The Prom could be music to the ears of the sound branch of the Academy as one of the very few true musicals this year. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom and The United States vs Billie Holiday will give good chase in the musical biopic department and the animated film Over the Moon could break in. The recombining of the two sound categories (editing and mixing) beginning this season will make it more difficult for all of these films though.
The Midnight Sky should be able to find a spot, the “space slot,” if you will and even the negative response to the sound mix in Tenet will likely be safe. The branch probably won’t be able to avoid the unique gimmick of Mank‘s mono sound nor the expansive sound design of Sound of Metal.
Here are my ranked 2021 Oscar predictions in Sound for November.
Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – new entry this month
1. Soul (Pixar)
Nominees TBD
2. Tenet (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD
3. Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios)
Nominees TBD
4. The Midnight Sky (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
5. Mank (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
6. The Prom (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
7. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
8. Greyhound (Apple TV+)
Nominees TBD
9. News of the World (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD
10. Judas and the Black Messiah (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD
Bad Boys for Life (Columbia Pictures)
Nominees TBD
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (Warner Bros)
Nominees TBD
Da 5 Bloods (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
The Invisible Man (Universal Pictures)
Nominees TBD
Mulan (Walt Disney Pictures)
Nominees TBD
The Outpost (Screen Media Films)
Nominees TBD
Over the Moon (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix)
Nominees TBD
The United States vs. Billie Holiday (Paramount Pictures)
Nominees TBD
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