Oscars 2026 for Best Sound: The Sound Stories behind the winner & nominees

And the Oscar for Best Sound goes to… F1! A huge congrats to Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta for taking home the Best Sound award at this year’s 98th Academy Awards, and to all the nominees. Want to hear how the sound was made for them all? Check out the in-depth sound stories below:

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Winner

Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo, Juan Peralta

Sound Team – Press Room Speech

Also Nominated

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Frankenstein

Greg Chapman, Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern

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One Battle After Another

Jose Antonio Garcia, Christopher Scarabosio, Tony Villaflor

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Sinners

Chris Welcker, Benjamin A. Burtt, Felipe Pacheco, Brandon Proctor, Steve Boeddeker

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Sirat

Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas, Yasmina Praderas

Congrats to the full F1 sound team – and to all the nominees for some truly great work!
For more behind-the-scenes sound stories, check out our film sound section.