Announcement from MPSE:

Sound editing teams from Hugo, The Muppets, Super 8, The Adventures of Tintin and War Horse were honored Sunday during the Motion Picture Sound Editors’ 59th Golden Reel Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.

In feature competitions, War Horse won the category for sound effects and foley, Hugo was cited for music, Super 8 topped the category for dialogue and automated dialogue replacement, The Muppets was recognized for music in a musical film, and The Adventures of Tintin was honored for sound editing in an animated feature.

The teams behind Hugo and War Horse are nominated for the Oscar for sound editing, along with the sound editors of Drive, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and Transformers: Dark Of The Moon.

In addition to Hugo, Martin Scorsese-directed George Harrison: Living in the Material World was recognized with a Golden Reel Award in the feature documentary category. The Flowers of War was honored in the foreign language competition.

Games of Thrones won a pair of awards in television. Additional television winners included Homeland, Grey’s Anatomy, The Penguins of Madagascar and Gettysburg.

During the ceremony, producer Gale Anne Hurd received the MPSE Filmmaker Award, and sound designer and editor George Watters II was honored with the MPSE Career Achievement Award.

The Golden Reel Award Winners are:

FEATURE FILMS

BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
The Adventures of Tintin (Paramount Pictures)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Produced by: Peter Jackson, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg

NOMINEES:
Supervising Sound Editors: Brent Burge, Chris Ward
Sound Designer: Dave Whitehead
Supervising Foley Editor: Craig Tomlinson
Supervising Dialogue/ADR Editor: Chris Ward
Foley Artist: John Simpson
Sound Effects Editors: Hayden Collow, Matt Stutter, Justin Doyle, & Frank Lipson
Dialogue Editors: Martin Kwok, Jason Canovas, Chris Todd
ADR Editor: Morgan Samuel
"Snowy" Effects Editor: Justin Webster

BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
George Harrison: Living in the Material World (HBO)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Produced by: Olivia Harrison, Martin Scorsese, Nigel Sinclair
NOMINEES:
Supervising Sound Editor: Philip Stockton, MPSE
Sound Designer: Al Zaleski
Music Editor: Jennifer Dunnington

BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE AND ADR IN A FEATURE FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Flowers of War (Row 1 Entertainment)
Directed by: Yimou Zhang
Produced by: Chaoying Deng, William Kong, David Linde, Leo Shi Young, & Weiping Zhang
NOMINEES:
Supervising Sound Editors: Steve Burgess, Tao Jing, MPSE
Sound Designer: Tao Jing, MPSE
Supervising Dialogue Editor: James Ashton
Foley Artists: Xu Miao, Mario Vaccaro
Dialogue/ADR Editor: Baiyang Wang
Foley Editors: Wei Wang, Yanchao Yang, Adam Connelly
Sound Effects Editors: Hongrui Ji, Yinan Tu, Tian Yong, Chris Goodes, Zheng Huang, Robert Mackenzie

BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A FEATURE FILM
Hugo (Paramount Pictures)
Directed by: Martin Scorsese
Produced by: Tim Headington, Graham King, Johnny Depp, Martin Scorsese
NOMINEES:
Supervising Music Editor: Jennifer Dunnington
Music Editor: Rob Houston
Supervising Score Editor: Jonathan Schultz
Score Editor: Kirsty Whalley
Additional Editor: Tim Starnes

BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM
The Muppets (Walt Disney Pictures)
Directed by: James Bobin
Produced by: David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman, Don Burgess
NOMINEES:
Supervising Music Editor: Lisa Jaime
Music Editor: Richard Ford