The new category combines what had been sound editing and sound mixing awards. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor As widely expected, Sound of Metal won the Oscar in sound, a new category introduced by ...

A category shakeup at the Oscars may be around the corner, as a subcommittee of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' sound branch is "favoring" a consolidation of the sound mixing and ...

Sound design is woefully underappreciated, but the Academy's new Best Sound category is a better reflection of the craft in the digital age. Let’s get this out of the way: Great films tell stories ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is bringing prompt-based editing to the world of sound with a new model called SAM Audio that can segment individual sounds from complex audio recordings.

SOUND EDITING: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle points to the scene where Jake Sully connects to the Tree of Voices. “We sound designed some whispery voices that wafted in,” she explains. “Then very gradually ...

"Bohemian Rhapsody's" Oscar push for sound editing and mixing may be successful, with victories at the MPSE and CAS award ceremonies. This sets up a competitive Oscar race down to the wire next Sunday ...

Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy will receive the 2026 MPSE Filmmaker Award. The MPSE Filmmaker Award is bestowed upon an individual outside the sound community whose career has demonstrated a ...

Mandi Bierly is a former senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2014. To understand the art of sound editing, we asked the nominees to talk us through some of their key challenges and ...

In a landmark year for diversity at the Oscars, “La La Land’s” Ai-ling Lee has already made history — twice. The Singapore-born Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan are the first all-woman sound editing duo ...

Filmmaking is a collaborative medium, as everyone likes to point out. But one key contribution is misunderstood more than any other: sound. Oscar voters will weigh in on sound editing and sound mixing ...

Some Oscar categories don’t get much respect. Cinematography and sound editing are vital to any film, but many critics say the TV show could do without the presentation of these awards and their ...