Oscar Bid Reveals Unique Sound Editing Process for James Brown Film — billboard.com

Should Universal's James Brown biopic Get On Up earn an Oscar nomination in sound editing Thursday, it would shine a light on a unique sound editing and mixing experience. As confirmed by AMPAS, nominees for sound editing would include the film's supervising sound editor Gregg Baxter and supervising music editor Curt Sobel. The sound editing ballot is reserved for the person or persons who perform the functions associated with supervising sound editing, and the sound branch determined that for Get On Up, that includes the film's supervising music editor, an atypical decision. While Sobel has worked on musicals before -- including Ray, which won an Oscar for sound mixing, and Nine -- this would be the first time that he earns an Oscar nomination.

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