Although they no longer have a corresponding Oscar category, they can give us insight into the thinking of voters in the sound branch. Of special note here is that RRR, which has been getting a lot of attention for its sound design, is absent here, but All Quiet on the Western Front did make it in. The rest seems self-explanatory.

Nominations Tallies

(3) Everything Everywhere All at Once
(2) The Batman, Elvis, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues, Moonage Daydream, Top Gun: Maverick

The Nominations

Best Sound Editing: Feature Effects / Foley

Avatar: The Way of Water
The Batman
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Jurassic World: Dominion
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Sound Editing: Feature Dialogue / ADR

The Banshees of Inisherin
The Batman
Elvis
Empire of Light
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Sound Editing: Feature Animation

DC League of Super-Pets
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Lightyear
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Best Sound Editing: Feature Documentary

Good Night Oppy
Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues
Moonage Daydream
The Territory

Best Sound Editing: Foreign Language Film

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
EO
The Quiet Girl
Triangle of Sadness

Best Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture

Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Tár
Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody

Best Music Editing – Documentary

Louis Armstrong’s Black and Blues
Moonage Daydream
My Life as a Rolling Stone: Mick Jagger
The Way Down: “Revelations”

Motion Picture Sound Editors Data

Year Founded: 1953
First Awards: 1953 (70)