And the Oscar goes to . . .

Sound Effects Editing. Titanic, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox and Paramount. Tom Bellfort and Christopher Boyes.

Sound. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Gethin Creagh and Hammond Peek.

Sound Editing. Pearl Harbor, Touchstone Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. George Watters II and Christopher Boyes.

Sound. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, New Line Cinema and Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek.

Sound Editing. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes and George Watters II.

Sound Mixing. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Wingnut Films Production; New Line. (New Zealand, USA) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek.

Sound Mixing. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Walt Disney Pictures Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes, David Parker, David Campbell and Lee Orloff.

Sound Mixing. King Kong, Universal Pictures Production; Universal. (New Zealand, USA, Germany) Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick, Michael Hedges and Hammond Peek.

Sound Editing. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. Christopher Boyes and George Watters II.

Sound Mixing. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, Walt Disney Pictures/Jerry Bruckheimer Films Production; Buena Vista. Paul Massey, Christopher Boyes and Lee Orloff.

Sound Editing. Iron Man, Marvel Studios Production; Paramount and Marvel Entertainment. Frank Eulner and Christopher Boyes.

Sound Editing. Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA) Christopher Boyes and Gwendolyn Yates Whittle.

Sound Mixing. Avatar, Lightstorm Entertainment Production; 20th Century Fox. (UK, USA) Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers, Andy Nelson and Tony Johnson.

Sound Mixing. The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, Warner Bros. (USA, New Zealand) Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Michael Semanick and Tony Johnson.

Sound. Avatar: The Way of Water, 20th Century Studios Prod.; Walt Disney. Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges.