My Avid Pro Tools | S3 control surface and Pro Tools help make that possible.”Īll five nominated songs for Best Original Song were created using Pro Tools, including winner City of Stars (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul), Audition (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul), Can’t Stop the Feeling (Justin Timberlake, Max Martin Karl, Johan Schuster), The Empty Chair (J. Sound mixer Kevin O’Connell, who won the award for Best Sound Mixing for his work on Hacksaw Ridge, said, “Despite shrinking post-production schedules and budgets, the demand for an Oscar-worthy soundtrack has never been greater.
Tom Cross, ACE, who was nominated for Best Film Editing for La La Land and won the award in 2015 for Whiplash, said, “It was a dream come true to collaborate with director Damien Chazelle again, but to be honored with another Academy Award nomination for La La Land just means so much. Avid Media Composer gave me the creative tools to bring Damien's vision to life for this romantic, magical, awe-inspiring film I'm so proud to have been a part of.”īest Sound Editing nominees Sylvain Bellemare for Arrival, Wylie Stateman for Deep Water Horizon, Robert Mackenzie and Andy Wright for Hacksaw Ridge and Tom Ozanich for Sully, and Best Sound Mixing nominees Kevin O’Connell for Hacksaw Ridge, and Stuart Wilson and Christopher Scarabosio for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story all used Avid Pro Tools®, the industry’s foremost digital audio software to bring the sounds of their nominated films to life.
In the Best Film Editing category, all nominated editors-including winner John Gilbert, ACE for Hacksaw Ridge, Joe Walker, ACE for Arrival, Jake Roberts for Hell or High Water, Tom Cross, ACE for La La Land and Nat Sanders and Joi McMillon for Moonlight-cut their films using Avid Media Composer® the industry’s most trusted editing solution. This year, all nominees in the Best Picture category relied on Avid innovations including winner Moonlight. Many of the films recognized by the Academy were crafted using Avid’s advanced creative tools and production workflow solutions, powered by the Media Central® Platform, the industry’s most open, tightly integrated and efficient platform designed for media. Avid Customers Bring Home the Oscars at the 89th Annual Academy AwardsĪ vast majority of nominees and winners at the 89th Annual Academy Awards relied on Avid creative tools and workflow solutions to craft the most celebrated films of the yearĪvid® ( Nasdaq: AVID) today congratulates its award-winning and nominated customers on their tremendous achievements at the 89th annual Academy Awards®, the world’s most anticipated and prestigious ceremony honoring film industry professionals.