The nominations for the Motion Picture Sound Editors' 59th AnnuAl Golden Reel Awards have been announced. 'Super 8' leads the pack with three nominations in feature film categories. Also nominated for two categories each were this year's Drive, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and War Horse.
Among the nominees for sound editing for an animated feature film are The Adventures of Tintin, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Rango, Rio and The Smurfs.
The 2012 Golden Reel Award nominees are:
FEATURE FILMS CATEGORY BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, AND ADR IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM The Adventures of Tintin Cars 2 Kung Fu Panda 2 Puss in Boots Rango Rio The Smurfs STORY: THR's Animation Roundtable: 7 Top Filmmakers Debate R-Rated Toons and If 'Tintin' Should Be Eligible for Ani Oscar
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey Cave of the Forgotten Dreams George Harrison: Living in the Material World Lemmy Pearl Jam Twenty
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM 1920. The World’s Most Important Battle Circumstance Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within) The Flowers of War In the Land of Blood and Honey Sarah’s Key The Skin I Live In
BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM Drive The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Hop Hugo Priest Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Tree of Life STORY: Oscar Contenders Sound Off on Sound Mixing, Sound Editing
BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM Footloose The Muppets Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll Pina
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FILM Abduction The Help Moneyball Quarantine II: Terminal Rise of the Planet of the Apes Super 8 War Horse The Way
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN A FEATURE FILM Drive Fast Five The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol Rise of the Planet of the Apes Super 8 Transformers: Dark of the Moon War Horse
TELEVISION CATEGORY BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, AND ADR ANIMATION IN TELEVISION Fanboy and Chum Chum "A Very Brrr-y Icemas #217" Futurama "Law & Oracle" Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil "Truth or Daredevil" Kung Fu Panda: The Legends of Awesomeness "Sight for Sore Eyes - #108" Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace The Penguins of Madagascar "The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole" Phineas and Ferb "Across the 2nd Dimension"
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM DOCUMENTARY Gettysburg Harlistas: An American Journey Koran By Heart
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION The 12 Dates of Christmas Alphas "Pilot" Avalon High Magic Beyond Words - The JK Rowling Story Terra Nova "Occupation/Resistance - #12 & #13"
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION Big Love "Where Men and Mountains Meet" Cinema Verite Homeland "Marine One" Terra Nova "Occupation/Resistance - #12 & #13" The Walking Dead "What Lies Ahead"
BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN TELEVISION Cinema Verite Homeland "Marine One" Red Faction: Origins Terra Nova "Occupation/Resistance - #12 & #13" The Walking Dead "What Lies Ahead"
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARY Above The Ashes "Above the Ashes" Man Made “Bugatti Super Car” Tim Tebow: Everything In Between
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION Camelot "110 - Reckoning" CSI: Miami "Crowned" Damages "Failure is Lonely" Fringe "The Day We Died" Justified "Brother's Keeper" Raising Hope "Prodigy" Revenge "Pilot"
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSICAL IN TELEVISION Glee “The First Time” Grey’s Anatomy “The Song Beneath the Song” The Playboy Club “Pilot”
BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION The Big C "A Little Death" Game of Thrones "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things" Hell on Wheels "Bread and Circuses - #105" Leverage "The Van Gogh Job" Person of Interest "#107 - Witness" Smallville "Dominion" Sons of Anarchy "To Be, Part 2" The Walking Dead "Save the Last One"
OTHERS CATEGORY BEST SOUND EDITING: COMPUTER EPISODIC ENTERTAINMENT Aim High Dagedar Polly Pocket Warehouse 13 “Of Monsters & Men” When You Find Me
BEST SOUND EDITING: COMPUTER INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 Diablo III Cinematics - Black SoulStone "Doom" and Intro "End of Days" Gears of War 3 Need for Speed “The Run” Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Cinematics
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIRECT TO VIDEO – ANIMATION Dragon: Gift of the Night Fury Kung Fu Panda 2: Secrets of the Masters Megamind: The Button of Doom Quest for Zhu The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol
BEST SOUND EDITING: DIRECT TO VIDEO - LIVE ACTION Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure Love Street Kings 2: Motor City
BEST SOUND EDITING: SPECIAL VENUE Rocky Mountain Express Tornado Alley Wildest Weather in the Solar System
VERNA FIELDS AWARD IN SOUND EDITING FOR STUDENT FILMMAKERS Alma Inferno The Maiden and the Princess The Pride of Wade Ellison The Secret Numbers
The 2012 MPSE Filmmaker Award will be presented this year to film/TV producer Gale Anne Hurd, who is behind such films as The Terminator and Aliens to TV series The Walking Dead. Sound designer and editor George Watters II will recieve the MPSE Career Achievement Award.
The 2012 winners will be announced February 19th at a ceremony to be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
The MPSE is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide a wealth of knowledge from award winning professionals to a diverse group of individuals, youth and career professionals alike; mentoring and educating the community about the artistic merit and technical advancements in sound and music editing; providing scholarships and mentorship for the continuing advancement of motion picture sound in education; and helping to enhance the personal and professional lives of the men and women who practice this unique craft.