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Oscars 2017: Sound Mixing

As part of The Lamb Devours the Oscars I'm looking at the Sound Mixing category. The sound mixers go to work after the all of the movie's sounds have been edited together. It's their job to decide the levels of all the sounds, so whether you hear the score over the top of everything else or quietly in the background.  Understandably, it's common for war movies and musicals to get nominated. The award is usually given to the Sound Mixers themselves.   Erik Aadahl - Sound Editing nominee for Argo in 2013 - described the roles of Sound Editor and Sound Mixer in an interview with Deadline: "One way of thinking about it is kind of like an orchestra, where you'll have the composer composing the symphony and then a conductor saying, 'More flutes here,' and that's very much like what mixing is - it's like conducting."   Previous winners include: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) - Chris Jenkins, Gregg Rudolph and Ben Osmo Les Miserables (2012)