“Dune” (Warner Bros.) was the big live action sound mixing winner Saturday night at 58th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown.
Coupled with last week’s Mpse Golden Reel win for feature effects/foley sound editing, Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic is on track for the Oscar sound win next Sunday.“Dune” was the frontrunner from the outset for its sonic power and complexity.
Its great achievement is creating a grounded reality that is both innovative and believable.
So, rather than relying on over-hyped sounds, the teams conveyed an otherworldly palette that is hallucinatory yet gritty, from supernatural voices that rattle the mind to colossal sandworms that shake the sand dunes of Arrakis.Meanwhile, the animation win went to Disney’s “Encanto,” the Oscar favorite for animated feature.
Likewise, another Oscar favorite, “Summer of Soul” (Searchlight Pictures), grabbed documentary.
The non-theatrical winner was HBO’s
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