Oscar Winner Predictions: Best Sound

The competition: Inception, The King’s Speech, Salt, The Social Network, True Grit

Previous winners: The Hurt Locker, Slumdog Millionaire, The Bourne Ultimatum, Dreamgirls, King Kong, Ray
Who should win: Inception
Who will win: The big question here is whether we’ll have a tech-focused film as the winner or the Best Picture frontrunner. That happened in 2008, and so it’s very possible that “The King’s Speech” could prevail here. Lone nominees never prevail here, so count out “Salt.” It’s possible that either “The Social Network” or “True Grit” could win, but it’s unlikely. I think that the most evident audio achievement, “Inception,” will manage to win.