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The Top 25 Best Sound Winners So Far (Updated for 2025)
Back at it a day after Mother’s Day! As you all know, I’m ranking the newest crop of Academy Award winners, with the column almost complete. For nearly all of the Oscar categories (including a new one today), you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. […] More
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Interview: ‘Anora’ Sound Designers on Creating “Score Moments” with Sound
Sean Baker‘s Anora (reviewed here by our editor Joey Magidson) is chock full of striking sounds, including such iconic needle drops as Blondie’s “Dreaming” and Take That’s “Greatest Day.” Like all of Baker’s films, Anora lacks a traditional score, and so sound designers John Warrin and Andy Hay faced a unique challenge in creating “score moments” with these […] More
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Interview: ‘Blitz’ Sound Designer James Harrison on His Longtime Collaboration with Steve McQueen
The Best Sound category at this year’s Academy Awards is shaping up to be a heated race, with Wicked and Dune: Part Two both staking legitimate claims. However, Steve McQueen‘s latest feature Blitz might just be the most deserving of the bunch, with its ambitious sound design courtesy of supervising sound editor James Harrison. Such […] More
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Exclusive: Take a Look at the ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Sound Show
Awards Radar is pleased to showcase an exclusive look at the Deadpool & Wolverine sound work. Sound Editor Craig Henighan‘s designs help to make the blockbuster sound as intense as it does. The Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds banter is one thing, but the audio chaos on display is something to below, as you’ll see […] More
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The Top 25 Best Sound Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
Back at it! As you all know, I’m ranking the newest crop of Academy Award winners, with the column almost complete. For nearly all of the Oscar categories (including a new one today), you’ll see me list the top 25 recipients of that prize. Sometimes, our newest winner will appear. Other times, they’ll be relegated […] More
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Interview: ‘The Bear’ Sound Team on Creating a Chaotic Soundscape
The Bear may be one of the noisiest shows on television. Its many layers of audio swirl together to create a cacophony of music, dialogue, and sound effects. Knives against cutting boards. Meal tickets being printed. Pots and pans banging together. The Bear leverages its use of sound to simulate the chaos of the kitchen […] More
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Interview: Wiley Stateman Finds the Intensity of the ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Through Sound
The Queen’s Gambit was more than a series, it was a phenomenon that introduced many viewers to the ‘sport’ of chess. To capture the intensity of the game it took a team of creative people; the stellar cast, a visionary show runner, a talented editor and more. That includes a sound designer who was able […] More
