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The winners of the 59th Cinema Audio Society Awards were announced March 4 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. Oscar nominees “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Avatar: The Way of Water,” “The Batman,” “Elvis,” and “Top Gun: Maverick” were all nominated here as well, with “Top Gun: Maverick” proving the victor.

Other winners included “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio,” “Better Call Saul,” and “Only Murders in the Building.”

Hosted by comedian Ben Gleib, the evening also included previously announced honorary awards. Alejandro González Iñárritu accepted Cas’ Filmmaker of the Year honor, while five-time Oscar nominee Peter J. Devlin accepted the Career Achievement Award.

See the full list of winners, marked in bold, below.

Motion Pictures: Live Action

Winner “Top Gun: Maverick”

Production Mixer: Mark Weingarten

Re-Recording Mixer: Chris Burdon

Re-Recording Mixer: Mark Taylor

Scoring Mixer: Al Clay

Scoring Mixer: Stephen Lipson

Foley Mixer: Blake Collins Cas

“All Quiet on the Western Front...

The sound mixing team from Top Gun: Maverick won the live-action feature competition at the 59th Cinema Audio Society Awards, Saturday night at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The award went to production mixer Mark Weingarten, rerecording mixers Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor, scoring mixers Al Clay and Stephen Lipson, and Foley mixer Blake Collins.

Maverick topped a field that included the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman and Elvis — a field that mirrors the Oscar nominations in sound, an award that combines sound editing and mixing.

Last weekend, the Motion Picture Sound Editors honored a trio of Oscar nominees in its live action feature categories At the org’s 70th Golden Reel Awards, Top Gun: Maverick won the prize for effect/Foley, Elvis claimed the trophy for music editing, and All Quiet on the Western Front picked up...

“Avatar: The Way of Water,” “Elvis,” “Top Gun: Maverick” and “All Quiet on the Western Front” were among the top nominees for live action film at the 59th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022.

“Obi-Wan Kenobi” and “Prey” found support in the non-theatrical motion picture/limited series category, while “Barry” and “Stranger Things” found support in TV categories.

The Cas had previously announced that Oscar-nominated production sound mixer Peter J. Devlin (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) would receive the Cas Career Achievement Award this year. Alejandro González Iñárritu (“Bardo”) will also be honored as the 2023 Cas Filmmaker of the Year.

The ceremony will take place on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Los Angeles.

Below, the full list of nominees for the 59th Annual Cinema Audio Society Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2022.

Motion Pictures: Live Action

All Quiet on the Western Front

Production Mixer: Viktor Prášil

Re-Recording...

The Cinema Audio Society, whose annual Cas Awards recognizes outstanding work in sound mixing, released it nominations on Tuesday.

In the live-action motion picture category, the society nominated the sound mixing teams on All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Batman, Elvis and Top Gun: Maverick.

In the animated feature competition, the nominees are Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Lightyear, Minions: The Rise of Gru, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish and Turning Red. And in feature docs, the society selected Good Night Oppy; Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song; Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues; Moonage Daydream and The Volcano: Rescue from Whakaari.

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Vying for the marquee Motion Picture: Live Action statuette are the sound-mixing teams behind the two top-grossing films of 2022 — Avatar: The Way of Water, and Top Gun: Maverick — along with All Quiet on the Western Front, Elvis and The Batman.

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Sounds like the Cinema Audio Society has its nominees. Dune, No Time to Die, Spider-Man: No Way Home, The Power of the Dog and West Side Story will vie for the Live Action Motion Picture prize at the 58th Cas Awards.

The hardware will be doled out during the group’s in-person event on March 19 at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.

The toons vying for the Animated Motion Picture award are Encanto, Luca, Raya and the Last Dragon, Sing 2 and The Mitchells vs. the Machines. The Documentary category race will be among Becoming Cousteau, Summer of Soul, The Velvet Underground, Tina and Val.

Four-time Oscar nominee Ridley Scott will receive the group’s Filmmaker Award, and Bohemian Rhapsody Oscar winner and nine-time nominee Paul Massey will receive Cas’ Career Achievement Award.

Here is the full list of nominees for the 2022 Cinema Audio Society Awards.:

Motion Pictures – Live Action...

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