Now, if I'm understanding correctly, the sound mixing teams take all the recorded audio, sounds, etc, and are responsible for putting everything together and smoothing out all the bumps, adjusting levels, etc. The award is for Best Sound Mixing, but used to be called Best Sound. The winner of this award isn't always nominated for the companion sound editing award (though it does work mostly in the reverse direction). Oftentimes, eventual Best Picture winners and near misses make the grade, as well as action pictures. One giveaway, though, that makes my guess a lazy one, is that musicals are often favored for the win. Chicago and Dreamgirls took this in a cakewalk, and even that God-awful The Phantom of the Opera got a nomination, along with its Andrew Lloyd Webber precursor Evita. Ray wasn't technically a musical, but it too won. Going back further, there were wins for Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, (what is it with exclamation points on musicals?) The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, and on and on, etc. Moulin Rouge! did lose to Black Hawk Down in 2001, which may be something to consider. Taking note that Les Misérables is also a BP nominee, but much was made about almost all of its singing being recorded live, it strikes me as kind of insane if it doesn't win, right? Gold Derby mostly agrees. Argo (Setoodeh), Life of Pi, and Skyfall (Feinberg, Lodge) are spillovers from the Sound Editing category, with Lincoln (Horgan) rounding out the five.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Now, if I'm understanding correctly, the sound mixing teams take all the recorded audio, sounds, etc, and are responsible for putting everything together and smoothing out all the bumps, adjusting levels, etc. The award is for Best Sound Mixing, but used to be called Best Sound. The winner of this award isn't always nominated for the companion sound editing award (though it does work mostly in the reverse direction). Oftentimes, eventual Best Picture winners and near misses make the grade, as well as action pictures. One giveaway, though, that makes my guess a lazy one, is that musicals are often favored for the win. Chicago and Dreamgirls took this in a cakewalk, and even that God-awful The Phantom of the Opera got a nomination, along with its Andrew Lloyd Webber precursor Evita. Ray wasn't technically a musical, but it too won. Going back further, there were wins for Cabaret, Fiddler on the Roof, Hello, Dolly!, Oliver!, (what is it with exclamation points on musicals?) The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, and on and on, etc. Moulin Rouge! did lose to Black Hawk Down in 2001, which may be something to consider. Taking note that Les Misérables is also a BP nominee, but much was made about almost all of its singing being recorded live, it strikes me as kind of insane if it doesn't win, right? Gold Derby mostly agrees. Argo (Setoodeh), Life of Pi, and Skyfall (Feinberg, Lodge) are spillovers from the Sound Editing category, with Lincoln (Horgan) rounding out the five.
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