2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING (September)

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Vroom vroom, bitches.

Race cars, space wars and world wars make up the bulk of the top contenders for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing this season with 20th Century Fox’s Ford v Ferrari and Ad Astra plus Disney’s Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker and Universal’s 1917 leading the pack for September.

With so many musicals and musical biopics this year, Sound Mixing should find itself room for at least one of them and I think Rocketman will fit that bill more than the rest, especially after the double wins from Bohemian Rhapsody in both sound categories last season (an Oscar first). But watch out for Roadside’s Judy and Universal’s Cats to possibly stake a claim there.

Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood should find a spot, possibly in both categories, and Warner Bros Joker and Universal’s Us are stealthy contenders.

Here are my 2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions in Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for September 18, 2019.

SOUND EDITING

1. Ford v Ferrari (20th Century Fox)
2. 1917 (Universal)
3. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Disney)
4. Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (Sony/Columbia)
5. Ad Astra (20th Century Fox)

NEXT UP (alphabetical by film)

The Aeronauts (Amazon)
Avengers: Endgame (Disney)
Gemini Man (Paramount)
Joker (Warner Bros)
Us (Universal)

OTHER CONTENDERS (alphabetical by film)

Aladdin (Disney)
Alita: Battle Angel (20th Century Fox)
Captain Marvel (Disney)
Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix)
The Irishman (Netflix)
The Lion King (Disney)
Rocketman (Paramount)
Terminator: Dark Fate (Paramount / 20th Century Fox)

SOUND MIXING

1. Ford v Ferrari (20th Century Fox)
2. 1917 (Universal)
3. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (Disney)
4. Once Upon a Time in…Hollywood (Sony/Columbia)
5. Rocketman (Paramount)

NEXT UP (alphabetical by film)

Ad Astra (20th Century Fox)
The Aeronauts (Amazon)
Cats (Universal)
Joker (Warner Bros)
Judy (Roadside Attractions)

OTHER CONTENDERS (alphabetical by film)

Aladdin (Disney)
Alita: Battle Angel (20th Century Fox)
Avengers: Endgame (Disney)
Captain Marvel (Disney)
Dolemite Is My Name (Netflix)
Gemini Man (Paramount)
The Irishman (Netflix)
The Lion King (Disney)
Terminator: Dark Fate (Paramount / 20th Century Fox)
Yesterday (Universal)
Us (Universal)

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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