"Hugo," "War Horse," "Super 8," "The Muppets" and "The Adventures of Tintin" were among the films honored by the Motion Picture Sound Editors on Sunday night at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards, which saluted sound editing in seven film, 10 television and five computer and direct-to-video categories.
The Chinese film "The Flowers of War" and the Martin Scorsese documentary "George Harrison: Living in the Material World" were also winners in the film categories from the MPSE, which cast a wide net and didn't give any film more than one award.
Of the seven MPSE winners, only two – "Hugo" and "War Horse" – are nominated for the Oscar for sound editing.
While it's hard to drawn correlations between the Golden Reel Awards and the Oscars because of the number of categories offered by the MPSE, its award for Sound Effects and Foley, which was won by "War Horse," most often corresponds to the Oscar winner.
In the television categories, "Game of Thrones" was the only nominee to win more than one award, with wins in both the Short Form Dialogue and ADR and Short Form Sound Effects and Foley categories.
Other television shows saluted by the MPSE included the long-form documentary "Gettysburg" and the series "Homeland," "The Walking Dead," "Raising Hope" and "Grey's Anatomy."
The awards were handed out in a ceremony at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The MPSE Filmmaker Award went to producer Gale Anne Hurd, while the MPSE Career Achievement Award recipient was sound designer and editor George Watters.
Feature Film categories:
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in an Animation Feature Film: "The Adventures of Tintin"
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary: "George Harrison: Living in the Material World"
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Foreign Language Film: "The Flowers of War"
Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film: "Hugo"
Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film: "The Muppets"
Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film: "Super 8"
Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film: "War Horse"
Television categories:
Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR Animation in Television: "The Penguins of Madagascar: The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole"
Best Sound Editing: Long Form Documentary in Television: "Gettysburg"
Best Sound Editing: Long Form Music in Television: "Magic Beyond Words: The JK Rowling Story"
Best Sound Editing: Long Form Dialogue and ADR in Television: "Homeland: Marine One"
Best Sound Editing: Long Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television: "The Walking Dead: What Lies Ahead"
Best Sound Editing: Short Form Documentary in Television: "Man Made: Bugatti Super Car"
Best Sound Editing: Short Form Music in Television: "Raising Hope: Prodigy"
Best Sound Editing: Short Form Musical in Television: "Grey's Anatomy: Song Beneath the Song"
Best Sound Editing: Short Form Dialogue and ADR in Television: "Game of Thrones: Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
Best Sound Editing: Short Form Sound Effects and Foley in Television: "Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming"
Other categories:
Best Sound Editing: Computer Episodic Entertainment: "Aim High"
Best Sound Editing: Computer Interactive Entertainment: "Need for Speed: The Run"
Best Sound Editing: Direct to Video – Animation: "Megamind: The Button of Doom"
Best Sound Editing: Direct to Video – Live Action: "Love"
Best Sound Editing: Special Venue: "Rocky Mountain Express"
Verna Fields Award in Sound Editing for Student Filmmakers: "The Pride of Wade Ellison"
