How Sound Oscar Nominees From ‘Wicked’ to ‘Emilia Perez’ Created Emotion

From “Defying Gravity” to “Like a Rolling Stone,” music was a thread through many of this year’s sound Oscar nominees as “A Complete Unknown,” “Emilia Perez” and “Wicked” all involved live singing as part of their sonic work. But category noms, rounded out by “Dune: Part Two” and a rare animated film, “The Wild Robot,” all involved unique creative approaches.

“Primarily, the edict was to do live,” supervising sound editor, designer and rerecording mixer John Marquis says of Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the stage musical “Wicked,” noting Cynthia Erivo, who plays Elphaba, and Ariana Grande, as Glinda, performed live.

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