‘Sinners’ takes top honors at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” won top honors at the 73rd annual Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards Sunday at the Wilshire Ebell Theater.

The film’s sound teams won for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR and Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture.

The awards recognize outstanding achievements in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming.

Also in the feature film competition, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley went to “Frankenstein.” For the animated film, top honors went to the sound editors of “Zootopia 2.”

The results made for a competitive Oscar race in the sound field. “Sinners” and “Sirat” are both nominated for sound at the Oscars, combining sound editing and mixing. The Cinema Audio Society, which represents sound mixing, awarded top honors to “F1” and “KPop Demon Hunters.” “F1” took home the prize at the Bafta ceremony.

On TV, “Adolescence,” “Alien: Earth” and “Murderbot” were all recognized for their sound editing work.

Two honorary awards were also presented: Kathleen Kennedy received the Filmmaker Award and supervising sound editor Mark Mangini received the Career Achievement Award.

Kennedy talked about sound, saying, “Sound helps root the story. It helps represent where characters are, not just geographically, but emotionally. It helps predict a character’s intent or define what they are going through. In short, it takes the audience on the journey of the film.”

She also talked about the upcoming May release of “The Mandalorian & Grogu,” which she greenlit and also serves as a producer. When asked what it was like the first time she heard Grogu (aka Baby Yoda) speak, she said the little green man is “another perfect example of a character that needs to radiate emotion and connect with you, and he never speaks a word.”

Patton Oswalt hosted the evening, marking his fourth time hosting the Golden Reel Awards. MPSE President David Barber presided over the festivities as the sound community gathered to celebrate their own.

Full list of winners below.

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR

“Sinners”
Warner Bros.

Supervising Sound Editor: Benjamin A. Burtt

Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: David V. Butler MPSE

Dialogue/ADR Editor: Jason W. Freeman MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley

“Frankenstein”

Netflix

Supervising sound editor: Nathan Robitaille MPSE

Sound designer: Nathan Robitaille MPSE

Sound Effects Editors: Paul Germann MPSE, Scott Hitchon MPSE, Craig MacLellan, Dashen Naidoo

Foley Editors: Jenna Dalla Riva, Chelsea Body

Foley Artists: Goro Koyama, Sandra Fox MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation

Love, Death + Robots: “400 Boys”

Netflix

Supervising Sound Editor: Brad North MPSE

Sound Effects Editors: Craig Henighan MPSE, Matt “Smokey” Cloud MPSE

Foley Editors: Matt Manselle, Lyndsey Schenk MPSE

Foley Artist: Brian Straub MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Long Dialogue/ADR Broadcast

“Adolescence”: Episode 2

Netflix

Supervising sound editor: James Drake

ADR editor: Emma Butt

Dialogue Editor: Michelle Woods

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Emitting Long Shape Effects / Foley

Alien: Earth: “Neverland”

FX on Hulu

Supervising sound editors: Lee Gilmore MPSE, Bradley North MPSE

Supervising Foley editor: Beso Kacharava MPSE

Sound Designers: Nolan McNaughton MPSE, Justin Davey MPSE, Chris Terhune MPSE, Craig Henighan MPSE

Sound Effects Editors: Tim Walston MPSE, Alec Rubay

Sound editors: Matt “Smokey” Cloud MPSE, Albert Romero

Foley editors: Alexander Sanikidze, Rati Chkhetiani, Levan Tserediani

Foley artist: Biko Gogaladze

Foley Artists: Stefan Fraticelli, Brandon Bak, Jason Charbonneau

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Short Broadcast

Murderbot: “All systems red”

AppleTV

Supervising Sound Editor: Tyler Whitham MPSE

Supervising ADR Editor: Danielle McBride MPSE

Sound Effects Editor: Craig MacLellan

Dialogue editor: Ève Corrêa-Guedes

Foley Artist: John Elliot

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation

“Zootopia 2”

Walt Disney Animation Studios

Supervising Sound Editor: Jeremy Bowker

Supervising dialogue editor: Brad Semenoff MPSE

Supervising music editors: Stephen M. Davis, Earl Ghaffari

Sound Designer: Jeremy Bowker

Sound Effects Editors: Luke Dunn Gielmuda, Joel Raabe MPSE, Kimberly Patrick, Cameron Barker

Dialogue editors: Jacob Riehle, Angela Ang

Foley Editor: Jordan Myers

Foley Artists: Ronni Brown MPSE, Sean England MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

“Deaf president now!”

Apple Original Movies

Supervising sound editors: Eilam Hoffman, Nina Hartstone MPSE, Jacob Bloomfeld-Misrach MPSE

Foley supervisor: Adam Méndez

Sound Designers: Samir Foco, Eilam Hoffman, Nina Hartstone MPSE, Michael Harte, Tom Sayers MPSE

Sound Editor: Adam Armitage

Dialogue Editor: Greg Francis

Foley Editor: Rob Davidson

Foley Artist: Oli Ferris

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature International

“Sirat”

NEON

Supervising sound editor: Laia Casanovas

Sound Effects Editors: Oriol Donat i Martos, Claudi Dosta Ivanow

Dialogue editor: Irene Rausell

Foley Editor: Diego Staub

Foley Artist: Miguel Barbosa, Xes Dieguez

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation

Predator: “Killer of killers”

Disney+

Supervising sound editors: Chris Terhune MPSE, Will Files MPSE

Supervising dialogue editor: Jessie Anne Spence MPSE

Sound Designers: Justin Davey MPSE, Lee Gilmore MPSE, James Miller MPSE

Sound Editors: Luis Galdames MPSE, Nolan McNaughton MPSE, Steve Neal MPSE, Matt Yocum MPSE, Matt “Smokey” Cloud MPSE

Dialogue editors: Julie Diaz MPSE, Ailene Roberts MPSE

Foley Editors: Kailyn Jenkins, Jacob McNaughton, Samuel Munoz, Nick Neutra

Foley Artists: Noel Vought, Adam Decoster

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary

“Love + War”

National Geographic

Supervising Sound Editor: Deborah Wallach

Sound Effects Editor: Nick Caramela

Dialogue Editor: Matt Rigby

Foley Editor: Chris White

Foley Artists: Leslie Bloome MPSE, Shaun Brennan

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature Film

“The Gap”

AppleTV

Supervising sound editors: Ethan Van der Ryn, Erik Aadahl MPSE, Paul Hackner MPSE

Dialogue/ADR Supervisors: Stephanie Brown MPSE, David V. Butler MPSE

Supervision by Foley editors: Jonathan Klein, Roni Pillischer

Sound Designers: David Farmer MPSE, Dane A. Davis MPSE, Bill R. Dean MPSE, Frederic Dubois MPSE, Darren Maynard MPSE

Sound Effects Editors: Christopher Battaglia MPSE, Javier Bennassar, Goeun Lee Everett MPSE, Jon Greasley MPSE, Jason W. Jennings MPSE, Nolan McNaughton MPSE, Peter D. Lago MPSE

Dialogue editors: James Morioka MPSE, Kira Roessler

Music Editor: Sally Boldt

Foley Editor: Chris White

Foley Artists: Leslie Bloome MPSE, Shaun Brennan, Curtis Henderson

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Long Broadcast

Étoile: “The hiccups”

Amazon Prime

Music editor: Annette Kudrak

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Short Broadcast

Wolf King: “The Rise of the Wolf”

Netflix

Chief Music Editor: Thomas Haines

Music Editor: Steve Bond

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary

“Billy Joel: And So It Goes: Part 1”

HBOMax

Supervising music editor: Shari Johanson

Music editor: Debora Lilavois

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Film

“Sinners”

Warner Bros.

Music Editor: Felipe Pacheco

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Medialogist / ADR

Death Stranding 2: On the beach

Sony interactive entertainment

Supervising dialogue editor: Justin Scott Wilson MPSE

Senior Dialogue Designer: Jaime Marcelo MPSE

Dialogue Designers: Masashi Takada, Ayako Higuchi, Katelyn Limber, Monet Gardiner MPSE, Briana Villarreal

Dialogue Editors: Benjamin Gendron-Smith, Paolo Pavesi, Dominic Roocroft, Kyel Allen, Luke Elliot

Lead Technical Sound Designer: Hiroyuki Nakayama

Lead Sound Programmer: Kotaro Mori

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Game Music

“Spirit of Yōtei”

Sony interactive entertainment

Supervising music editors: Andrew Buresh, Sonia Coronado, Ted Kocher, Scott Shoemaker

Music directors: Peter Scaturro, Keith Leary

Music Editors: Andrew Karboski, Yuen Man Chung Kelvin, Monty Mudd, Udit Srivathsan

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley

Death Stranding 2: On the beach

Sony interactive entertainment

Lead Technical Sound Designer: Hiroyuki Nakayama

Lead Sound Programmer: Kotaro Mori

Sound Design Supervisors: Emile Mika, Stephen Schappler, Glen Gathard, Erick Ocampo

Sound Design Leads: Noburo Masuda, Derrick Espino, Andres Herrera, Alex Previty MPSE

Senior Sound Designers: Aaron Sanchez, Ash Read, Chris Kokkinos MPSE, Danny Hey, Lorenzo Valsassina, Maria Rascon, Nick Tomassetti, Pete Reed, Robert Castro MPSE, Satsuki Sato, TJ Schauer, Tsubasa Ito, Juuso Tolonen

Sound Designers: Yuji Yamagishi, Minoru Tsuchihashi, Taiga Teshima, Charlie Ritter MPSE, Daniel Ramos MPSE, Danny Barboza MPSE, David Goll, Edward Durcan, Kei Matsuo MPSE, Brad Reese, Emiliyan Arnaudov, Chris Norrish, Federico Modanese, Rebecca Heathcote MPSE, Tim Walston MPSE, Jay W. Jennings MPSE, Goeun Lee Everett MPSE

Sound editors: Nat Allam, Tom Holmes, Florian Titus Ardelean, Jamey Scott MPSE

Senior Foley Editor: Blake Collins MPSE

Foley editors: Nick Seaman, Austin Creek

Senior Foley Artist: Joanna Fang MPSE

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)

“Oneiros”

National Film and Television School

Supervising sound editor: Jingman Anita Xu