‘Sinners,’ ‘Kpop Demon Hunters’ Among 2026 Cinema Audio Society Awards Nominees

The Cinema Audio Society (CAS) has announced its nominations in seven categories for the 2026 annual CAS Awards for outstanding achievement in sound mixing.

Sound mixers on F1: The Movie, Frankenstein, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, One Battle After Another Sinners, Elio and Kpop Demon Hunters are among the nominees this year.

This year’s awards will be held on March 7 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. It was previously announced that Academy Award-winning re-recording mixer Skip Lievsay CAS (Gravity, No Country for Old Men, Roma) will be honored with the CAS Career Achievement Award, while filmmaker Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water, Frankenstein) will receive the Filmmaker Award.

“2025 showcased an extraordinary range, ambition, and artistry across the sound community,” says CAS President Peter Kurland. “From intimate character-driven stories to large-scale spectacles, this year’s nominees demonstrate the impact of outstanding sound mixing across film and television. Their work continues to push the craft forward, and we are proud to celebrate their achievements.”

The 2026 nominees follow.

Motion Pictures – Live Action

F1: The Movie 

Production Sound Mixer – Gareth John
Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Juan Peralta
Scoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CAS
ADR Mixer – Alan Freedman CAS
Foley Mixer – Dennis Leonard 

Frankenstein 

Production Sound Mixer – Greg Chapman
Re-Recording Mixer – Brad Zoern CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Christian Cooke CAS
Scoring Mixer – Peter Cobbin CAS
Scoring Mixer – Kirsty Whaley CAS
ADR Mixer – Sebastian Vaskio
Foley Mixer – Kevin Schultz CAS

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning

Production Sound Mixer – Lloyd Dudley
Re-Recording Mixer – Chris Burdon
Re-Recording Mixer – Mark Taylor
Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel CAS
ADR Mixer – Nick Roberts
Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez 

One Battle After Another 

Production Sound Mixer – Jose Antonio Garcia
Re-Recording Mixer – Christopher Scarabosio CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Villaflor
Scoring Mixer – Graeme Stewart
Foley Mixer – Kevin Schultz CAS
Foley Mixer Chelsea Body

Sinners

Production Sound Mixer – Chris Welcker CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Brandon Proctor
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Boeddeker
Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel CAS
ADR Mixer – Jason Oliver   
ADR Mixer – Tami Treadwell   
Foley Mixer – Darrin Mann 

Motion Pictures — Animated

Elio 

Production Sound Mixer – Vince Caro CAS
Production Sound Mixer – Paul McGrath CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Lora Hirschberg
Re-Recording Mixer – Bonnie Wild
Scoring Mixer – Scott Michael Smith
Foley Mixer – Richard Duarte

KPop Demon Hunters 

Original Dialogue Mixer – Howard London CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Michael Babcock CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Lamberti
Scoring Mixer – Erich Talaba
Foley Mixer – Giorgi Lekishvili 

The Bad Guys 2

Original Dialogue Mixer – Ken Gombos
Re-Recording Mixer – Julian Slater CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Greg P. Russell CAS
Scoring Mixer – Sam Okell
Foley Mixer  – Paul Pirola 

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Re-Recording Mixer  – Will Files CAS
Re-Recording Mixer  – Mark Paterson
Re-Recording Mixer  – Steve Neal CAS
Scoring Mixer  – Shawn Murphy
Foley Mixer  – Jordan McClain 

Zootopia 2

Original Dialogue & Re-Recording Mixer – Gabriel Guy CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – David Fluhr CAS
Scoring Mixer  – Warren Brown
ADR Mixer  – Doc Kane CAS
Foley Mixer  – Richard Duarte 

Motion Pictures — Documentary

​​Becoming Led Zeppelin

Production Sound Mixer – Nigel Albermaniche
Re-Recording Mixer – Nick Bergh

I Was Born This Way

Production Sound Mixer – Travis Franklin
Re-Recording Mixer – Leslie Gaston-Bird CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Gabriel Guy CAS

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley 

Production Sound Mixer – David Hocs
Re-Recording Mixer – Lewis Goldstein CAS

Lilith Fair: Building a Mystery

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Foster
Re-Recording Mixer – Lana Marie Hattar

Strange Journey: The Story of Rocky Horror

Production Sound Mixer – Paul Stula
Re-Recording Mixer – Tony Solis CAS

Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures or Limited Series

Adolescence S01 E01

Production Sound Mixer – Kiff McManus
Production Sound Mixer – Rob Entwistle
Re-Recording Mixer – Jules Woods CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – James Drake
ADR Mixer – Mike Tehrani
ADR Mixer – Simon Diggins
Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez

Black Mirror S07 E06 USS Callister: Into Infinity

Production Sound Mixer – Stuart Piggott
Re-Recording Mixer – James Ridgway
Scoring Mixer – Sam Okell
ADR Mixer – Mike Tehrani
Foley Mixer – Adam Mendez

Chief of War

Production Sound Mixer – Fred Enholmer
Production Sound Mixer – Thomas Visser
Re-Recording Mixer – Carlos Sanches CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Josh Eckberg
ADR Mixer – Chris Navarro CAS
ADR Mixer – Vedat Kiyici
Foley Mixer – Andrey Starikovskiy

Love, Death + Robots

Production Sound Mixer – Rob Cairns
Re-Recording Mixer – Joe DeAngelis CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Chris Carpenter

Star Trek: Section 31 

Production Sound Mixer – Bill McMillan CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Todd M. Grace CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Edward C. Carr III CAS
Scoring Mixer – Michael Perfitt
ADR Mixer – Tami Treadwell
Foley Mixer – Darrin Mann 

Television Series — One Hour

Andor S02 E08 Who Are You?

Production Sound Mixer – Danny Hambrook
Re-Recording Mixer –  David Acord
Scoring Mixer – Geoff Foster
ADR Mixer – Nick Roberts
Foley Mixer – Richard Duarte

Pluribus S01 E01 We Is Us 

Production Sound Mixer – Phillip W. Palmer CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Larry Benjamin CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Tim Hoogenakker CAS
ADR Mixer – Judah Getz CAS
ADR Mixer – Jason Wolf
ADR Mixer – Jamieson Rabbe
Foley Mixer – Ron Mellegers

Severance S02 E10 Cold Harbor

Production Sound Mixer – David Schwartz CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Bob Chefalas CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Jacob Ribicoff
Scoring Mixer – Chris Fogel CAS
ADR Mixer – Kris Chevannes
Foley Mixer – George Lara CAS

Stranger Things S05 E08 Chapter Eight: The Rightside Up

Production Sound Mixer – Michael P. Clark CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Mark Paterson
Re-Recording Mixer – Will Files CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Neal CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Craig Henighan CAS
Scoring Mixer – Carlos Remirez
Foley Mixer – Judah Getz CAS

The Pitt S01 E13 7:00 PM

Production Sound Mixer – Von Varga
Re-Recording Mixer – Todd M. Grace CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Edward C. Carr III CAS
ADR Mixer – Tami Treadwell
Foley Mixer – Alex Jongbloed CAS

Television Series — Half Hour

Hacks S04 E04 I Love LA

Production Sound Mixer – Jim Lakin CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – John W. Cook II CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – James Parnell CAS
Scoring Mixer – Carlos Rafael Rivera
ADR Mixer – Fernanda Domene
Foley Mixer – Jacob McNaughton

Murderbot S01 E01 Free Commerce 

Production Sound Mixer – Michael Lacroix
Re-Recording Mixer – Alexandra Fehrman CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Emilie Corpuz

Only Murders in the Building S05 E09 LESTR

Production Sound Mixer – Joseph White Jr. CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Mathew Waters CAS CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Kyle O’Neal CAS CAS
Scoring Mixer –  Alan DeMoss    Foley Mixer – Mitch Kluge 

The Bear S04 E03 Scallop

Production Sound Mixer – Scott D. Smith CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Steve “Major” Giammaria CAS
ADR Mixer – Patrick Christensen CAS
Foley Mixer – Ryan Collison CAS
Foley Mixer – Connor Nagy CAS

The Studio S01 E08 Golden Globes

Production Sound Mixer – Buck Robinson CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Lindsey Alvarez CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Fred Howard CAS
Scoring Mixer – Adrià Serrano
ADR Mixer – Brian Magrum CAS
Foley Mixer – Ron Mellegers 

Television Non-Fiction, Variety or Music — Series or Specials

100 Foot Wave S03 E04 The Eddie

Re-Recording Mixer – Keith Hodne CAS

Billy Joel: And So It Goes S1 E01 Part One

Production Sound Mixer – Mark Mandler CAS
Production Sound Mixer – David Mitlyng
Production Sound Mixer – Michael Stewart
Re-Recording Mixer – Bob Chefalas CAS
Score & Music Mixer – Bradshaw Leigh
Music Mixer – Brian Ruggles
Music Mixer – Jay Vicari

Formula 1: Drive to Survive S07 E09 Under New Management

Re-Recording Mixer – Steve Speed CAS
Re-Recording Mixer – Lydia Brown
Re-Recording Mixer – Nick Fry CAS

John Candy: I Like Me

Production Sound Mixer – Brad Dawe
Production Sound Mixer – Michael Kool
Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS
Scoring Mixer – Tyler Strickland

Pee-Wee as Himself S01 E01

Production Sound Mixer – John Mathie
Re-Recording Mixer – Daniel Timmonds CAS

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