mixer: Phil McGowan CAS ADR Mixer: Marilyn Morris Foley Mixer: Michael S. Head “Only Murders in the Building”: S1 Ep. 3 How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors? Production Mixer: Joseph White Jr. CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Mathew Waters CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Lindsay Alvarez CAS Scoring Mixer: Alan DeMoss ADR Mixer: Stiv Schneider Foley Mixer: Karina Rezhevska
“Ted Lasso”: S2 Ep. 5 Rainbow Production Mixer: David Lascelles AMPS Re-Recording Mixer: Ryan Kennedy Re-Recording Mixer: Sean Byrne CAS ADR Mixer: Brent Findley CAS MPSE ADR Mixer: Jamison Rabbe Foley Mixer: Arno Stephanian CAS MPSE “The Book of Boba Fett”: S1 Ep. 1 Chapter 1 Stranger in a Strange Land Production Mixer: Shawn Holden CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Bonnie Wild Re-Recording Mixer: Scott R. Lewis Scoring Mixer: Alan Meyerson CAS Foley Mixer: Richard Duarte “What We Do In The Shadows”: S3 Ep. 4 The Casino Production Mixer: Rob Beal Re-Recording Mixer: Diego Gat CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Samuel Ejnes CAS ADR Mixer: Mike Tehrani Foley Mixer: Stacey Michaels CAS TELEVISION NON-FICTION, VARIETY or MUSIC – SERIES or SPECIALS “Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry” Production Mixer: Jae Kim Re-Recording Mixer: Elmo Ponsdomenech CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Jason “Frenchie” Gaya Scoring Mixer: Aron Forbes ADR Mixer: Jeffrey Roy CAS Foley Mixer: Shawn Kennelly “Bo Burnham: Inside” Production Mixer: Bo Burnham Re-Recording Mixer: Joel Dougherty “Formula 1: Drive to Survive”: S3 Ep. 9 Man on Fire Production Mixer: Doug Dreger Re-Recording Mixer: Nick Fry Re-Recording Mixer: Steve Speed “McCartney 3,2,1” – Ep. 1 Production Mixer: Laura Cunningham Re-Recording Mixer: Gary A. Rizzo CAS “The Beatles Get Back”: Part 3 Production Mixer: Peter Sutton (dec.) Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Hedges CAS Re-Recording Mixer: Brent Burge Re-Recording Mixer: Alexis Feodoroff Music Mixer: Sam Okell Foley Mixer: Michael Donaldson OUTSTANDING PRODUCT PRODUCTION Schoeps: CMC 1 SO Shure Incorporated: Axient Digital ADX5D Dual-Channel Wireless Receiver Cedar Audio: Retouch 8 Lectrosonics: DBSM transmitter PSC (Professional Sound Corp): PowerStar Smart Traveler OUTSTANDING PRODUCT POST PRODUCTION Dolby Laboratories: Dolby Atmos Renderer 3.7 Todd-AO: Absentia DX V3 Cargo Cult:Cargo Cult: Matchbox v1.3.0 Liquid Sonics: Cinematic rooms Acon Digital: Extract Dialogue Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
