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36 S P R I N G 2 0 2 3 I C A S Q U A R T E R L Y Scoring mixer Shawn Murphy predetermined, but the other two are at large. You could have another supervising sound editor. You could have a scoring mixer. You might have another re-recording mixer. Whatever the producer feels should be submitted, they can submit it to the Sound Branch Committee, and they can approve it. That's what they did in this case for West Side Story. We were really happy that it went through that way and the intent of that rule change actually took place. It's not about me. It's much more. I know it's been a year, but congratulations for your Oscar and CAS Award nominations for the film! Because of the rule changes in the Academy, West Side Story was the first time that a scoring mixer was actually allowed to be nominated. At the CAS, we have the scoring mixer in the list of eligible nominees. When Les Miserables came out, my very good friend Jonathan Allen in the UK did all of the scoring mix and most of the vocal production, too. That picture won many awards, but he was not included in the nominees. I called my friend Scott Millan CAS and several other people who are in the Sound Branch at the upper echelon, and I kind of screamed at them. I said, this is not fair. It's not right that the person who's responsible for everything about how it sounds is not included. It took a few years, but the Sound Branch, when they combined the two awards and they said, "We're still going to have six statues; we are going to predetermine production mixer, supervising sound editor, and two re-recording mixers." Four of them are going to be Actor Mike Faist with music producer Jeanine Tesori.