

The sound-mixing award was established in the 1930s, while the sound-editing award has been around since the 1960s.

Per the email, they formed a Sound Award Subcommittee tasked with looking into the “substantial overlap” between both categories. Governors Kevin Collier, Teri Dorman, and Scott Millan sent an email on Wednesday to inform members of the ongoing talks. Why? Because Academy members who vote on the ultimate winners don’t really know the difference between the two and tend to give both awards to the same movie. According to the Hollywood Reporter, governors of the sound branch alerted members they were considering consolidating the sound-mixing and sound-editing categories into one single category.

The Film Academy is reportedly on the verge of making a permanent change to the number of awards it gives out at the Oscars.
