Role of the Sound Editor:
A sound editor is a creative professional responsible for selecting and assembling sound recordings in preparation for the final sound mixing or mastering of a motion picture. Sound editing developed out of the need to fix the incomplete, undramatic, or technically inferior sound recordings of early talkies, and over the decades has become a respected filmmaking craft, with sound editors implementing the aesthetic goals of motion picture sound design.
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Voting Procedures:
A ‘Reminder List’ of all eligible motion pictures shall be sent with a nominations ballot to all members of the Sound Branch, who shall vote in the order of their preference for not more than five pictures.
The five pictures receiving the highest number of votes shall become the nominations for final voting for the Sound Mixing award.
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Nominations:
· Lon Bender
o 3rd nomination, 1 win: ‘Braveheart’. Previously nominated for ‘Blood Diamond’.
· Victor Ray Ennis
o 1st nomination.
These guys won the Satellite Award from the International Press Academy.
· Ren Klyce
o This is Ren’s second nomination for Sound Editing, previously for ‘Fight Club’ and as I reported yesterday, is also nominated for best Sound Mixing on this film… his third nomination for Mixing.
Ren has not been recognized for his work on ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’ from any other organization.
· Philip Stockton
o 1st nomination.
· Eugene Gearty
o 2nd nomination. Previously nominated for ‘Gangs of New York’.
These guys are also nominated for the British Academy Award.
· Ethan Van der Ryn
o 4th nomination, 2 previous wins: ‘King Kong’ and ‘TLOTR: The Two Towers’.
· Erik Aadahl
o 1st nomination.
Turd sandwich.
· Gary Rydstrom
o 8th nomination for Sound Editing, 4 wins for ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Terminator 2: Judgment Day’, ‘Titanic’, and ‘Saving Private Ryan’. Gary is also nominated for Sound Mixing for ‘War Horse’.
· Richard Hymns
o 8th nomination, 3 previous wins for ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ and ‘Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade’. Also nominated for ‘Backdraft’, ‘Willow’, ‘Fight Club’, and ‘Minority Report’.
These guys are also nominated for the British Academy Award and the Satellite Award.
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Snubs:
This award pretty much falls in line with ‘Sound Mixing’. In fact, most awards combine these two categories together treating Mixing and Editing as a team honor… so… there isn’t really much to say here.
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Oscar Trends:
First of all, in the last 30 years, only 3 films have won Best Sound Editing without also being nominated for Best Sound Mixing… Plus, in the 13 years the Satellite Award for Sound has been given out, their winner has only gone on to win the Oscar 3 times. So based on statistics alone, I wouldn’t give much stock to ‘Drive’.
In addition, in the last 26 years, only 7 films have won Best Sound Editing without also being nominated for the British Academy Award… which leaves ‘Hugo’ and ‘War Horse’ with the best chances.
It would also be easy to give ‘Hugo’ the edge on this one just because I’ve picked it to win Sound Mixing… however, in the last 30 years, only 13 films have one both Mixing and Editing… granted… two of them have been in the last two years… so… it could be a new trend… and I might just have to stick to this trend…
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