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Best Sound Nominees: Academy Awards 2023

February 15, 2023

Welcome to this year’s coverage of the Academy Awards. Like last year, we have compiled interviews from each of the nominees in the Best Sound category. So, if you are an Oscar voter — either as an Academy member or as a fan participating in your annual office pool — you'll have a much better idea of what to watch for and (more importantly) what to listen for as you get to the Best Sound category on your ballot! Here are the nominees, in alphabetical order:

ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT —Viktor Prášil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel, and Stefan Korte AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER — Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, and Michael Hedges THE BATMAN — Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray, and Andy Nelson ELVIS — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson, and Michael Keller TOP GUN: MAVERICK — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor With the exception of ELVIS (due to time), each of these interview excerpts is taken from our full episodes dedicated to the sound design of each of these incredible films. Here's a table of contents, in case you'd like to jump around, as well as links to the full episodes from our back catalogue: 0:02:03 - ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT - from episode 139, January 10, 2023 0:22:49 - AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER - from episode 140, January 14, 2023 0:53:44 - THE BATMAN - from episode 116, March 8, 2022 1:05:44 - ELVIS - recorded recently, exclusively for this episode 1:39:20 - TOP GUN: MAVERICK - from episode 133, November 22, 2022 Many thanks to all the studios for helping us pull these interviews together! Be sure to check out ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT, AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER, THE BATMAN, ELVIS, and TOP GUN: MAVERICK before Oscars voting ends! We have another episode for Best Cinematography coming up. So if you haven't already, please subscribe to The Dolby Institute Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. You can also check out the video for this episode. Learn more about the Dolby Institute and check out Dolby.com. Connect with Dolby on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.