The sound mixing team behind Sound of Metal topped the Motion Pictures-Live Action category at the 57th Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards during a virtual ceremony on Saturday evening (4/17).
The other feature film winners recognized for outstanding achievement in sound mixing were Soul in the animated arena and The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart in the documentary competition.
On the television side, an episode of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel earned distinction in the best one-hour TV series for sound mixing category while the half-hour TV series honor went to an installment of The Mandalorian. Among other sound mixing TV winners were Hamilton for non-fiction special and The Queen’s Gambit for best limited series.
George Clooney was presented with the prestigious CAS Filmmaker honor. In his acceptance remarks, Clooney recalled a sound mixer collaborator, Ed Tise, wryly letting a cinematographer know that on an airplane the movie's picture is available for free but passengers have to pay for earphones. This quip underscored for Clooney how essential sound is in filmmaking. He said that you have to be on a mixing stage to fully realize how profoundly audio impacts a movie.
Also receiving a special honor, the CAS Career Achievement Award, was production sound mixer William B. Kaplan, CAS. Among those presenting the life achievement kudo to Kaplan, a seven-time Oscar nominee, were directors Robert Zemeckis and John Landis. And in his acceptance remarks, Kaplan acknowledged varied colleagues and collaborators, including directors Zemeckis, Landis and “the late and wonderful” Tony Scott.
Here’s a full rundown of CAS Award winners:
57th CAS AWARDS FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN SOUND MIXING FOR 2020
MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION
Sound of Metal
Production Mixer - Phillip Bladh CAS
Re-Recording Mixer - Nicolas Becker
Re-Recording Mixer - Jaime Baksht
Re-Recording Mixer - Michelle Couttolenc
ADR Mixer - Carlos Cortez Navarrette
Foley Mixer - Kari Vähäkuopus
MOTION PICTURES - ANIMATED
Soul
Original Dialogue Mixer - Vincent Caro CAS
Re-Recording Mixer - Ren Klyce
Re-Recording Mixer - David Parker
Scoring Mixer - Atticus Ross
Scoring Mixer - David Boucher CAS
ADR Mixer - Bobby Johanson CAS
Foley Mixer - Scott Curtis
MOTION PICTURES - DOCUMENTARY
The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend A Broken Heart
Re-Recording Mixer - Gary A. Rizzo CAS
Re-Recording Mixer - Jeff King
NON-THEATRICAL MOTION PICTURE OR LIMITED SERIES
The Queen’s Gambit: Ep. 4 Middle Game
Production Mixer - Roland Winke
Re-Recording Mixer - Eric Hoehn CAS
Re-Recording Mixer - Eric Hirsch
Re-Recording Mixer - Leo Marcil
Scoring Mixer - Lawrence Manchester
TELEVISION SERIES - 1 HOUR
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: S3, Ep. 8 A Jewish Girl Walks Into the Apollo...
Production Mixer - Mathew Price CAS
Re-Recording Mixer - Ron Bochar CAS
Scoring Mixer - Stewart Lerman
ADR Mixer - David Boulton
Foley Mixer - George A. Lara CAS
TELEVISION SERIES 1/2 HOUR
The Mandalorian: Ep. 102 Chapter 2: The Child
Production Mixer - Shawn Holden CAS
Re-Recording Mixer - Bonnie Wild
Re-Recording Mixer - Stephen Urata
Scoring Mixer - Christopher Fogel CAS
ADR Mixer - Matthew Wood
Foley Mixer - Blake Collins CAS
TELEVISION NON-FICTION, VARIETY or MUSIC - SERIES or SPECIALS
Hamilton
Production Mixer - Justin Rathbun
Re-Recording Mixer - Tony Volante
Re-Recording Mixer - Rob Fernandez
Re-Recording Mixer - Tim Latham
OUTSTANDING PRODUCT PRODUCTION
Sound Devices, LLC: CL-16 Linear Fader Control Surface for 8-Series
OUTSTANDING PRODUCT POST PRODUCTION
iZotope, Inc.: RX8
STUDENT RECOGNITION AWARD 2020
Brandyn Johnson
University of Southern California, Los Angeles