Lakeshore Records soundtrack partners Lost In Space (Netflix/Legendary TV), Missing Link (Laika Studios, Annapurna Pictures), Stranger Things (Netflix), The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), Apex Legends (EA Games) have all earned nominations in their respective categories, numbering 14 nominations in all!  For the 18th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards, the organization has announced a new category recognizing Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal Project.  See the detailed nominations below and listen to the soundtracks!

The full list of nominations for this year’s VES Awards can be viewed at Visual Effects Society online.  Congratulations to all the nominees this year!

The winners in the 25 categories will be determined by members of the Visual Effects Society, which hosts the awards, and will be announced on January 29 at the Beverly Hilton in L.A.

LOST IN SPACE
– Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode (“Ninety-Seven”: Jabbar Raisani, Terron Pratt, Niklas Jacobson, Juri Stanossek, Paul Benjamin)

– Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project (Precipice; The Trench: Philip Engström, Benjamin Bernon, Martin Bergquist, Xuan Prada)

– Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project (The Resolute: Xuan Prada, Jason Martin, Jonathan Vårdstedt,
Eric Andersson)

– Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project (“Precipice”; “Water Planet”: Juri Bryan, Hugo Medda, Kristian Olsson, John Perrigo)

MISSING LINK
– Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature
(Brad Schiff, Travis Knight, Steve Emerson, Benoit Dubuc)

– Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature (Susan
Rachelle Lambden, Brenda Baumgarten, Morgan Hay, Benoit Dubuc)

– Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature (Passage to India Jungle: Oliver Jones, Phil Brotherton, Nick Mariana, Ralph Procida)

– Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project (The Manchuria: Todd Alan Harvey, Dan Casey, Katy Hughes)

STRANGER THINGS

– Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode (“Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum”: Paul Graff, Tom Ford, Michael Maher Jr., Martin Pelletier, Andy Sowers)

– Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project (Stranger Things 3; Tom/Bruce Monster: Joseph Dubé-Arsenault, Antoine Barthod, Frederick Gagnon, Xavier Lafarge)

– Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project (Stranger Things 3; “Melting Tom/Bruce”: Nathan Arbuckle, Christian Gaumond, James Dong, Aleksandr Starkov)

– Outstanding Compositing in an Episode (Stranger Things 3; “Starcourt Mall Battle”: Simon Lehembre, Andrew Kowbell, Karim El-Masry, Miklos Mesterhazy)