Precursor: 69th Motion Picture Sound Editors Nominations (2021)

With Sound Editing now a part of the Sound award, we look to these for signs of weakness rather than a definitive precursor since the Sound Mixing category is the more familiar component of the new category. Of the Sound shortlisted films, it’s rather surprising that three of the four top nominees are there, but Nightmare Alley, which picked up three nominations from this group, didn’t make the cut with the Academy. Second-most nominee No Time to Die did. Of the remaining six films on the Academy’s list, all six are nominees here, so we don’t get a big clue into what the Academy might pick, but the three films with three citations are good bets.

Nominations Tallies

(3) Dune, The Matrix Resurrections, Nightmare Alley, A Quiet Place Part II
(2) No Time to Die

The Nominations

Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley

Belfast
Dune
The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
A Quiet Place Part II
Spider-Man: No Way Home

Best Sound Editing: Feature Dialogue / ADR

Dune
Last Night in Soho
The Matrix Resurrections
Nightmare Alley
No Time to Die
The Power of the Dog
A Quiet Place Part II
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Best Sound Editing: Feature Animation

Encanto
Luca
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
Raya and the Last Dragon
Sing 2

Best Sound Editing: Feature Documentary

Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry
Flee
The Rescue
Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Val
The Velvet Underground