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SOUND MIXING (Live Action): Gravity
SOUND MIXING (Animated Film): Frozen

SOUND MIXING (TV Movie): Behind the Candelabra
SOUND MIXING (One Hour TV): Game of Thrones
SOUND MIXING (Half Hour TV): Modern Family

Cinema Audio Society Nominations

BEST SOUND MIXING (LIVE ACTION)
Captain Phillips
Gravity
Inside Llewyn Davis
Iron Man 3
Lone Survivor

BEST SOUND MIXING (ANIMATION)
The Croods
Despicable Me 2
Frozen
Monsters University
Walking with Dinosaurs   

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The honors for Best Sound Mixing go to:

BEST SOUND MIXING

LIVE ACTION: Les Miserables
ANIMATED: Brave

I do wonder if Les Miserables is a spoiler for Best Sound Mixing, in a category that appears fairly wide open.  Musicals typically get nominated (Chicago, Moulin Rouge!, Dreamgirls), but hardly win.  I wonder if the live singing aspect might just give it the edge.  Also, all this guild support for Brave makes me wonder if it might take the lead in Best Animated Feature.

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BEST SOUND- LIVE ACTION
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Les Miserables
Lincoln
Skyfall
Zero Dark Thirty

BEST SOUND- ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Dr. Suess' The Lorax
Frankenweenie   
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It-Ralph 

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BEST SOUND MIXING

Hugo

SoundWorks Collection: The Sound of Hugo from Michael Coleman on Vimeo.

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Those selected for aural bliss this year:

BEST SOUND

• Black Swan
• Inception
• Shutter Island
• The Social Network
• True Grit

A truly fine field this as each of those five films had a rich sound design that was perfectly catered and suited to it's film.  My favorite of the group is Black Swan, with it's unique sound design filled with feathery motions, squeamish panic are while harmonizing brilliantly with Tchaikovsky's original source and Clint Mansell's score.  Inception has it's score in the mix as well as the loud clunks of Nolan's big think-piece.  The subtlest choice is The Social Network, but Fincher's always been a fine and meticulous technician, and the crisp clarity of Sorkin's dialogue is music to my ears.  My list, apropos of nothing, would include Scott Pilgrim vs. the World.

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The best sounding films according to their fair guild were:

• Avatar
• District 9
• The Hurt Locker
• Star Trek
• Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Never to be disrespectful, but what about Inglourious Basterds.