The Motion Picture Sound Editors learned to stop worrying and love the bomb this year. That’s the takeaway from the organization’s nominees for their 71st annual Golden Reel Awards, which sees Christopher Nolan’s nuclear blockbuster smash “Oppenheimer” decidedly lead the pack.
Held every March, the Golden Reel Awards celebrate sound artists and their achievements in film, television, animation, and video games over the entire calendar year. “Oppenheimer,” which boasted celebrated sound design in its recreation of its titular antihero’s atomic bomb, received the most nominations of any film this year, appearing in all categories it was eligible for: ADR, Foley, and Music Editing.
“Oppenheimer” was one of the 10 films to make the Oscars shortlist for the Best Sound category, ahead of the nomination announcement on January 23. Of the other nine shortlisted contenders, “Barbie,” “Maestro,” and “Naopleon” received two nominations, while “Ferrari,” “The Killer,” “Killers of the Flower Moon,” and “The Zone of Interest” received one.
On the TV front, HBO apocalyptic drama “The Last of Us” repeated “Oppenheimer’s” hat trick, with three nominations for ADR, Music Editing, and Foley. The popular series recently took home several trophies at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on January 6, including the Sound Editing and Sound Mixing trophies. Other TV shows that received multiple nominations include “The Bear,” “All the Light We Cannot See,” “Ted Lasso,” “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Loki,” an and “Beef,” all of which nabbed two nominations.
In addition to the competitive awards, MPSE also announced the recepients of their two major honorary awards. Michael Dinner, who most recently developed the FX series “Justified: City Primeval” and directed three episodes, will receive the MPSE Filmmaker Award. The MPSE Career Achievement Award will go to Dane A. Davis, a sound editor with over 150 credits best known for his Oscar-winning work on 1999’s “The Matrix.”
“It’s been a great year for entertainment sound,” MPSE president David Barber said in a statement. “We are so impressed with the creative excellence of sound artists across all media and from around the world. We extend our sincere congratulations to this year’s stellar nominees.”
The 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards will be held on March 3 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles. Take a look at the full list of nominees for TV and film below.
MPSE FILMMAKER AWARD
Michael Dinner
MPSE CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dane A. Davis, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation
Rick and Morty: “Unmortricken”
Cartoon Network
Supervising Sound Editor: Hunter Curra MPSE
Sound Editor: James A. Moore
Sound Effects Editor: Corbin Bumeter
Dialogue Editor: Ricardo Watson
Star Trek Lower Decks: “Old Friends, New Planets”
Paramount+
Supervising Sound Editor: James Lucero
Sound Effects Editors: Mak Kellerman, John Wynn
Foley Editor: Michael Britt
Star Wars: The Bad Batch: “Faster”
Disney
Supervising Sound Editors: David W. Collins, Matthew Wood
Sound Designer: David W. Collins
Sound Effects Editors: Justin Doyle, Kevin Bolen MPSE, Kimberly Patrick
Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella
Foley Artists: Kimberly Patrick, Margie O’Malley, Andrea Gard
Star Wars: Visions: “The Pit”
Disney
Supervising Sound Editor: David W. Collins
Sound Designer: David W. Collins
Sound Effects Editors: Kevin Bolen MPSE, Bill Rudolph
Dialogue Editor: David W. Collins
Supervising Foley Editor: Alex Wilmer
Foley Artists: Shelley Roden MPSE, Xiuzhu (Mimi) Guo
Transformers: Earthspark: “Security Protocols”
Nickelodeon
Supervising Sound Editor: Brad Meyer MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Natalia Saavedra Brychcy MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Christine Gamache
Foley Editor: Carol Ma MPSE
Young Jedi Adventures: “The Young Jedi/Yoda’s Mission”
Disney
Sound Effects Editor: Heather Olsen MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Robbi Smith MPSE
Foley Editor: David Bonilla MPSE
Foley Artist: John “J” Lampinen
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue / ADR
All the Light We Cannot See: Episode 4
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Craig Henighan MPSE, Ryan Cole MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Emma Present, Jill Purdy MPSE
Succession: “Connor’s Wedding”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editor: Nicholas Renbeck MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Dan Korintus
Supervising ADR Editor: Angela Organ
Dialogue Editor/ ADR Editor: Andy Kris
Ted Lasso: “So Long, Farewell”
AppleTV+
Supervising Sound Editor: Brent Findley MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Bernard Weiser MPSE, Bruce Hond, Scott Haller MPSE
ADR Editor: Daniel Douglass MPSE
The Crown: “Ritz”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Lee Walpole MPSE
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Iain Eyre
ADR Supervisor: Steve Little
ADR Editors: Abbie Shaw, Matthew Mewett
The Last of Us: “Long, Long Time”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael J. Benavente
Dialogue Editor: Joe Schiff
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Four Minutes”
Amazon Prime
Supervising Sound Editor: Ron Bochar
Dialogue Editor: Sara Stern
ADR Editor: Ruth Hernandez MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley
Ahsoka: “Part Four: Fallen Jedi”
Disney
Supervising Sound Editors: Bonnie Wild, Matthew Wood
Sound Designer: David Acord
Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Tim Farrell
Supervising Foley Editor: Joel Raabe
Foley Artist: Shelley Roden MPSE, Ronni Brown, Heikki Kossi MPSE
All the Light We Cannot See: Episode 4
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Craig Henighan MPSE, Ryan Cole MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: David Grimaldi
Foley Editor: Matt Cloud
Foley Artist: Steve Baine
The Continental: From the World of John Wick: “Theatre of Pain”
Peacock
Supervising Sound Editor: Luke Gibleon
Sound Designer: Nick Interlandi
Sound Effects Editor: Joshua Adeniji
Foley Editors: Adrian Medhurst MPSE, Duncan Campbell
Foley Artist: Adrian Medhurst MPSE
Loki: “Glorious Purpose”
Disney
Supervising Sound Editor: Bjørn Ole Schroeder
Sound Designer: David Chrastka
Sound Effects Editors: Andre Zweers, Malcolm Fife, Jamey Scott MPSE
Supervising Foley Editor: Alyssa Nevarez
Foley Editor: Dawit Zemene MPSE
Foley Artist: Sandra Fox
Star Trek: Picard: “The Last Generation”
Paramount+
Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew E. Taylor
Sound Designers: Michael Schapiro, Harry Cohen MPSE
Sound Editors: Alex Pugh MPSE, Deron Street
Foley Editors: John Sanacore MPSE, Clay Weber MPSE
Foley Artist: Rick Owens MPSE
The Last of Us: “When You’re Lost in the Darkness”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editor: Michael J. Benavente
Sound Designers: Chris Battaglia MPSE, Chris Terhune
Sound Effects Editors: Mitchell Lestner, Matt Yocum MPSE
Supervising Foley Editor: Randy Wilson
Foley Editors: Davi Aquino, Justin Hale
Foley Artists: Justin Charbonneau, Stefan Fraticelli, William Kellerman
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form
American Horror Story: Delicate Part 1: “When the Bough Breaks”
FX
Supervising Sound Editors: Christian Buenaventura MPSE, Gary Megregian MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Tim Cleveland
Dialogue Editor: Steve Stuhr
Foley Editor: Sam Munoz
Foley Artist: Noel Vought
Barry: “wow”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editors: Sean Heissinger, Matthew E. Taylor
Sound Designer: Rickley W. Dumm MPSE
Sound Editor: Deron Street
Dialogue Editor: John Creed MPSE
Supervising Foley Editor: Clay Weber MPSE
Foley Editor: Darrin Mann
Foley Artists: Alyson Dee Moore MPSE, Chris Moriana
BEEF: “The Great Fabricator”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Christopher Gomez MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Jerry Lafuente MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Nathan Efstation
Foley Editor: Igor Yashin
Foley Artist: Ruslan Schebisty
The Bear: “Fishes”
FX
Supervising Sound Editors: Steve “Major” Giammaria MPSE, Andrea Bella
Sound Effects Editor: Matt Snedecor
Dialogue Editors: Evan Benjamin, John Werner
ADR Editor: John Bowen
Foley Editor: Annie Taylor
Foley Artists: Leslie Bloome, Shaun Brennan
The Mandalorian: “The Return”
Disney
Supervising Sound Editors: Trey Turner, Matthew Wood
Sound Designer: David W. Collins
Sound Effects Editors: Luis Galdames MPSE, Kevin Bolen MPSE
ADR Editors: Brad Semenoff MPSE, Ryan Coda
Supervising Foley Editor: Frank Rinella
Foley Editors: Joel Raabe, Alyssa Nevarez
Foley Artist: Shelly Roden MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
Elemental
Disney / Pixar
Supervising Sound Editors: Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott
Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
Sound Effects Editors: Jonathan Stevens, Ben Burtt, Kim Patrick, Steve Bissinger
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Rich Quinn
Dialogue Editor: Lisa Chino
Supervising Foley Editor: Dee Selby
Foley Editor: Nicolas Docter
Foley Artists: Shelley Roden MPSE, Heikki Kossi MPSE
Migration
Illumination
Supervising Sound Editors: Daniel Laurie, Josh Gold
Sound Effects Editors: Richard Gould, Luke Dunn-Gielmuda, Scott Guitteau
Supervising Foley Editor: Thom Brennan
Foley Editor: E. Larry Oatfield
Foley Artists: Sean England, Andrea Gard
Music Editor: Bill Bernstein
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures Animation
Supervising Sound Editor: Geoffrey G. Rubay
Sound Designers: John J. Pospisil, Alec G. Rubay, Kip Smedley
Sound Effects Editors: Cathryn Wang, David Werntz, Bruce Tanis MPSE, Greg ten Bosch MPSE, Daniel McNamara MPSE, Will Digby, Andy Sisul
Supervising Dialogue Editor: James Morioka MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Robert Getty MPSE, Jason W. Freeman, Kai Scheer, Ashley N. Rubay
Foley Supervisor: Colin Lechner MPSE
Foley Artist: Gregg Barbanell MPSE, Jeff Wilhoit MPSE, Dylan Wilhoit
Supervising Music Editor: Katie Greathouse
Music Editor: Barbara McDermott
The Super Mario Bros Movie
Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Daniel Laurie
Sound Designers: Randy Thom MPSE, Jamey Scott MPSE
Sound Effects Editors: Leff Lefferts, Qianbaihui Yang MPSE, Scott Guitteau
Supervising Foley Editor: E. Larry Oatfield
Foley Editor: Zach Martin
Foley Artists: Ronni Brown, Jana Vance, Sean England
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary
32 Sounds
ArKtype
Supervising ADR Editor: Eliza Paley
Sound Designer: Mark Mangini MPSE
Sound Editor: Robert Kellough MPSE
ADR Editor: Mari Matsuo
Foley Artist: Joanna Fang MPSE
American Symphony
Higher Ground Productions
Supervising Sound Editor: Tristan Baylis MPSE, Tom Paul
Foley Artist: Leslie Bloome
Sound Effects Editors: Matt Snedecor, Mark Filip
Mourning In Lod
Medalia Productions
Supervising Sound Editors: Yossi Appelbaum, Lior Weitzman
Sound Designer: Yossi Appelbaum
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
AppleTV+
Supervising Sound Editor: Skip Lievsay
Sound Effects Editor: Rich Bologna
Dialogue Editor: Michael Feuser
Foley Supervisor: Matt Haasch
Foley Editor: Heather Gross
Foley Artist: Jay Peck
Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour
Taylor Swift Productions
Sound Editor: Phil DeTolve
Music Supervisor: David Cook
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
NEON
Sound Editors: Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq
The Zone of Interest
A24
Supervising Sound Editor: Johnnie Burn MPSE
Sound Effects Editors: Simon Carroll, Max Behrens, Joe Mount, Brendan Feeney
Foley Editors: Ewa Mazurkiewicz, Natalia Lubowiecka MPSE, Dawid Konecki, Kamil Kwiatkowski
Godzilla Minus One
Robot Communications
Foley Artist: Natsuko Inoue
Society of the Snow
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Oriol Tarragó, Iosu Martinez, Guillem Giró
Foley Artists: Erik Vidal, Kiku Vidal
Sound Editors: Sarah Romero, Marc Bech, Brendan Golden
Sound Designer: Oriol Tarragó
Music Editor: John Finklea
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR
Barbie
Warner Bros.
Supervising Sound Editors: Ai-Ling Lee, Dan Kenyon
Supervising Dialogue / ADR Editor: Brian Bowles MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Kate Bilinski, Tony Martinez, Tyler Newhouse
Killers of the Flower Moon
AppleTV+
Supervising Sound Editors: Philip Stockton, Eugene Gearty
Dialogue Editors: Julia Stockton, Philip Stockton
ADR Editor: Marissa Littlefield
Maestro
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Richard King, Rich Bologna
Supervising Dialogue / ADR Editor: Tony Martinez
Dialogue Editors: Eliza Paley, Jac Rubenstein, Fred Rosenberg
Supervising Music Editor: Jason Ruder
Napoleon
AppleTV+
Supervising Sound Editors: Oliver Tarney MPSE, James Harrison
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Michael Maroussas
Dialogue Editor: Rachael Tate MPSE
Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King
Supervising Dialogue Editor: David Bach
Dialogue Editors: Russell Farmarco, Albert Gasser MPSE
Poor Things
Searchlight Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Johnnie Burn MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Tristan Baylis MPSE, Peter Russell
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley
Gran Turismo
Columbia Pictures
Supervising Sound Editors: Kami Asgar MPSE, Erin Oakley
Sound Designer: Charles Deenen
Sound Effects Editors: Sam Fan, Matt Cavanaugh MPSE
Sound Designer: Tim Gedemer MPSE
Foley Artists: Gary Hecker MPSE, Mike Horton
Foley Editor: Jessica Parks
Ferrari
NEON
Supervising Sound Editors: Tony Lamberti, Bernard Weiser MPSE
Sound Designer: David Wentz
Sound Effects Editor: Brent Findley MPSE, Steven Ticknor, Benjamin Cook MPSE
Supervising Foley Editor: Beso Kacharava MPSE
Foley Artist: Biko Gogaladze
Foley Editors: Alexander Sanikidze, Rati Chkhetiani
John Wick Chapter 4
Lionsgate
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Soucek MPSE
Sound Designers: Mark Stoeckinger, Luke Gibleon, Olivia Xiao’ou Zhang MPSE, Stephen Robinson MPSE, Gael Nicolas
Sound Effects Editors: Casey Genton, Nicolas Interlandi
Napoleon
AppleTV+
Supervising Sound Editors: Oliver Tarney MPSE, James Harrison
Sound Designers: Mike Fentum, Hugo Adams
Sound Effects Editors: Aran Clifford, Kevin Penney, Rowan Watson
Foley Artists: Oliver Ferris, Sue Harding
Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Richard King
Sound Effects Editor: Michael Mitchell
Sound Designer: Randy Torres
Supervising Foley Editor: Christopher Flick
Foley Artists: Dan O’Connell, John Cucci MPSE
The Killer
Netflix
Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
Sound Effects Editors: Jonathon Stevens, Malcolm Fife
Supervising Sound Editor: Jeremy Molod
Supervising Foley Editor: Thom Brennan
Foley Editor: Dee Selby
Foley Artists: Shelley Roden MPSE, John Roesch MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Animation
Blue Eye Samurai: “All Evil Dreams and Angry Words”
Netflix Animation
Supervising Sound Editor: Myron Nettinga
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Paulette Lifton MPSE
Sound Designers: Sam Hayward, Jared Dwyer MPSE, Andrew Miller MPSE
Sound Editor: Johanna Turner
Foley Artists: Jason Charbonneau, Stefan Fraticelli
Foley Editor: Justin Helle
Blue Eye Samurai: “Hammerscale”
Netflix Animation
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul N.J Ottosson
Sound Effects Editor: Leo Marcel
Dialogue Editor: Daniel Saxlix MPSE
Foley Editor: Shawn Kennelley
Foley Artists: Melissa Kennelley, Vince Nicastro
Justice League: “Warworld”
Warner Bros. Animation
Sound Designer: Robert Hargreaves MPSE
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Mark Keatts
Dialogue Editors: Mike Garcia MPSE, Kelly Foley-Downs
The Monkey King
Netflix Animation
Supervising Sound Editors: David Giammarco, Eric A. Norris MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Sean Massey MPSE
Sound Designers: Jon Title MPSE, Tim Nielsen
Foley Artists: Dan O’Connell, John Cucci MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Documentary
100 Foot Wave: “Lost at Sea”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editor: Keith Hodne
Dialogue Editor: Max Holland
Sound Designer: Eric Di Stefano
Sound Effects Editors: Eli Akselrod, Mika Anami
Sound Designer: Kevin Senzaki MPSE
David Attenborough’s Conquest of The Skies
Atlantic Productions
Supervising Sound Editor/ Sound Designer: Oliver Kadel
Formula 1: Drive to Survive: “Over the Limit”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Steve Speed, Nick Fry
Sound Supervisors: Adam King, Doug Dreger
Sound Designers: Ivan Onek, James Spooner
Our Planet II: “Chapter 3: The Next Generation”
Netflix
Sound Editor: George Fry
Waco: American Apocalypse “In the Beginning…”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Trip Brock MPSE
Sound Designer: Itai Levy
Sound Effects Editor: Eric Gillingham MPSE, GW Pope, III
Dialogue Editor: Jackie Johnson
World War II: From the Front Lines: “Turning Point”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Luke Hatfield
Sound Designer: Sophie-Alice Davies
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Feature
Black Mirror: Beyond the Sea
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Antony Bayman
Dialogue/ADR Editor: Alex Sawyer
Sound Effects Editor: Jane Lo
Supervising Foley Editor: Adam Méndez
Foley Editor: Rob Davidson
Foley Artist: Sue Harding
The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die
NBCUniversal
Supervising Sound Editor: Jack Gillies
Dialogue/ADR Supervisor: Michael Williams
ADR Editor: Steve Berezai
Foley Editor: Neale Ross
Foley Artist: Jason Swanscott
Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie
Peacock
Supervising Sound Editor: Brent Findley MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Dan Kremer MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Dan Douglass MPSE
Foley Artist: Brian Staub
Publish or Perish
Alation Media
Supervising Sound Editor: Leslie Gaston-Bird MPSE
Supervising Foley Editor: Anna Sulley MPSE
Dialogue Editors: Lora Cornes, Naomi Graham, Jahmai Bruce
Foley Artists: Ruth Sullivan, Karo Jedrzejczyk
71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards Music Editorial Nominees
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form
Daisy Jones and the Six: “Track 8: Looks Like We Made It”
Amazon Prime
Supervising Music Editor: Amber Funk MPSE
Music Editor: Mike Poole
Fargo: “The Tiger”
FX
Music Editor: Ben Schor
Loki: “Glorious Purpose”
Disney
Supervising Music Editor: Anele Onyekwere
Music Editors: Nashia Wachsman, Richard Armstrong, Ed Hamilton
The Last of Us: “When You’re Lost in the Darkness”
HBO
Music Editor: Maarten Hofmeijer
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: “Susan”
Amazon Prime
Lead Music Editor: Annette Kudrak
Ted Lasso: “Sunflowers”
AppleTV+
Lead Music Editor: Richard David Brown MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form
BEEF: “The Great Fabricator”
Netflix
Music Editors: Jason Tregoe Newman, Bryant J. Fuhrman, Andrew Ransom
Dave: “Met Gala”
Hulu
Supervising Music Editor: Amber Funk MPSE
Music Editor: James Sullivan
Only Murders in the Building: “Opening Night”
Hulu
Music Editor: Micha Liberman
The Bear: “Fishes”
FX
Music Editors: Jason Lingle, Jeff Lingle
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary
American Symphony
Netflix
Lead Music Editor: Ignacio Bonet
Pianoforte
Greenwich Entertainment
Supervising Music Editor: Michal Fojcik MPSE
Music Editor: Joanna Popowicz
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
AppleTV+
Music Editor: Bill Bernstein
WHAM!
Netflix
Music Editor: Greg Gettens
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture
Barbie
Warner Bros.
Supervising Music Editor: Suzana Perić
Music Editor: Mick Gormaley
Creed III
Amazon / MGM
Music Editor: Nicholas Fitzgerald
Maestro
Netflix
Supervising Music Editor: Jason Ruder
Music Editor: Victoria Ruggiero
Oppenheimer
Universal Pictures
Supervising Music Editor: Amanda Goodpaster
Music Editors: Felipe Pacheco, Alex Gibson
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Sony Pictures
Supervising Music Editor: Katie Greathouse
Music Editor: Barbara McDermott
Wonka
Warner Bros.
Supervising Music Editor: Katrina Schiller MPSE
Music Editors: Mark Willsher MPSE, Michael Connell, Janet Grab
