Oscar 2011... Mejor Sonido

InceptionLora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo, Ed Novick
Nominaciones anteriores: 3

• Hirschberg, Rizzo, Novick:
  - The Dark Knight (2008)
• Rizzo:
  - The Incredibles (2004)
• Novick:
  - Spider-Man (2002)
  

The King's SpeechPaul Hamblin, Martin Jensen, John Midgley
Nominaciones anteriores: 1

• Midgley:
  - Star Wars: Episode I (1999)
  

Salt
Jeffrey J. Haboush, William Sarokin, Scott Millan, Greg P. Russell
Nominaciones anteriores: 20 (4 Premios)

• Haboush, Russell:
  - Spider-Man 2 (2004)
• Millan:
  - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  - Ray (2004)
  - Road to Perdition (2002)
  - Gladiator (2000)
  - Apollo 13 (1995)
  - Braveheart (1995)
  - Schindler's List (1993)
• Russell:
  - Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
  - Transformers (2007)
  - Apocalypto (2006)
  - Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
  - Spider-Man (2002)
  - Pearl Harbor (2001)
  - The Patriot (2000)
  - Armagedon (1998)
  - The Mask of Zorro (1998)
  - Con Air (1997)
  - The Rock (1996)
  - Black Rain (1989)
  

The Social NetworkRen Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick, Mark Weingarten
Nominaciones anteriores: 12 (4 Premios)

• Klyce, Parker, Semanick, Weingarten:
  - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
• Klyce:
  - Fight Club (1999)
• Parker:
  - The Bourne Ultimatum (2007)
  - Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)
  - The English Patient (1996)
  - Never Cry Wolf (1983)
• Semanick:
  - WALL-E (2008)
  - Ratatouille (2007)
  - King Kong (2005)
  - The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
  - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
  - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)

True GritSkip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff, Peter F. Kurland
Nominaciones anteriores: 3 (1 Premio)

• Lievsay, Berkey, Orloff, Kurland
  - No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Orloff:
  - Ray (2004)
• Kurland:
  - Walk the Line (2005)