72nd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards Nominations

Winners Update: Yesterday, February 23, the group announced their winners and four out of the five Oscar nominees for Best Sound were honored by the MPSE. Dune: Part Two got top honors, Wicked got music editing, The Wild Robot got sound editing in animation and Emilia Perez won the award of international features.

Winners are in *BLUE. Winners in all categories are not yet at the official site but will be there soon, to check them go here.

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January 7th, 2025
Yesterday the Motion Picture Sound Editors announced the nominations for the current year awards and Deadpool & Wolverine and Dune: Part Two led the way with 3 nominations each.  Among the movies with more than one nomination we find Oscar top contenders like A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez and Wicked.

Let's recall that nominees represent the work of the world's most talented sound artists and their contribution to the past year's most outstanding feature film, television, animation, and computer entertainment productions.

The MPSE Golden Reel Awards recognize outstanding achievement in sound editing in 24 categories encompassing feature films, television, animation, computer entertainment and student work; and covers the various areas of sound editing: Dialogue, ADR, Effects, Foley and Music.

The Career Achievement Award is presented to a person whose career has made a significant impact on the sound community through exemplary work, service, or leadership. Supervising Sound Editor Greg Hedgepath will receive the MPSE Career Achievement Award current year.

The Honorary Filmmaker's Award is bestowed upon an individual outside the sound community whose career has demonstrated a great appreciation and understanding of the impact of sound editing. Kevin Costner will be honored this year with the MPSE Filmmaker Award.

Winners will be announced at the annual gala on February 23, 2025 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.

The Nominations

Feature Motion Pictures - Sound Editorial

Oustanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Dialogue/ADR
Alien: Romulus
A Complete Unknown
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
*Saturday Night - WINNER
Wicked

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Effects/Foley
Alien: Romulus
Deadpool & Wolverine
*Dune: Part Two - WINNER
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
September 5

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Animation
Inside Out 2
The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
Mufasa: The Lion King
*The Wild Robot - WINNER

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature International
*Emilia PéreZ - WINNER
The Girl with the Needle
The Goat Life
Kneecap

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Feature Documentary
*The Blue Angels - WINNER
Dahomey
Elton John: Never Too Late
Music by John Williams
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

Feature Motion Pictures - Music Editorial

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing - Feature Motion Picture
A Complete Unknown
Better Man
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
*Wicked - WINNER 

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing - Feature Documentary
Beatles '64
Elton John: Never Too Late
The Greatest Night in Pop
Jim Henson Idea Man
*Music by John Williams - WINNER

To check nominations for all categories go to official site here and use link to nominations.