1981 - 1989: The category was called Best Sound Effects Editing.

1977: The category was called Best Sound Effects Editingĥ2nd Academy Awards, 1979 Special Achievement Award to The Black Stallian - Alan Splet.

1975: The category was name Best Sound Effects.

1963 - 1967: The category was named Best Sound Effects.

This is a award has had different name throughout the years Best Sound Effects (1963–1967, 1975), Sound Effects Editing (1977, 1981–1999), and Sound Editing (1979, 2000–present). In a rule change on June 30, 2006, the bake-off for the Sound Branch was eliminated, and the usual process of a 'preferential ballot' submission was instituted. The Sound Branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, until 2006 would use a 'bake-off' of the best films from the previous year to decide which films should be referred to the full Academy as nominations for the award. The award was added in 1963 at the 36th Academy Awards. The award is usually received by the Supervising Sound Editors of the film, perhaps accompanied by the Sound Designers. (Sorry, Disney fans.) And to make this a somewhat manageable task, we've limited ourselves to English-language films made after 1960.The Academy Award for Best Sound Editing is an Academy Award granted yearly to a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound editing or sound design. Also, we're not including any movie musicals. That means the use of 'Layla' in Goodfellas does not make the cut - neither does your favorite needle drop from Wes Anderson, Sofia Coppola, or David Lynch. Here are the ground rules: We're only including songs recorded and released for a movie. These are the 33 movie soundtrack anthems you're still listening to long after the credits roll.

Sometimes it's 'Eye of the Tiger' and you end up getting pulled over on the drive home.

Sometimes it's a perfect thematic fit with the film's narrative. The crafting of a cohesive movie soundtrack may be an increasingly lost art, but the original movie song endures, giving you something to hum as you walk to the car from the theater or close the Netflix tab. With all apologies to Berlin's 'Take My Breath Away,' that's what we're here do to. There's a real need for alternate canons - especially if they include Kenny Loggins. The list of winners provides an incomplete history of the fascinating intersection between the music business and film industry. On the whole, the category, which was created in 1934, rewards compositions that pull at the heartstrings with an overly aggressive, occasionally life-threatening touch.

Every year, the Academy Awards honors a musician with the Best Original Song Oscar, and almost every year, the Academy Award embarrasses itself.

Best sound mixing oscar 2004