Oscar Predictions: Sound Mixing and Sound Editing

as production director for WRUW, i can tell you that sound mixing and sound editing tend to go hand in hand. rarely do I mix and not edit, or edit and not mix. so when it comes to making a prediction for Achievements in Sound Mixing and Sound Editing for this year's Oscars, i figure that whichever film wins one will win the other, so I've decided to combine them. There are five films nominated for sound mixing and three for sound editing. Walk the Line and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, were not nominated for Sound Editing, so I've elimated them. That leaves these three:

• King Kong
• Memoirs of a Geisha
• War of the Worlds

My prediction: King Kong. for many of the same reasons i cited yesterday, i think King Kong is going to take it here. Peter Jackson and the WETA Workshop have shown a care for the detail of what they are working on. Just as they go 110% for creating a CGI ape, they show the same care to make sure their ape not only acts like an ape, but sounds like an ape as well.

Tomorrow: Achievements in Make-Up