Behind The Sound For All The 2019 Oscar Nominees For Sound Editing & Sound Mixing:

Posted January 22, 2019 by Asbjoern Andersen in Film sound

The 2019 Oscar nominees have just been announced, and we've compiled all the sound stories behind the nominees for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for you:

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‘Black Panther’
– nominated for Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

Black Panther and two of his cohorts arrive off the Royal Talon Fighter.

Nominees for Sound Editing: Benjamin A. Burtt and Steve Boeddeker
Nominees for Sound Mixing: Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor and Peter Devlin

Get the story behind the sound for ‘Black Panther’, in this A Sound Effect interview with Steve Boeddeker here

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’
– nominated for Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

Bohemian Rhapsody | “Put Me In Bohemian” - Mixing in the Vocals | 20th Century FOX

Interview with John Warhurst, Nina Hartstone, Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, and John Casali:

The Making Of: Bohemian Rhapsody - 2019 Oscars® | Dolby Institute Podcast | Dolby

Nina Hartstone & John Warhurst on the Tonebenders Podcast:

Nominees for Sound Editing: John Warhurst and Nina Hartstone
Nominees for Sound Mixing: Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin and John Casali
Further reading on the sound for ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’:
• ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Premiere Relied on a Secret Sound Mix to Re-create Queen’s Iconic Concert

• Oscars: How the ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Sound Editing Team Re-Created Rock & Roll Royalty

‘First Man’
– nominated for Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

Nominees for Sound Editing: Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan
Nominees for Sound Mixing: Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, Ai-Ling Lee and Mary H. Ellis

Get the story behind the sound for ‘First Man’, in this A Sound Effect interview with Ai-Ling Lee and Milly Iatrou here

‘Roma’
– nominated for Sound Editing & Sound Mixing

ROMA | Featurette: The Sounds Of Real Life [HD] | Netflix

Nominees for Sound Editing: Sergio Díaz and Skip Lievsay
Nominees for Sound Mixing: Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan and José Antonio García

Read more about the sound for ‘Roma’ here

‘A Star Is Born’
– nominated for Sound Mixing

A STAR IS BORN "Creating The Sound" Featurettes NEW (2018) - Bradley Cooper & Lady Gaga

Nominees: Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, Jason Ruder and Steve Morrow
Read more the sound for ‘A Star Is Born’ here

‘A Quiet Place’
– nominated for Sound Editing

A Quiet Place — How to Write Sound into a Screenplay

Nominees: Ethan Van der Ryn and Erik Aadahl
Learn more about the sound for ‘A Quiet Place’, in this A Sound Effect interview with Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn here

See the complete list of 2019 Oscar nominees here

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