Film Music Reporter

The Cinema Audio Society has announced the nominees for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing. For the past couple of years, scoring mixers have been recognized alongside re-recording, production, ADR and foley mixers. In the Motion Pictures – Live Action category, the scoring mixers honored include Nick Baxter for James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown (on which Baxter also served as the executive music producer), Peter Cobbin for Shawn Levy’s Deadpool vs. Wolverine (music by Rob Simonsen), Alan Meyerson for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (scored by Hans Zimmer) & Gladiator II (scored by Harry Gregson-Williams) and John Michael Caldwell for Jon M. Chu’s Wicked (music by John Powell & Stephen Schwartz). In the Motion Pictures – Animated category, the nominated scoring mixers are Warren Brown for Pixar’s Inside Out 2 (scored by Andrea Datzman), David Boucher for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana 2 (music by Mark Mancina), Chris Fogel for Barry Jenkins’ Mufasa: The Lion King (scored by Dave Metzger), Alan Meyerson for DreamWorks Animation’s The Wild Robot (music by Kris Bowers) and Simon Rhodes for Aardman Animations’ Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (scored by Lorne Balfe & Julian Nott). In the Motion Picture – Documentary category, Tim Oliver received a nomination for mixing Redi Hasa‘s score for Irene Taylor Brodsky‘s I Am: Celine Dion, Steve McLaughlin was nominated for mixing Ilan Eshkeri’s music for Ian Bonhôte’s & Peter Ettedgui’s Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story and Forest Christenson earned a nomination for mixing James Everginham’s & Stewart Mitchell’s score for Paul Crowder’s The Blue Angels. In the Non-Theatrical Motion Picture or Limited Series category, scoring mixer Thor Fienberg was recognized for his work on the fifth episode of Apple TV+’s Masters of the Air (scored by Blake Neely) and Michael Pertiff was nominated for the episode Sommerso of the Netflix series Ripley (scored by Jeff Russo). In the Television Series – 1 Hour category, Goetz Botzenhardt received a nomination for the sixth episode of HBO’s True Detective: Night Country (scored by Vince Pope) and in the Television Series – 1/2 Hour category, Alan DeMoss was nominated for the Season 4 episode Blow Up of Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building (music by Siddhartha Khosla). In the Television Non-Fiction, Variety or Music – Series or Specials category, Casey Stone received a nomination as scoring mixer of Ron Howard’s Disney+ documentary Jim Henson: Idea Man (scored by David Fleming). For a full list of nominations, visit the Cinema Audio Society’s official website. The awards will be presented on February 22, 2025 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.