The primary guild that links up to the Best Sound prize should give us some indication of the strength of its nominees going into the Oscars.

CINEMA AUDIO SOCIETY AWARDS

Legend:

Winner Predictions:
Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette

Runner-Up Predictions:
Wesley Lovell Pete Patrick Thomas LaTourrette

Best Sound Mixing – Live Action

F1 WL TL
Frankenstein Nil
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Nil
One Battle After Another PP
Sinners WL PP TL

Wesley Lovell: F1 seems poised to win the Oscar but it must first win here and I think it will.
Pete Patrick: Class will out – One Battle or Sinners should prevail here.
Thomas La Tourrette: This should be an easy win for F1 as it heads towards an Oscar win for sound.

Best Sound Mixing – Animated

The Bad Guys 2 Nil
Elio Nil
KPop Demon Hunters WL PP TL
SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants Nil
Zootopia 2 WL PP TL

Wesley Lovell: Why not go for the most popular animated movie of the year with music to boot, something that increases the difficulty of a sound mix and the CAS will appreciate that most.
Pete Patrick: Popularity rules this one.
Thomas La Tourrette: The musical KPop Demon Hunters should prevail over the other nominees.

Best Sound Mixing – Documentary

Becoming Led Zeppelin WL TL
I Was Born This Way Nil
It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley WL
Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery PP TL
Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror PP

Wesley Lovell: Becoming Led Zeppelin seems poised to win this but any of the others could surprise as well.
Pete Patrick: Just guessing – I really have no idea.
Thomas La Tourrette: This is likely to go to one of the musical documentaries, and Becoming Led Zeppelin has had nominations in other categories, so I expect it to win.