Possibly the most confounding Oscar category for regular moviegoers, who might not fully understand how movies are made, is the Sound category. Previously split into the Sound Editing and Sound Mixing categories, this is very simply everything coming out of the speakers while you’re watching a movie and how those sounds are created and mixed for the optimal aural experience. Believe it or not, 2025 has already delivered several contenders that could get nominated in the Sound category: Joseph Kosinski‘s F1: The Movie, starring Brad Pitt, might be seen as a frontrunner for reasons that will be explained, but it already has a lot of competition, including Danny Boyle‘s 28 Years Later, the Alex Garland co-directed Warfare, Mission: Impossible– The Final Reckoning, and even the just-released Jurassic World Rebirth.
