Academy Award for Sound

This is a list of films that have received an Academy Award of Merit, or Oscar for Best Sound. The award recognizes the finest or most aesthetic sound mixing or recording, and is generally awarded to the Production Sound Mixers and Re-Recording Mixers of the winning film.

Contents

1 1930s

1930s

1960 The Alamo, Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department and Gordon E. Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio
1961 West Side Story, Gordon E. Sawyer, Samuel Goldwyn Studio and Fred Hynes, Todd-AO Sound Department
1962 Lawrence of Arabia, John Cox, Shepperton Studios
1963 How the West Was Won, Franklin E. Milton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
1964 My Fair Lady, George R. Groves, Warner Brothers Studio
1965 The Sound of Music, James P. Corcoran, 20th Century-Fox Studio
1966 Grand Prix, Franklin E. Milton, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studio
1967 In the Heat of the Night, Samuel Goldwyn Studio
1968 Oliver!, Shepperton Studio
1969 Hello, Dolly!, Jack Solomon, Murray Spivack

1970 Patton, Douglas Williams, Don Bassman
1971 Fiddler on the Roof, Gordon K. McCallum, David Hildyard
1972 Cabaret, Robert Knudson, David Hildyard
1973 The Exorcist, Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
1974 Earthquake, Ronald Pierce, Melvin Metcalfe Sr.
1975 Jaws, Robert L. Hoyt, Roger Heman, Earl Madery, John Carter
1976 All the President's Men, Arthur Piantadosi, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Jim Webb
1977 Star Wars, Don MacDougall, Ray West, Bob Minkler, Derek Ball
1978 The Deer Hunter, Richard Portman, William McCaughey, Aaron Rochin, Darin Knight
1979 Apocalypse Now, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, Richard Beggs, Nat Boxer

1980 The Empire Strikes Back, Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Peter Sutton
1981 Raiders of the Lost Ark, Bill Varney, Steve Maslow, Gregg Landaker, Roy Charman
1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass, Don Digirolamo, Gene Cantamessa
1983 The Right Stuff, Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Randy Thom, David MacMillan
1984 Amadeus, Mark Berger, Tom Scott, Todd Boekelheide, Chris Newmna
1985 Out of Africa, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander, Larry Stensvold, Peter Handford
1986 Platoon, John K. Wilkinson, Richard Rogers, Charles "Bud" Grenzbach, Simon Kaye
1987 The Last Emperor, Bill Rowe, Ivan Sharrock
1988 Bird, Les Fresholtz, Dick Alexander, Vern Poore, Willie D. Burton
1989 Glory, Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg C. Rudloff, Elliot Tyson, Russell Williams II

1990 Dances With Wolves, Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Greg Watkins, Russell Williams II
1991 Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Lee Orloff
1992 The Last of the Mohicans, Chris Jenkins, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith, Simon Kaye
1993 Jurassic Park, Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom, Shawn Murphy, Ron Judkins
1994 Speed, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer, David R. B. MacMillan
1995 Apollo 13, Rick Dior, Steve Pederson, Scott Millan, David MacMillan
1996 The English Patient, Walter Murch, Mark Berger, David Parker, Chris Newman
1997 Titanic, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers, Mark Ulano
1998 Saving Private Ryan, Gary Rydstrom, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Ronald Judkins
1999 The Matrix, John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David Campbell, David Lee