BAFTA Award for Best Sound

BAFTA Award for Best Sound
BAFTA Award for Best Sound
Awarded for	Best Sound
Location	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy of Film and Television Arts
Currently held by	Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill, Gareth John and Richard King for Dune: Part Two (2024)
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The BAFTA Award for Best Sound is a film award that is presented by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) to sound designers, sound editors, sound engineers, and sound mixers. It has been presented at the annual British Academy Film Awards since 1969.

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In the following lists, the titles and names in bold with a gold background are the winners and recipients respectively; those not in bold are the nominees. The years given are those in which the films under consideration were released, not the year of the ceremony, which always takes place the following year.

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
Best Soundtrack
1968 (22nd)	2001: A Space Odyssey	Winston Ryder
	The Charge of the Light Brigade	Simon Kaye
	Closely Observed Trains	Jiří Pavlík
	The Lion in Winter	Chris Greenham
	Oliver!	John Cox and Bob Jones
1969 (23rd)	Oh! What a Lovely War	Don Challis and Simon Kaye
	Battle of Britain	Ted Mason and Jim Shields
	Bullitt	Ed Scheid
	Isadora Women in Love	Terry Rawlings ^[A]

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
1970 (24th)	Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid	Don Hall, David Dockendorf and William Edmondson
	MASH*	Don Hall, David Dockendorf and Bernard Freericks
	Ryan's Daughter	Winston Ryder and Gordon McCallum
	Patton	Don Hall, Douglas Williams and Don Bassman
1971 (25th)	Death in Venice	Vittorio Trentino and Giuseppe Muratori
	Fiddler on the Roof	Les Wiggins, David Hildyard and Gordon McCallum
	The Go-Between	Garth Craven, Peter Handford and Hugh Strain
	Sunday Bloody Sunday	David Campling, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys
1972 (26th)	Cabaret	David Hildyard, Robert Knudson and Arthur Piantadosi
	A Clockwork Orange	Brian Blamey, John Jordan and Bill Rowe
	Deliverance	Jim Atkinson, Walter Goss and Doug E. Turner
	The French Connection	Christopher Newman and Theodore Soderberg
1973 (27th)	Jesus Christ Superstar	Les Wiggins, Gordon McCallum and Keith Grant
	The Day of the Jackal	Nicholas Stevenson and Bob Allen
	The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie	Guy Villette and Luis Buñuel
	Don't Look Now	Rodney Holland, Peter Davies and Bob Jones
1974 (28th)	The Conversation	Art Rochester, Nat Boxer, Michael Evje and Walter Murch
	Earthquake	Melvin Metcalfe Sr. and Ronald Pierce
	The Exorcist	Christopher Newman, Jean-Louis Ducarme, Robert Knudson, Frederick Brown, Bob Fine, Ross Taylor, Ron Nagle, Doc Siegel, Gonzalo Gavira and Hal Landaker
	Gold	Rydal Love, Michael Crouch, John W. Mitchell and Gordon McCallum
1975 (29th)	Nashville	William A. Sawyer, James Webb, Chris McLaughlin and Richard Portman
	Dog Day Afternoon	Jack Fitzstephens, Richard P. Cirincione, Sanford Rackow, Stephen A. Rotter, James Sabat and Dick Vorisek
	Jaws	John Carter and Robert Hoyt
	Rollerball	Les Wiggins, Archie Ludski, Derek Ball and Gordon McCallum
1976 (30th)	Bugsy Malone	Les Wiggins, Clive Winter and Ken Barker
	All the President's Men	Milton Burrow, James Webb, Les Fresholtz, Arthur Piantadosi and Dick Alexander
	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest	Mary McGlone, Robert Rutledge, Veronica Selver, Larry Jost and Mark Berger
	Picnic at Hanging Rock	Greg Bell and Don Connolly
1977 (31st)	A Bridge Too Far	Peter Horrocks, Gerry Humphreys, Simon Kaye, Robin O'Donoghue and Les Wiggins
	Network	Jack Fitzstephens, Marc Laub, Sanford Rackow, James Sabat and Dick Vorisek
	New York, New York	Kay Rose, Michael Colgan, James Fritch, Larry Jost and Richard Portman
	A Star Is Born	Robert Glass, Robert Knudson, Marvin I. Kosberg, Tom Overton, Josef von Stroheim and Dan Wallin
1978 (32nd)	Star Wars	Sam Shaw, Robert Rutledge, Gordon Davidson, Gene Corso, Derek Ball, Don MacDougall, Bob Minkler, Ray West, Michael Minkler, Les Fresholtz, Richard Portman and Ben Burtt
	Close Encounters of the Third Kind	Gene Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Don MacDougall, Robert Glass, Stephen Katz, Frank Warner and Richard Oswald
	Saturday Night Fever	Michael Colgan, Les Lazarowitz, John Wilkinson, Robert W. Glass Jr. and John T. Reitz
	Superman	Chris Greenham, Gordon McCallum, Peter Pennell, Mike Hopkins, Pat Foster, Stan Fiferman, John Foster, Roy Charman, Norman Bolland, Brian Marshall, Charles Schmitz, Richard Raguse and Chris Large
1979 (33rd)	Alien	Derrick Leather, Jim Shields and Bill Rowe
	Apocalypse Now	Nat Boxer, Richard P. Cirincione and Walter Murch
	The Deer Hunter	Darin Knight, James J. Klinger and Richard Portman
	Manhattan	James Sabat, Dan Sable and Jack Higgins

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
Best Sound
1980 (34th)	Fame	Christopher Newman, Les Wiggins and Michael J. Kohut
	All That Jazz	Maurice Schell, Christopher Newman and Dick Vorisek
	Don Giovanni	Jean-Louis Ducarme, Jacques Maumont and Michelle Nenny
	The Empire Strikes Back	Peter Sutton, Ben Burtt and Bill Varney
	The Rose	James Webb, Chris McLaughlin, Kay Rose and Theodore Soderberg
1981 (35th)	The French Lieutenant's Woman	Don Sharpe, Ivan Sharrock and Bill Rowe
	Chariots of Fire	Clive Winter, Bill Rowe and Jim Shields
	Coal Miner's Daughter	Gordon Ecker, James R. Alexander, Richard Portman and Roger Heman Jr.
	Raiders of the Lost Ark	Roy Charman, Ben Burtt and Bill Varney
1982 (36th)	Pink Floyd – The Wall	James Guthrie, Eddy Joseph, Clive Winter, Graham V. Hartstone and Nicolas Le Messurier
	Blade Runner	Peter Pennell, Bud Alper, Graham V. Hartstone and Gerry Humphreys
	E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial	Charles L. Campbell, Gene Cantamessa, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Don Digirolamo
	Gandhi	Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye, Gerry Humphreys and Robin O'Donoghue
1983 (37th)	WarGames	Willie D. Burton, Michael J. Kohut and William Manger
	Flashdance	James Webb, Robert Knudson, Robert Glass and Don Digirolamo
	La Traviata	Cesare D'Amico, Jean-Louis Ducarme, Claude Villand and Federico Savina
	Return of the Jedi	Ben Burtt, Tony Dawe and Gary Summers
1984 (38th)	The Killing Fields	Ian Fuller, Clive Winter and Bill Rowe
	Carmen	Carlos Faruolo, Alfonso Marcos and Antonio Illán
	Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes	Ivan Sharrock, Gordon McCallum, Les Wiggins and Roy Baker
	Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom	Ben Burtt, Simon Kaye and Laurel Ladevich
1985 (39th)	Amadeus	John Nutt, Christopher Newman and Mark Berger
	Carmen	Hugues Darmois, Harald Maury, Dominique Hennequin and Bernard Leroux
	A Chorus Line	Jonathan Bates, Christopher Newman and Gerry Humphreys
	The Cotton Club	Edward Beyer, Jack C. Jacobsen and David Carroll
1986 (40th)	Out of Africa	Tom McCarthy Jr., Peter Handford and Chris Jenkins
	Aliens	Don Sharpe, Roy Charman and Graham V. Hartstone
	The Mission	Ian Fuller, Bill Rowe and Clive Winter
	A Room with a View	Tony Lenny, Ray Beckett and Richard King
1987 (41st)	Cry Freedom	Jonathan Bates, Simon Kaye and Gerry Humphreys
	Full Metal Jacket	Nigel Galt, Edward Tise and Andy Nelson
	Hope and Glory	Ron Davis, Peter Handford and John Hayward
	Radio Days	Robert Hein, James Sabat and Lee Dichter
1988 (42nd)	Empire of the Sun	Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Knudson and Tony Dawe
	Bird	Alan Robert Murray, Robert G. Henderson, Willie D. Burton and Les Fresholtz
	Good Morning, Vietnam	Bill Phillips, Clive Winter and Terry Porter
	The Last Emperor	Ivan Sharrock, Bill Rowe and Les Wiggins
1989 (43rd)	Mississippi Burning	Bill Phillips, Danny Michael, Robert J. Litt, Elliot Tyson and Rick Kline
	Batman	Don Sharpe, Tony Dawe and Bill Rowe
	Henry V	Campbell Askew, David Crozier and Robin O'Donoghue
	Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade	Richard Hymns, Tony Dawe, Ben Burtt, Gary Summers and Shawn Murphy

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
1990 (44th)	The Fabulous Baker Boys	J. Paul Huntsman, Stephan von Hase, Chris Jenkins, Gary Alexander and Doug Hemphill
	Dick Tracy	Dennis Drummond, Thomas Causey, Chris Jenkins, David E. Campbell and Doug Hemphill
	The Hunt for Red October	Cecilia Häll, George Watters II, Richard Bryce Goodman and Don Bassman
	Wild at Heart	Randy Thom, Richard Hymns, Jon Huck and David Parker
1991 (45th)	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Lee Orloff, Tom Johnson, Gary Rydstrom and Gary Summers
	The Commitments	Clive Winter, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Tom Perry and Steve Pederson
	Dances with Wolves	Jeffrey Perkins, Bill W. Benton, Gregory H. Watkins and Russell Williams II
	The Silence of the Lambs	Skip Lievsay, Christopher Newman and Tom Fleischman
1992 (46th)	JFK	Tod A. Maitland, Wylie Stateman, Michael D. Wilhoit, Michael Minkler and Gregg Landaker
	The Last of the Mohicans	Simon Kaye, Lon Bender, Larry Kemp, Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Mark Smith and Chris Jenkins
	Strictly Ballroom	Antony Gray, Ben Osmo, Roger Savage, Ian McLoughlin and Phil Judd
	Unforgiven	Alan Robert Murray, Walter Newman, Rob Young, Les Fresholtz, Vern Poore and Dick Alexander
1993 (47th)	The Fugitive	John Leveque, Bruce Stambler, Becky Sullivan, Scott D. Smith, Donald O. Mitchell, Michael Herbick and Frank A. Montaño
	Jurassic Park	Richard Hymns, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Gary Rydstrom and Shawn Murphy
	The Piano	Lee Smith, Tony Johnson and Gethin Creagh
	Schindler's List	Charles L. Campbell, Louis Edemann, Robert Jackson, Ron Judkins, Andy Nelson, Steve Pederson and Scott Millan
1994 (48th)	Speed	Stephen Hunter Flick, Gregg Landaker, Steve Maslow, Bob Beemer and David MacMillan
	Backbeat	Glenn Freemantle, Chris Munro and Robin O'Donoghue
	The Lion King	Terry Porter, Mel Metcalfe, David J. Hudson and Doc Kane
	Pulp Fiction	Stephen Hunter Flick, Ken King, Rick Ash and Dean A. Zupancic
1995 (49th)	Braveheart	Lon Bender, Per Hallberg, Brian Simmons, Andy Nelson, Scott Millan and Anna Behlmer
	Apollo 13	David MacMillan, Rick Dior, Scott Millan and Steve Pederson
	GoldenEye	Jim Shields, David John, Graham V. Hartstone, John Hayward and Michael A. Carter
	The Madness of King George	Christopher Ackland, David Crozier and Robin O'Donoghue
1996 (50th)	Shine	Jim Greenhorn, Toivo Lember, Livia Ruzic, Roger Savage and Gareth Vanderhope
	The English Patient	Mark Berger, Pat Jackson, Walter Murch, Christopher Newman, David Parker and Ivan Sharrock
	Evita	Anna Behlmer, Eddy Joseph, Andy Nelson, Ken Weston and Nigel Wright
	Independence Day	Bob Beemer, Bill W. Benton, Chris Carpenter, Sandy Gendler, Val Kuklowsky and Jeff Wexler
1997 (51st)	L.A. Confidential	Terry Rodman, Roland N. Thai, Kirk Francis, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer and John Leveque
	The Full Monty	Alistair Crocker, Adrian Rhodes and Ian Wilson
	Romeo + Juliet	Gareth Vanderhope, Rob Young and Roger Savage
	Titanic	Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson, Gary Summers and Mark Ulano
1998 (52nd)	Saving Private Ryan	Gary Rydstrom, Ron Judkins, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Richard Hymns
	Hilary and Jackie	Nigel Heath, Julian Slater, David Crozier, Ray Merrin and Graham Daniel
	Little Voice	Peter Lindsay, Rodney Glenn, Ray Merrin and Graham Daniel
	Shakespeare in Love	Peter Glossop, John Downer, Robin O'Donoghue and Dominic Lester
1999 (53rd) ^[1]	The Matrix	David Lee, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell and Dane Davis
	American Beauty	Scott Martin Gershin, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Richard Van Dyke
	Buena Vista Social Club	Martin Müller and Jerry Boys
	Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace	Ben Burtt, Tom Bellfort, John Midgley, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Shawn Murphy

Year	Film	Recipient(s)
2000 (54th) ^[2]	Almost Famous	Jeff Wexler, Doug Hemphill, Rick Kline, Paul Massey and Michael D. Wilhoit
	Billy Elliot	Mark Holding, Mike Prestwood Smith and Zane Hayward
	Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon	Drew Kunin, Reilly Steele, Eugene Gearty and Robert Fernandez
	Gladiator	Ken Weston, Scott Millan, Bob Beemer and Per Hallberg
	The Perfect Storm	Keith A. Wester, John T. Reitz, Gregg Rudloff, David E. Campbell, Wylie Stateman and Kelly Cabral
2001 (55th) ^[3]	Moulin Rouge!	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Roger Savage, Guntis Sics, Gareth Vanderhope and Antony Gray
	Black Hawk Down	Chris Munro, Per Hallberg, Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga and Karen Baker Landers
	Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone	John Midgley, Eddy Joseph, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel and Adam Daniel
	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring	David Farmer, Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Gethin Creagh, Michael Semanick, Ethan Van der Ryn and Mike Hopkins
	Shrek	Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Wylie Stateman and Lon Bender
2002 (56th) ^[4]	Chicago	Michael Minkler, Dominick Tavella, David Lee and Maurice Schell
	Gangs of New York	Tom Fleischman, Ivan Sharrock, Eugene Gearty and Philip Stockton
	Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets	Randy Thom, Dennis Leonard, John Midgley, Ray Merrin, Graham Daniel and Rick Kline
	The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers	Ethan Van der Ryn, David Farmer, Mike Hopkins, Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges
	The Pianist	Jean-Marie Blondel, Dean Humphreys and Gérard Hardy
2003 (57th) ^[5]	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Richard King, Doug Hemphill, Paul Massey and Art Rochester
	Cold Mountain	Eddy Joseph, Ivan Sharrock, Walter Murch, Mike Prestwood Smith and Matthew Gough
	Kill Bill: Volume 1	Michael Minkler, Myron Nettinga, Wylie Stateman and Mark Ulano
	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King	Ethan Van der Ryn, Mike Hopkins, David Farmer, Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Hammond Peek
	Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl	Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Lee Orloff, David Parker and David E. Campbell
2004 (58th) ^[6]	Ray	Karen Baker Landers, Per Hallberg, Steve Cantamessa, Scott Millan, Greg Orloff and Bob Beemer
	The Aviator	Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty, Petur Hliddal and Tom Fleischman
	Collateral	Elliott Koretz, Lee Orloff, Michael Minkler and Myron Nettinga
	House of Flying Daggers	Jing Tao and Roger Savage
	Spider-Man 2	Paul N. J. Ottosson, Kevin O'Connell, Greg P. Russell and Jeffrey J. Haboush
2005 (59th) ^[7]	Walk the Line	Paul Massey, Doug Hemphill, Peter Kurland and Donald Sylvester
	Batman Begins	David Evans, Stefan Henrix and Peter Lindsay
	The Constant Gardener	Joakim Sundström, Stuart Wilson, Mike Prestwood Smith and Sven Taits
	Crash	Richard Van Dyke, Sandy Gendler, Adam Jenkins and Marc Fishman
	King Kong	Hammond Peek, Christopher Boyes, Mike Hopkins and Ethan Van der Ryn
2006 (60th) ^[8]	Casino Royale	Chris Munro, Eddy Joseph, Mike Prestwood Smith, Martin Cantwell and Mark Taylor
	Babel	José Antonio Garcia, Jon Taylor, Christian P. Minkler and Martin Hernández
	Pan's Labyrinth	Martin Hernández, Jaime Baksht and Miguel Ángel Polo
	Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest	Christopher Boyes, George Watters II, Paul Massey and Lee Orloff
	United 93	Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith, Doug Cooper, Oliver Tarney and Eddy Joseph
2007 (61st) ^[9]	The Bourne Ultimatum	Kirk Francis, Scott Millan, David Parker, Karen Baker Landers and Per Hallberg
	Atonement	Danny Hambrook, Paul Hamblin, Catherine Hodgson and Becki Ponting
	La Vie en Rose	Laurent Zeilig, Pascal Villard, Jean-Paul Hurier and Marc Doisne
	No Country for Old Men	Peter Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey and Greg Orloff
	There Will Be Blood	Christopher Scarabosio, Matthew Wood, John Pritchett, Michael Semanick and Tom Johnson
2008 (62nd) ^[10]	Slumdog Millionaire	Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp
	Changeling	Walt Martin, Alan Robert Murray, John T. Reitz and Gregg Rudloff
	The Dark Knight	Lora Hirschberg, Richard King, Ed Novick and Gary A. Rizzo
	Quantum of Solace	Jimmy Boyle, Eddy Joseph, Chris Munro, Mike Prestwood Smith and Mark Taylor
	WALL-E	Ben Burtt, Tom Myers, Michael Semanick and Matthew Wood
2009 (63rd) ^[11]	The Hurt Locker	Ray Beckett and Paul N. J. Ottosson
	Avatar	Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson, Tony Johnson and Addison Teague
	District 9	Brent Burge, Chris Ward, Dave Whitehead, Michael Hedges and Ken Saville
	Star Trek	Peter J. Devlin, Andy Nelson, Anna Behlmer, Mark P. Stoeckinger and Ben Burtt
	Up	Tom Myers, Michael Silvers and Michael Semanick

BAFTA Award for Best Sound

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