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Should win: All five of these films benefit from their respective screenplay's strong dialogue and smart twists on their separate subject matter: aging and dying, American slavery, addiction and guilt, young love and adult regret, and the modern war on extreme Islamic terrorism.
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Moonrise Kingdom, Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola We like its chances the most.įorgetting for the moment that Looper was robbed of a nomination in this category, who wins here really comes down to how much the Academy values old people. But with 11 nominations, Life of Pi clearly has won over a broad swath of Academy voters already, and, as we mentioned before, the film is a feast of evocative sounds. Other years, the Best Picture winner takes home the prize in a general sweep, which would likely mean Argo's revolutionary tumult would take home the Oscar. Will win: Some years, this category goes to the biggest (or loudest) blockbuster, in which case Skyfall's various gun blasts and martini swizzles win the big prize. Just listen to the scene above knowing that almost everything you hear, save for actor Suraj Sharma's voice, had to be recorded and/or created later.
BEST SOUND MIXING OSCAR 2016 MOVIE
Should win: The soundscape of a movie is often just as important, and sophisticated, as what you see on screen, and no film made a bigger impact on our ears than Life of Pi.
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Skyfall, Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers Life of Pi, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
BEST SOUND MIXING OSCAR 2016 SERIES
For the category previously called Best Sound Effects and Best Sound Effects Editing, one of these days the Academy will hit upon a name that makes plain what it's meant to celebrate: all the various sounds that you hear over the course of the film, whether they were recorded during the shoot itself, recorded later by a series of Foley artists, or created whole cloth in a studio.