The Oscar for Best Sound Editing is awarded each year to a particular film possessing the most fine and aesthetic sound editing or sound design.  The award is generally given to the film’s Supervising Sound Editors.  The following is my Oscars ballot for this category, Best Sound Editing:

WINNER: Skyfall (Per Hallberg and Karen Baker Landers)

2. Django Unchained (Wylie Stateman)

3. Zero Dark Thirty (Paul N.J. Ottosson)

4. Life of Pi (Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton)

5. Argo (Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van der Ryn)

The Oscar for Best Sound Mixing is awarded to a particular film featuring the finest and most melodious sound mixing and recording.  The award is usually presented to the film’s production sound mixers and re-recording mixers.  The following is my Oscars ballot for this category, Best Sound Mixing:

WINNER: Skyfall (Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell, and Stuart Wilson)

2. Les Misérables (Andy Nelson, Mark Paterson, and Simon Hayes)

3. Life of Pi (Ron Bartlett, D.M. Hemphill, and Drew Kunin)

4. Argo (John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Jose Antonio Garcia)

5. Lincoln (Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, and Ronald Judkins)