Academy Award for Best Sound

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Academy Award category film award sound award

The Academy Award for Best Sound is an Oscar category honoring outstanding achievement in the recording, mixing, and overall quality of a film’s audio.

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Academy Award for Best Sound canonical 78
Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing 53
Academy Award for Best Sound Recording 33

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Academy Award category ⓘ
film award ⓘ
sound award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
surface form: Oscar for Best Sound
associatedWith Hollywood ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood film industry
awardType competitive award ⓘ
categoryOf Academy Awards for technical achievement ⓘ
ceremonyFrequency annual ⓘ
ceremonyLanguage English ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
evaluationCriteria balance of music and effects ⓘ
clarity of dialogue ⓘ
creative use of sound ⓘ
technical excellence in recording and mixing ⓘ
field audio post-production ⓘ
cinema ⓘ
sound engineering ⓘ
givenFor best overall sound in a feature film ⓘ
honours outstanding achievement in film sound ⓘ
overall quality of a film’s audio ⓘ
sound mixing in film ⓘ
sound recording in film ⓘ
includesAspects dialogue recording ⓘ
music recording ⓘ
sound design ⓘ
sound effects ⓘ
sound mixing ⓘ
isSubsetOf technical Academy Awards categories ⓘ
medium feature films ⓘ
notableFor recognizing collaborative work of production sound mixers and re-recording mixers ⓘ
organizer Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
partOf Academy Award ⓘ
surface form: Academy Awards
presentedBy Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
relatedDiscipline ADR (automated dialogue replacement) ⓘ
foley ⓘ
production sound mixing ⓘ
re-recording mixing ⓘ
relatedTo Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Editing

Academy Award for Best Sound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
scope theatrically released motion pictures ⓘ
selectionBody Academy sound branch members ⓘ
full Academy membership for final voting ⓘ
selectionMethod voted on by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ⓘ
shortName Best Sound ⓘ
symbolizes highest recognition for film sound in the American film industry ⓘ
trophyName Academy Awards statuette ⓘ
surface form: Oscar statuette

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Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences → awardsPresented → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Jaws → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
All About Eve → academyAwardsWon → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Best Sound Recording
The English Patient → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
1917 (film) → oscarAward → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Citizen Kane → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
The Insider (film) → awardNominated → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: The Insider
Academy Award for Best Film Editing → relatedTo → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Apollo 13 → won → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Backdraft → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Backdraft → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Effects Editing
King Kong (1976 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Star Trek (2009 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Lawrence of Arabia → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Argo → academyAwardNominations → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Life of Pi → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Dunkirk → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Gladiator → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Inception → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Dreamgirls → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Academy Award for Best Sound → alsoKnownAs → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Oscar for Best Sound
Academy Award for Best Sound → relatedTo → Academy Award for Best Sound self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
The Perfect Storm → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
War Horse → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
The Shawshank Redemption (1994 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
subject surface form: The Shawshank Redemption
The Shape of Water → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
The Matrix → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Mad Max: Fury Road → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Gravity → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
A Star Is Born (2018 film) → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Saving Private Ryan → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Ford v Ferrari → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
The Bourne Ultimatum → notableAward → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
Witness for the Prosecution → awardNomination → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
The Bishop's Wife → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Recording
The Towering Inferno → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Out of Africa → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
The Deer Hunter → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Dune (2021 film) → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
The Incredibles → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
WALL-E → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers → academyAwardNomination → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Ratatouille → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
this entity surface form: Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing
The Godfather → nominatedFor → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
The Exorcist → academyAward → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ
Apocalypse Now → awardReceived → Academy Award for Best Sound ⓘ