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Big Hero 6 wins CAS award for sound mixing

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

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