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Academy Award for Best Sound

The Academy Award for Best Sound, introduced in 1931 at the 3rd Academy Awards, is presented annually for the best achievement in sound in a film from the previous year.

Though an award was given in 1932 and 1933, they were not associated with any individual film title. At times the award has been split into two awards: sound mixing and sound editing, but currently is one overall award.

Sorted Chronologically by Awards Year. Winners in BOLD. Acceptance speech linked in Notes (where available).

UPDATED: May 2026

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AWARD RECORDS:
Most Awards: Gary Rydstrom (7)
Most Nominations: Andy Nelson (24)
Most Nominations Without a Win: Greg P. Russell (16)

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CATEGORY NAME HISTORY:
Sound Mixing:
1931–2003: Sound
2004–2020: Sound Mixing
2021–Present: Sound

Sound Editing:*
1964–1968: Sound Effects
1983–2000: Sound Effects Editing
2001–2020: Sound Editing

*Special Achievement Awards were given in the following years: 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1988

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  • The Big House

    1

  • A Farewell to Arms

    2

  • One Night of Love

    3

  • Naughty Marietta

    4

  • San Francisco

    5

  • The Hurricane

    6

  • The Cowboy and the Lady

    7

  • When Tomorrow Comes

    8

  • Strike Up the Band

    9

  • That Hamilton Woman

    10

  • Yankee Doodle Dandy

    11

  • This Land Is Mine

    12

  • Wilson

    13

  • The Bells of St. Mary's

    14

  • The Jolson Story

    15

  • The Bishop's Wife

    16

  • The Snake Pit

    17

  • Twelve O'Clock High

    18

  • All About Eve

    19

  • The Great Caruso

    20

  • The Sound Barrier

    21

  • From Here to Eternity

    22

  • The Glenn Miller Story

    23

  • Oklahoma!

    24

  • The King and I

    25

  • Sayonara

    26

  • South Pacific

    27

  • Ben-Hur

    28

  • The Alamo

    29

  • West Side Story

    30

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    31

  • How the West Was Won

    32

  • It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

    33

  • My Fair Lady

    34

  • Goldfinger

    35

  • The Sound of Music

    36

  • The Great Race

    37

  • Grand Prix

    38

  • In the Heat of the Night

    39

  • The Dirty Dozen

    40

  • Oliver!

    41

  • Hello, Dolly!

    42

  • Patton

    43

  • Fiddler on the Roof

    44

  • Cabaret

    45

  • The Exorcist

    46

  • Earthquake

    47

  • Jaws

    48

  • All the President's Men

    49

  • Star Wars

    50

  • The Deer Hunter

    51

  • Apocalypse Now

    52

  • The Empire Strikes Back

    53

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    54

  • E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial

    55

  • The Right Stuff

    56

  • Amadeus

    57

  • Out of Africa

    58

  • Back to the Future

    59

  • Platoon

    60

  • Aliens

    61

  • The Last Emperor

    62

  • Bird

    63

  • Who Framed Roger Rabbit

    64

  • Glory

    65

  • Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

    66

  • Dances with Wolves

    67

  • The Hunt for Red October

    68

  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day

    69

  • Bram Stoker's Dracula

    70

  • The Last of the Mohicans

    71

  • Jurassic Park

    72

  • Speed

    73

  • Braveheart

    74

  • Apollo 13

    75

  • The English Patient

    76

  • The Ghost and the Darkness

    77

  • Titanic

    78

  • Saving Private Ryan

    79

  • The Matrix

    80

  • Gladiator

    81

  • U-571

    82

  • Black Hawk Down

    83

  • Pearl Harbor

    84

  • Chicago

    85

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

    86

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

    87

  • Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World

    88

  • Ray

    89

  • The Incredibles

    90

  • King Kong

    91

  • Letters from Iwo Jima

    92

  • Dreamgirls

    93

  • The Bourne Ultimatum

    94

  • Slumdog Millionaire

    95

  • The Dark Knight

    96

  • The Hurt Locker

    97

  • Inception

    98

  • Hugo

    99

  • Les Misérables

    100