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: Whiplash (Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins, and Thomas Curley)
- Interstellar (Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker, and Mark Weingarten)
- American Sniper (John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin)
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montaño, and Thomas Varga)
- Unbroken (Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom, and Ronald Judkins)
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