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Alien: Romulus
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Best Sound Commentary (Updated Dec. 19, 2024): The Oscars shortlist offered multiple musicals, big franchises, and a war film that voters tend to embrace.
The first installment of Jon M. Chu’s blockbuster “Wicked” brings all the dazzling aural greatness from the stage show and builds upon it, befitting Oz’s vibrant, magical world. And then there’s Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical that perfectly complements its genre-bending storyline with audacious mixes and impressive vocals.
Some surprises presented themselves in the lineup with Fede Álvarez’s blockbuster “Alien: Romulus” (perhaps this year’s “The Creator?”), Shawn Levy’s superhero summer hit “Deadpool & Wolverine” and Todd Phillips’ box office blunder “Joker: Folie à Deux.” Hats off to the Sound Branch for including an animated feature in the 10 finalists, Chris Sanders’ “The Wild Robot,” which boosts its campaign significantly.
All eligible members of the Sound Branch vote to determine the shortlist and the nominees. Academy members will be invited to view excerpts from each shortlisted film beginning on Jan. 9 in the San Francisco Bay area, followed by London, Los Angeles, and New York on Jan. 11. Branch members will vote to nominate five films for final Oscar consideration.
The 97th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 2. All movie listings, titles, distributors, and credited artisans are not final and are subject to change.
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2024 category winner: “The Zone of Interest” (A24) — Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
2024 category winner: “The Zone of Interest” (A24) — Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn
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About the Academy Awards
The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, is Hollywood’s most prestigious artistic award in the film industry. Since 1927, nominees and winners have been selected by members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). Nineteen branches are represented within the nearly 11,000-person membership. The branches are actors, animators, associates, casting directors, cinematographers, costume designers, directors, documentary, executives, film editors, makeup and hairstylists, marketing and public relations, members-at-large, members-at-large (artists’ representatives), music, producers, production design, short films, sound, visual effects and writers.
