Academy Award for Best Sound

With the Oscar for best sound, the sound engineer of a film, formerly the competent department of the Film Society honored. The prize is awarded in this category since 1930.

In the table below, the winners are listed according to the year of award.

1930

1931-1940

1941-1950

1951-1960

1961-1970

1971-1980

1981-1990

1991-2000

Michael Douglas for Notting Hill

2001-2010

2011 -

Best Film | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress | Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay | Best Camera | Best Art Direction | Best Costume Design | Best Sound | Best Editing | Best Sound Editing | Best Visual Effects | Best Make - up and Best hairstyles | Best Song | Best Film Music | Best Animated short film | Best Short film | Best Documentary | Best short Documentary | Best Animated film | Best Foreign Language Film

Former categories: Best Assistant Director | Best Original Story | Best Dance Director

Alphabetical list of all winning films

  • Oscar
3rd Academy Awards Douglas Shearer George Groves (sound engineer) Song of the Flame The Love Parade The Case of Sergeant Grischa (film) 4th Academy Awards 5th Academy Awards 6th Academy Awards A Farewell to Arms (1932 film) Nathan Levinson 7th Academy Awards One Night of Love Carl Dreher The Gay Divorcee The White Parade Cleopatra (1934 film) Flirtation Walk The Affairs of Cellini Viva Villa! 8th Academy Awards I Dream Too Much Thanks a Million The Lives of a Bengal Lancer Gilbert Kurland Love Me Forever The Dark Angel 1,000 Dollars a Minute 9th Academy Awards San Francisco (1936 film) John O. Aalberg That Girl from Paris The Texas Rangers (1936 film) The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film) Mr. Deeds Goes to Town General Spanky Homer G. Tasker 10th Academy Awards Hitting a New High In Old Chicago A. E. Kaye The Girl Said No (1937 film) The Life of Emile Zola Lost Horizon (1937 film) Loren L. Ryder Wells Fargo (film) Maytime (1937 film) 11th Academy Awards The Cowboy and the Lady (1938 film) Bernard B. Brown That Certain Age Suez (Film) Charles L. Lootens Army Girl Sweethearts (1938 film) Vivacious Lady 12th Academy Awards When Tomorrow Comes (film) Gone with the Wind (film) The Great Victor Herbert Balalaika (Film) A. W. Watkins Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939 film) 13th Academy Awards Spring Parade The Sea Hawk (1940 film) Too Many Husbands Behind the News (film) Our Town (1940 film) North West Mounted Police (film) Jack Whitney The Howards of Virginia 14th Academy Awards That Hamilton Woman Sergeant York (film) The Chocolate Soldier (film) 15th Academy Awards Yankee Doodle Dandy Daniel J. Bloomberg Flying Tigers (film) This Above All Mrs. Miniver (film) Sam Slyfield Bambi 16th Academy Awards Phantom of the Opera (1943 film) The Song of Bernadette (film) Sahara (1943 film) Madame Curie (film) Saludos Amigos Hangmen Also Die! 17th Academy Awards Wilson (Film) His Butler's Sister Kismet (1944 film) 18th Academy Awards The Bells of St. Mary's Lady on a Train Rhapsody in Blue (film) Wonder Man (film) They Were Expendable 19th Academy Awards The Best Years of Our Lives 20th Academy Awards Green Dolphin Street 21st Academy Awards The Snake Pit 22nd Academy Awards Twelve O'Clock High Sands of Iwo Jima 23rd Academy Awards Sydney Box Cinderella (1950 film) 24th Academy Awards Leslie I. Carey A Streetcar Named Desire (1951 film) 25th Academy Awards The Quiet Man 26th Academy Awards Calamity Jane (film) The War of the Worlds (1953 film) Knights of the Round Table (film) 27th Academy Awards Susan Slept Here The Caine Mutiny (film) Wesley C. Miller Brigadoon (Film) Rear Window 28th Academy Awards Fred Hynes Oklahoma! (1955 film) Carlton W. Faulkner Love Me or Leave Me (film) The Eddy Duchin Story 30th Academy Awards Sayonara Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (film) Pal Joey (Film) 31st Academy Awards South Pacific (musical) A Time to Love and a Time to Die 32nd Academy Awards Franklin Milton Ben-Hur (1959 film) Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959 film) The Nun's Story (film) 33rd Academy Awards The Alamo (1960 film) Sunrise at Campobello The Apartment 34th Academy Awards West Side Story (Film) Robert O. Cook The Guns of Navarone (film) The Children's Hour (film) 35th Academy Awards Lawrence of Arabia (film) Bon Voyage! (1962 film) The Music Man (1962 film) That Touch of Mink 36th Academy Awards How the West Was Won (film) Cleopatra (1963 film) Bye Bye Birdie (Film) Captain Newman, M.D. 37th Academy Awards My Fair Lady (Film) Mary Poppins (Film) Becket (1964 film) 38th Academy Awards Doctor Zhivago (film) 39th Academy Awards Grand Prix (1966 film) The Sand Pebbles (film) Hawaii (film) 40th Academy Awards In the Heat of the Night (film) The Dirty Dozen 41st Academy Awards Oliver (Film) Funny Girl (Film) Bullitt Finian's Rainbow (film) 42nd Academy Awards Jack Solomon (sound engineer) Hello, Dolly! (Film) Arthur Piantadosi Gaily, Gaily 43rd Academy Awards Don Bassman Ryan's Daughter Airport (1970 film) Herman Lewis Woodstock (Film) 44th Academy Awards Fiddler on the Roof (film) Diamonds Are Forever (film) Richard Portman Chris Newman (sound engineer) The French Connection (film) 45th Academy Awards Cabaret (1972 film) The Godfather 46th Academy Awards The Exorcist (film) Donald O. Mitchell The Sting The Day of the Dolphin Paper Moon (Film) 47th Academy Awards Earthquake (film) Chinatown (1974 film) Walter Murch The Conversation Young Frankenstein The Towering Inferno 48th Academy Awards The Hindenburg (film) Richard Tyler (sound engineer) Funny Lady Aaron Rochin 49th Academy Awards Dick Alexander Robert Glass (sound engineer) A Star Is Born (1976 film) Silver Streak (film) King Kong (1976 film) Rocky 50th Academy Awards The Deep (1977 film) Sorcerer (film) The Turning Point (1977 film) Hooper (film) Willie D. Burton The Buddy Holly Story John T. Reitz 52nd Academy Awards Apocalypse Now Michael J. Kohut Meteor (Film) Michael Minkler The Electric Horseman The Rose (Film) 53rd Academy Awards Steve Maslow Gregg Landaker 54th Academy Awards On Golden Pond (1981 film) Tom Fleischman Reds (film) Milan Bor Das Boot Gandhi (Film) Tron Tootsie 56th Academy Awards Randy Thom Ben Burtt Gary Summers Rick Kline David Parker (sound engineer) 57th Academy Awards Amadeus (Film) 58th Academy Awards Peter Handford Out of Africa (film) Vern Poore Ladyhawke A Chorus Line (Film) Silverado (film) William B. Kaplan 59th Academy Awards Platoon (Film) Bill Nelson (musician) Heartbreak Ridge Mel Metcalfe 60th Academy Awards The Last Emperor The Witches of Eastwick (film) Empire of the Sun (film) 61st Academy Awards Bird (Film) Who Framed Roger Rabbit Elliot Tyson Andy Nelson (sound engineer) Gorillas in the Mist 62nd Academy Awards Glory (1989 film) Lee Orloff Gregory H. Watkins Keith A. Wester Black Rain (1989 American film) 63rd Academy Awards David E. Campbell (sound engineer) Doug Hemphill Dick Tracy (1990 film) The Hunt for Red October (film) 64th Academy Awards Tom Johnson (sound engineer) Gary Rydstrom 65th Academy Awards The Last of the Mohicans (1992 film) Unforgiven Aladdin (1992 Disney film) 66th Academy Awards Jurassic Park (film) Bob Beemer The Fugitive (1993 film) Scott Millan 67th Academy Awards Speed (1994 film) The Shawshank Redemption Forrest Gump 68th Academy Awards Apollo 13 (Film) Waterworld Batman Forever Anna Behlmer Braveheart 69th Academy Awards The English Patient (film) Twister (1996 film) Evita (Film) 70th Academy Awards Air Force One (Film) L.A. Confidential (Film) Con Air Contact (1997 film) 71st Academy Awards Saving Private Ryan The Thin Red Line (1998 film) The Mask of Zorro Shakespeare in Love 72nd Academy Awards The Green Mile (Film) The Insider (film) The Mummy (1999 film) 73rd Academy Awards Gladiator (2000 film) U-571 (film) The Patriot (2000 film) The Perfect Storm (film) 74th Academy Awards Christopher Boyes Michael Semanick Hammond Peek Pearl Harbor (Film) 75th Academy Awards Gangs of New York Spider-Man (2002 film) 76th Academy Awards The Last Samurai 77th Academy Awards Ray (Film) The Aviator (2004 film) The Polar Express (film) Spider-Man 2 78th Academy Awards King Kong (2005 film) War of the Worlds (2005 film) Memoirs of a Geisha (film) Dreamgirls (film) Blood Diamond (film) Craig Berkey No Country for Old Men (film) Ratatouille (Film) 3:10 to Yuma (2007 film) Transformers (Film) 81st Academy Awards Ren Klyce Lora Hirschberg The Dark Knight (film) Wanted (2008 film) 82nd Academy Awards Inglourious Basterds 83rd Academy Awards Inception Salt (2010 film) The Social Network True Grit (2010 film) 84th Academy Awards Hugo (film) Argo (2012 film) Ron Judkins Lincoln (2012 film) Gravity (Film) Captain Phillips (film) Inside Llewyn Davis Andy Koyama Beau Borders David Brownlow Lone Survivor (Film) Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Sound Editing Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject) Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award for Best Assistant Director Academy Award for Best Story Academy Award for Best Dance Direction
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