'Captain America' and 'The Help' sound mixer Scott Millan to be feted by CAS
Long and illustrious career has included Oscars for 'Apollo 13,' 'Gladiator,' 'Ray' and 'The Bourne Ultimatum'
Scott Millan accepts the Best Sound Mixing Oscar for "The Bourne Ultimatum" at the 80th annual Academy Awards.
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When you look at sound mixer Scott Millan's pedigreed resume, the last thing he seems to need is another award. Four Oscars (for "Apollo 13," "Gladiator," "Ray" and "The Bourne Ultimatum") with another four nods besides, three BAFTA awards, five Emmys for daytime soap "The Young and the Restless" and two honors from the Motion Picture Sound Editors organization, for "American Beauty." That's quite the haul.
Millan has also been awarded three times by the Cinema Audio Society over the years, including a somewhat unexpected win in 2003 for "Road to Perdition." (Blockbusters "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" and "Spider-Man," as well as eventual Oscar-winning musical "Chicago" seemed likelier victors.) Well, the Society is set to recognize him once again at February's 48th annual CAS Awards, with a coveted lifetime achievement award.
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"The Cinema Audio Society has a long tradition of honoring talent, excellence and integrity, and contributions to the craft of Sound Mixing," Society President David E. Fluhr said via press release. "I am privileged to have known Scott for many years; to have watched him excel in every area of his expertise, and now to present him with our highest honor. As he takes on a new and exciting chapter in his career, we can all enjoy a look at his accomplishments so far, and watch as he continues to build on an amazing body of work."
That "new and exciting chapter," by the way, is Millan's recent gig at Technicolor's brand new post-production facility on the Paramount lot. He took the position alongside fellow mixer Greg P. Russell, who is no stranger to awards recognition, having landed 14 Oscar nominations over the past 20-odd years (though the gold has eluded him thus far). Millan was last nominated (with Russell) for "Salt" last year, and he could be in the mix (no pun intended) with "Captain America: The First Avenger" this year. He also worked on Best Picture contender "The Help," as well as early-year actioners "Season of the Witch" and "Source Code."
Gerard Kennedy will be addressing the Best Sound Mixing category via his Tech Support column later in the season.
The 48th annual CAS Awards will take place Saturday, February 18, 2012.
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Best Original Score
Best Original Song
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Login or create a HitFix account Login SignupLaura Stewart
September 20, 2011 at 7:18PM EST Reply to CommentSorry to be off-topic but this is a tech question- are you going to include a 'Recent Comments' box on this site? Or am I missing something here?
Kristopher Tapley It's not something we're dealing with at the moment, Laura. It's not a usual HitFix feature.
September 20, 2011 at 7:37PM ESTKristopher Tapley FYI, there is a recent comments box on the main page of the site, which figures in all the blogs. So that's the best bet at the moment.
September 20, 2011 at 7:54PM ESTLaura Stewart Gotcha. Thanks!
September 20, 2011 at 11:18PM ESTJason
September 20, 2011 at 9:15PM EST Reply to CommentWhy am I seeing your faces twelve times on the main page?
Kristopher Tapley Because it's a multi-writer blog, faces accompany the bylines to distinguish.
September 21, 2011 at 1:18AM ESTJason Oh, I though the names did that already.
September 21, 2011 at 10:27AM ESTKristopher Tapley Well it's like this. There are photos of each author on the other blogs in the sidebar. But here, we don't have those visual identifiers, so they chose to use them in the bylines.
September 21, 2011 at 11:37AM ESTMitchell
September 20, 2011 at 11:40PM EST Reply to Comment"In Contention- by Kristopher Tapely"
I see we're off to a rousing start! :)
Kristopher Tapley Huh, did it say that? Seems to be corrected now. Heh.
September 21, 2011 at 1:23AM ESTAlex
September 21, 2011 at 12:18AM EST Reply to CommentI only read your blog on Readers, and your RSS feed is so miserable that I'm upset to report I'm leaving this community. Really upset by it; I hope this transition was worth it.
Kristopher Tapley Sorry to see you go. I guess if you were only reading me in readers I wasn't getting your traffic anyway.
September 21, 2011 at 1:18AM ESTKristopher Tapley And really, what's so miserable about the RSS feed? It offers a snippet and links to the rest. You know, normal.
September 21, 2011 at 1:20AM ESTMatt
September 21, 2011 at 1:58AM EST Reply to CommentWhy isn't In Contention listed under the "Blogs" or "Movies" tabs at the top of the page? Also, someone should adjust the blog logo on the right side of the "Blogs" page.
Rashad It is. It's right next to Beat Goes On
September 21, 2011 at 2:03AM ESTMatt Nope, I'm not talking about the "Featured Blogs" bar at the very top of the screen. I'm referring to the main navigation bar.
September 21, 2011 at 9:20PM ESTGuy Lodge
September 21, 2011 at 4:48AM EST Reply to CommentClearly, everyone's very excited about this Scott Millan news.
I can't say I understand those readers who say they're leaving because of the new format. Weren't you coming to InContention for what we, you know, write? What difference does it make?
JJ1 Good article. Good for Millan. Loved the Apollo 13 & Gladiator wins back in the day. :)
September 21, 2011 at 9:18AM ESTThat said, even though I'm totally cool with this new place, you really can't expect there not to be heavy commentary on here about the new format, especially when it's been less than 24 hours. It's normal human nature and it will die down.
Kristopher Tapley Of course, JJ. Commentary is swell. It's the huffing and puffing and "I'm not gonna come here anymore" stuff that's a bit odd, that's all. But indeed, there will be growing pains and a learning curve and then we'll all get used to it and this place will be better than ever!
September 21, 2011 at 11:36AM ESTJJ1 Agreed. The huffing & puffing is tiresome. I just wanted to acknowledge those who wanted to comment on the brand spanking new home (albeit, as Guy said, perhaps not on the Millan CAS thread). SO looking forward to your success/growth here.
September 21, 2011 at 11:52AM EST