IndieWire

Oscars 2023: Why You Felt the Sound of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ in Theaters

The "Maverick" sound team is the favorite for helping bring audiences back to theaters by emphasizing Tom Cruise's breathing and manipulation of the joystick along with jet noises. In the “Top Gun” ...
PBS

Al Nelson’s Sound Design Journey From “Jurassic Park” To “Top Gun: Maverick”

“Top Gun: Maverick” is filled with booming jet engines and layered sonic storytelling. It’s been nominated for Best Sound at the Oscars, largely due to the work of Al Nelson, sound designer and ...
The Hollywood Reporter

How Sound Pros From ‘All Quiet on the Western Front,’ ‘Avatar: The Way of Water,’ and ‘Top Gun Maverick’ Sent Audiences to Battlefields, Beneath the Ocean and Into ...

The Oscar nominees from 'The Batman' and 'Elvis' also describe transporting audiences to other worlds with inventive audio techniques. By Carolyn Giardina Tech Editor When it comes to creating movie ...
TheWrap

‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Wins Cinema Audio Society Award for Sound Mixing

“Top Gun: Maverick” won the live-action feature film award at the Cinema Audio Society’s CAS Awards, which took place in Los Angeles on Saturday evening. It won in a category whose nominees were ...
Variety

Final Oscars Predictions: Best Sound – Voters Feel ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Must be Rewarded, so Why Not Its Aural Effects?

Starting with “Gravity” (2013) and continuing to last year’s “Dune” (2021), all of the winners for best film editing have also taken home the sound category (NOTE: the sound categories merged in 2020, ...