'Whiplash', 'American Sniper' receive Oscars for sound

While Craig Mann, Ben Wilkins and Thomas Curley received the Oscar for Best Sound Mixing for their film "Whiplash" at the 87th Academy Awards here Sunday Night, Alan Robert Murray and Bub Asman won in the Best Sound Editing category for "American Sniper".

The Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing recognises the finest or most euphonic sound mixing or recording and the other nominations in the category were John Reitz, Gregg Rudloff and Walt Martin for "American Sniper", Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and Thomas Varga for "Birdman", Gary A. Rizzo, Gregg Landaker and Mark Weingarten for "Interstellar", Jon Taylor, Frank A. Montano and David Lee for "Unbroken".

In the Academy Award for Best Sound Editing category, where a film exhibiting the finest or most aesthetic sound editing or sound design is honoured, the other nominees were Martin Hernandez and Aaron Glascock for "Birdman", Brent Burge and Jason Canovas for "The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies", Richard King for "Interstellar" and Becky Sullivan and Andrew DeCristofaro for "Unbroken".