A week before the Oscars is set to take place; one of the nominees in the animation category has bagged an award at the 51st Cinema Audio Society (CAS) Awards.
The Walt Disney Animation Studio Oscar nominee Big Hero 6 was awarded ‘Outstanding achievement in sound mixing for a motion picture – animated’ at the event. The sound mixing team included original dialogue mixer and re-recording mixer Gabriel Guy, re-recording mixer David E Fluhr, scoring mixer Alan Meyerson and foley mixer Mary Jo Lang.
The event that took place at Millennium Biltmore in Los Angeles saw other awards being given away as well. Birdman took ‘Outstanding sound mixing motion picture – live action’. Television movie or miniseries honour went to Sherlock: His Last Vow, TV series- one hour was taken by Game of Thrones: The Children, TV series – half hour went to Modern Family: Australia, Television non-fiction, variety or music series or specials went to Foo Fighters Sonic Highways: Los Angeles.
The full list of winners for outstanding achievement in sound mixing:
MOTION PICTURE – LIVE ACTION
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Production Mixer — Thomas Varga
Re-recording Mixer — Jon Taylor, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Frank A. Montańo
Scoring Mixer — Gustavo Borner
ADR Mixer — Jason Oliver
Foley Mixer – John Sanacore, CAS
MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Big Hero 6
Original Dialogue Mixer — Gabriel Guy, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — David E. Fluhr, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Gabriel Guy, CAS
Scoring Mixer — Alan Meyerson, CAS
Foley Mixer — Mary Jo Lang, CAS
TELEVISION MOVIE or MINI-SERIES
Sherlock: His Last Vow
Production Mixer — John Mooney
Re-recording Mixer — Howard Bargroff
Scoring Mixer — Nick Wollage
ADR Mixer – Peter Gleaves
Foley Mixer — William Everett
TELEVISION SERIES – 1 HOUR
Game of Thrones: The Children
Production Mixer — Ronan Hill, CAS
Production Mixer — Richard Dyer, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Onnalee Blank, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Mathew Waters, CAS
Foley Mixer — Brett Voss, CAS
TELEVISION SERIES – 1/2 HOUR
Modern Family: Australia
Production Mixer — Stephen A. Tibbo, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Dean Okrand, CAS
Re-recording Mixer — Brian Harman, CAS
TELEVISION NON-FICTION, VARIETY or MUSIC SERIES or SPECIALS
Foo Fighters Sonic Highways: Los Angeles
Re-Recording Mixer – Eddie Kim
Re-Recording Mixer – Jeff Fuller
CAS TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
PRODUCTION
Sound Devices – Dante and MADI Audio Recorder model 970
POST-PRODUCTION
iZotope – RX4-Advanced
