Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Sound Mixing Winners: The Revenant Bests Mad Max, Star Wars
The sound team from The Revenant won the motion picture live action feature category at the Cinema Audio Society’s 52nd annual awards for sound mixing on Saturday, besting heavy favorites Mad Max: Fury Road and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It did the same at BAFTA last week and heads into the Oscars a favorite now in the Sound Mixing category. Since 2008, the CAS and the Oscars have aligned in this category 5/8 times and in those other three years the Oscars sided with the BAFTA winner. That’s basically double assurance for The Revenant here.
Inside Out won the motion picture animated prize.
On the television side Game of Thrones, Fargo and Modern Family won the series awards and Lincoln Center’s performance of Danny Elfman themes from Tim Burton films also won.
FULL list of nominees and winners:
MOTION PICTURE – LIVE ACTION
Bridge of Spies
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant – WINNER
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
MOTION PICTURE—ANIMATED
The Good Dinosaur
Hotel Transylvania 2
Inside Out – WINNER
Minions
The Peanuts Movie
TELEVISION MOVIE or MINI-SERIES
American Crime: Episode 1
American Horror Story: Hotel “Room Service”
American Horror Story: Hotel #501 “Checking In”
Fargo: Season 2 Episode 5 – WINNER
True Detective: Episode 4 “Down will Come”
TELEVISION SERIES – 1 HOUR
Better Call Saul: Ep. 110 Marco
Game of Thrones: Hardhome – WINNER
Homeland: 502 The Tradition of Hospitality
House of Cards: Chapter 27
The Walking Dead: First Time Again
TELEVISION SERIES – 1/2 HOUR
Modern Family: Connection Lost – WINNER
Nurse Jackie: 708 Managed Care
Parks and Recreation: One Last Ride: Part 1
Silicon Valley: Server Space (Episode 13)
Veep: Mommy Meyer
TELEVISION NON-FICTION, VARIETY or MUSIC SERIES or SPECIALS
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown: Madagascar
Deadliest Catch: Lunatic Fringe
Keith Richards: Under the Influence
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
Live from Lincoln Center: Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton – WINNER
CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD NOMINATIONS
Production:
Aaton Cantar X3
Lectrosonics Venue 2
Sound Devices SL-6 – WINNER
Zaxcom Wide Band Recording Digital Wireless
Post-Production:
Accusonus – ERA-D
Conformalizer 4
Cedar DNS One with Learn
Izotope RX5 – WINNER
About the Cinema Audio Society:
The Cinema Audio Society was formed in 1964 for the purpose of sharing information with Sound Professionals in the Motion Picture and Television Industry.
The objectives of the CAS are: to educate and inform the general public and the motion picture & television industry that effective sound is achieved by a creative, artistic and technical blending of diverse sound elements; to provide the motion picture & television industry with a progressive society of master craftsmen specialized in the art of creative cinematic sound recording; to advance the specialized field of cinematic sound recording by exchange of ideas, methods, and information; to advance the art of auditory appreciation, and to philanthropically support those causes dedicated to the sense of hearing; to institute and maintain high standards of conduct and craftsmanship among our members; to aid the motion picture & television industry in the selection and training of qualified personnel in the unique field of cinematic sound recording and to achieve for our members deserved recognition as major contributors to the field of motion picture & television entertainment.
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