2025 Cinema Audio Society nominations list: ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘Wicked’ make the cut, but not ‘Emilia Pérez’

The Cinema Audio Society announced their nominations on Tuesday morning, Jan. 7, honoring the best in cinematic sound mixing. Nominees for live-action motion picture sound mixing are A Complete Unknown, Deadpool and Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Gladiator II, and Wicked. That includes four of the top five contenders in Gold Derby’s current racetrack odds for Best Sound. Deadpool and Wolverine is the outlier, ranked 10th in our odds. Missing from the CAS nominations list is the musical Emilia Pérez, as well as three other films shortlisted by the Motion Picture Academy: Blitz, Alien: Romulus, and Joker: Folie à Deux. Scroll down for the complete list.

The CAS Awards used to correlate with the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing, but that category was consolidated with Best Sound Editing for the 93rd annual awards honoring the best films of 2020. Now the Oscars present a single award for Best Sound. The Oscar champs since them have been Sound of Metal (2020), Dune: Part One (2021), Top Gun: Maverick (2022), and The Zone of Interest (2023). The first three also won the CAS Award for live-action sound mixing, but not Zone of Interest.

Last year CAS nominated Barbie, Ferrari, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, and Oppenheimer in their live action sound mixing category, with Oppenheimer winning. The Zone of Interest wasn’t even nominated. In fact, only two of those overlapped with the eventual Oscar nominees for Best Sound: Maestro and Oppenheimer. The rest of the Oscars lineup consisted of The Creator, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, and ultimate winner Zone of Interest.

Zone of Interest was nominated by the Motion Picture Sound Editors in their foreign language category, but even there it couldn’t eke out a win. Instead, the award went to the survival thriller Society of the Snow, while Oppenheimer was awarded for its feature effects/foley and its dialogue/ADR. One major industry group the Oscars did agree with, however, was BAFTA, where The Zone of Interest‘s victory presaged its eventual Oscar upset.

CAS President Peter Kurland said in a statement about this year’s contenders, “2024 was a year of remarkable achievements in the sound community, with exceptional talent on display across every category. The innovation and artistry of these sound mixers continue to elevate the craft, and the upcoming awards will be a celebration of the outstanding contributions made this year. Congratulations to all the deserving nominees for their exceptional work.”

MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION

A Complete Unknown
Production Sound Mixer – Tod A. Maitland CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Paul Massey CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – David Giammarco CAS
Scoring Mixer – Nick Baxter
ADR Mixer -David Betancourt
Foley Mixer – Kevin Schultz

Deadpool and Wolverine
Production Sound Mixer – Colin Nicolson
Re-Recording Mixer – Lora Hirschberg
Re-Recording Mixer – Craig Henighan CAS
Scoring Mixer – Peter Cobbin CAS
ADR Mixer – Bobby Johanson CAS
Foley Mixer – Peter Persaud CAS

Dune: Part Two
Production Sound Mixer – Gareth John
Re-Recording Mixer – Ron Bartlett CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Doug Hemphill
Scoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CAS
ADR Mixer – Jason Oliver
Foley Mixer – Tavish Grade
Foley Mixer – Mikel Parraga-Wills CAS

Gladiator II
Production Sound Mixer – Stephane Bucher CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Paul Massey CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Matthew Collinge
Scoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CAS
ADR Mixer – Filipe Pereira
Foley Mixer – Rob Weatherall

Wicked: Part One
Production Sound Mixer – Simon Hayes CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Andy Nelson CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – John Marquis
Scoring Mixer – John Michael Caldwell
ADR Mixer – Jason Oliver
Foley Mixer – Mikel Parraga-Wills CAS

MOTION PICTURES – ANIMATED

Inside Out 2
Original Dialogue Mixer – Vince Caro CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Ren Klyce
Re-Recording Mixer – Stephen Urata
Scoring Mixer – Warren Brown
ADR Mixer – Doc Kane CAS
Foley Mixer – Leff Lefferets

Moana 2
Original Dialogue & Re-Recording Mixer – Gabriel Guy CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – David Fluhr CAS
Scoring Mixer – David Boucher
ADR Mixer – Doc Kane CAS
Foley Mixer – Richard Duarte

Mufasa: The Lion King
Original Dialogue Mixer – Doc Kane CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Onnalee Blank CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Greg P. Russell CAS
Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel
Scoring Mixer – David Boucher
ADR Mixer – Gary Turnbull
Foley Mixer – Mikel Parraga-Wills CAS

The Wild Robot
Original Dialogue Mixer – Ken Gombos
Re-Recording Mixer – Leff Lefferets
Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS
Scoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CAS
Foley Mixer – Richard Duarte

Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Original Dialogue Mixer – Will Norie
Re-Recording Mixer – Chris Burdon
Re-Recording Mixer – Gilbert Lake
Scoring Mixer – Simon Rhodes
ADR Mixer – Nick Roberts
Foley Mixer – Adrian Rhodes

MOTION PICTURES – DOCUMENTARY

Elton John: Never Too Late
Production Sound Mixer – Jae Kim
Re-Recording Mixer – Elmo Ponsdomenech CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Teddy Salas

I Am: Celine Dion
Production Mixer – Irene Taylor
Re-Recording Mixer – Lora Hirschberg
Scoring Mixer – Tim Oliver

Music by John Williams
Production Mixer – Noah Alexander
Re-Recording Mixer – Christopher Barnett CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Roy Waldspurger

Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Production Sound Mixer – Austin Plocher
Re-Recording Mixer – Greg Gettens CAS
Scoring Mixer – Steve McLaughlin
Foley Mixer – Daniel Nicholls

The Blue Angels
Production Sound Mixer – Sean Peterson
Re-Recording Mixer – Lindsey Alvarez CAS
Scoring Mixer – Forest Christenson

NON-THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURES OR LIMITED SERIES

Baby Reindeer: S01 E07 “Episode 7”
Production Sound Mixer – Jake Whitelee
Re-Recording Mixer – James Ridgway
Foley Mixer – Keith Partridge

Masters of the Air: S01 E05 “Part Five”
Production Sound Mixer – Tim Fraser
Re-Recording Mixer – Michael Minkler CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Duncan McRae
Re-Recording Mixer – Shane Stoneback
Scoring Mixer – Thor Fienberg
ADR Mixer – Sean Moher
Foley Mixer – Randy K. Singer CAS

Ripley: S01 E03 “III Sommerso”
Production Sound Mixer – Maurizio Argentieri
Re-Recording Mixer – Michael Barry
Re-Recording Mixer – Larry Zipf
Scoring Mixer – Michael Perfitt
ADR Mixer – Scott Cannizzaro
Foley Mixer – Matthew Kay

Stax: Soulsville, USA: S01 E02 “Soul Man”
Production Sound Mixer – Andri Artis
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Volante CAS

The Penguin: S01 E01 “After Hours”
Production Sound Mixer – Christof Gebert
Re-Recording Mixer – Andy Kris
Re-Recording Mixer – Rich Bologna
ADR Mixer – Mark DeSimone CAS

TELEVISION SERIES – ONE HOUR

Fallout: S01 E01 “The End”
Production Sound Mixer – Tod A. Maitland CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Bucino CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Keith Rogers CAS
Foley Mixer – Mike Marino

Shōgun: S01 E01 “Broken to the First”
Production Sound Mixer – Michael Williamson CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Pederson CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Greg P. Russell CAS
ADR Mixer – Takashi Akaku
Foley Mixer – Arno Stephanian CAS

Slow Horses: S04 E06 “Hello Goodbye”
Production Sound Mixer – Andrew Sissons
Re-Recording Mixer – Martin Jensen

True Detective: Night Country: S04 E06 “Part 6”
Production Sound Mixer – Skuli Helgi Sigurgislason
Re-Recording Mixer – Howard Bargoff
Re-Recording Mixer – Mark Timms
Scoring Mixer – Goetz Botzenhardt
ADR Mixer – Nick Kray
Foley Mixer – Keith Partridge

Yellowstone: S05 E14 “Life is a Promise”
Production Sound Mixer – Andrejs Prokopenko CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Brad Zoern CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Josh Sieh CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – David S. DiPietro CAS

TELEVISION SERIES – HALF HOUR

Curb Your Enthusiasm: S12 E09 “Ken/Kendra”
Production Sound Mixer – Chuck Buch CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Earl Martin

Hacks: S03 EP09 “Bulletproof”
Production Sound Mixer – Jim Lakin
Re-Recording Mixer – John W. Cook ll CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Ben Wilkins
ADR Mixer – Fernanda Domene
Foley Mixer – Jacob McNaughton

Only Murders in the Building: S04 E06 “Blow Up”
Production Sound Mixer – Joseph White Jr. CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Kyle O’Neal CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Mathew Waters CAS
Scoring Mixer – Alan Demoss
ADR Mixer – Rodrigo Galvan
Foley Mixer – Erika Koski

The Bear: S03 E03 “Doors”
Production Sound Mixer – Scott D. Smith CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve “Major” Giammaria CAS
ADR Mixer – Patrick Christensen
ADR Mixer – Kendall Barron
Foley Mixer – Ryan Collison
Foley Mixer – Conor Nagy

What We Do in the Shadows: S06 E05 “Nandor’s Army”
Production Sound Mixer – Rob Beal CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Diego Gat CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Christina Wen
ADR Mixer – Caitlin McDaid
ADR Mixer – Judah Getz CAS
Foley Mixer – Alex Jongbloed

TELEVISION NON-FICTION, VARIETY or MUSIC – SERIES or SPECIALS

Beatles ’64
Re-Recording Mixer – Josh Berger
Re-Recording Mixer – Giles Martin

Formula 1: Drive to Survive: S06 E08 “Forza Ferrari”
Production Sound Mixer – Doug Dreger
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Speed CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Nick Fry CAS

Jim Henson: Idea Man
Production Sound Mixer – Liviu Lupsa CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Volante CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Dan Timmons
Scoring Mixer – Casey Stone CAS
ADR Mixer – JJ Suelto
Foley Mixer – Ryan Collison

The 100th: Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
Production Sound Mixer – Brian Ruggles
Re-Recording Mixer – Brian Riordan CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Phil DeTolve CAS

Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary
Production Sound Mixer – Barry London
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Solis CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Maverick Yadao

STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD FINALISTS

Kaitlyn Frazier, Ohio University
Aidan Jones, Savannah College of Art and Design
Guillermo Moya, Full Sail University
Tejumoluwa Olarewaju, Savannah College of Art and Design
Trinh Vo, DePaul University