There were other surprises: Disney’s “Raya and the Last Dragon” triumphed in animation over the studio’s Oscar-frontrunner, “Encanto,” which has won a slew of guild awards, and “The Rescue” (Disney+) took feature documentary over Oscar-frontrunner “Summer of Soul” (Searchlight Pictures). Additionally, “Cliff Walkers” (Viki) earned foreign language honors, and “Infinite” (Paramount +) grabbed non-theatrical feature.
In terms of the Oscar race, both “Dune” and “West Side Story” were given a boost, with the 58th annual Cinema Audio Society Awards for sound mixing coming March 19 (at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown). However, the sonic power and complexity of Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” is going to be hard to beat. Its great achievement is creating a grounded reality that is organic and familiar. Supervising sound editors Mark Mangini (the Oscar-winning “Mad Max: Fury Road”) and Theo Green (the Oscar-nominated “Blade Runner 2049”) conveyed a soundscape that is gritty and hallucinatory, from colossal sandworms that shake the sand dunes of Arrakis to supernatural voices that rattle the mind. Niko Tavernise “West Side Story” represents Steven Spielberg’s first musical and he wanted it to be more authentic, shooting 80 percent on location with as much on-set recording as possible, and working with his go-to sound team (Tod A. Maitland, seven-time Oscar winner Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, two-time Oscar winner Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy). One of the most complex sequences was the dance at the school gym between the rival Jets and Sharks gangs, where Maria (Rachel Zegler) and Tony (Ansel Elgort) meet for the first time. Sound was ubiquitous so everyone was wired for a dancing cacophony, and for dialogue they boomed everyone accordingly. As previously announced, Ron Howard received the Filmmaker Award and Chic Ciccolini (“Apollo 13”) was the Career Achievement recipient.
69th ANNUAL MPSE GOLDEN REEL AWARD Winners Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR “Nightmare Alley” Searchlight Pictures Supervising Sound Editor: Jill Purdy MPSE Supervising Dialogue Editor: Jill Purdy MPSE Supervising ADR Editor: Jill Purdy MPSE Dialogue Editor: Nelson Ferreira MPSE Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley “Dune” Warner Bros. Supervising Sound Editors: Theo Green, Mark Mangini MPSE Sound Designer: Dave Whitehead Sound Effects Editors: Phil Barrie, Lee Gilmore MPSE, Greg Ten Bosch MPSE, Robert Kellough MPSE, Piero Mura Foley Editor: Christopher Bonis Foley Artists: Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama, Sandra Fox Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Music “West Side Story” 20th Century Studios Music Editors: Joe E. Rand, Ramiro Belgardt Scoring Editor: David Channing Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation “Raya and the Last Dragon” Walt Disney Animation Studios Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Mills Supervising Dialogue Editor: Brad Semenoff MPSE Sound Designer: Nia Hansen Sound Effects Editors: Samson Neslund, David C. Hughes, Cameron Barker Foley Editors: Chris Frazier, Steve Orlando Foley Artists: John Roesch MPSE, Shelley Roden MPSE Supervising Music Editor: Jim Weidman Music Editor: David Olson Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary “The Rescue” Disney+ Supervising Sound Editor: Deborah Wallach Sound Effects Editor: Roland Vajs Foley Artist: Nuno Bentro Music Editor: Ben Smithers Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature “Cliff Walkers” Viki Supervising Sound Editors: Yang Jiang MPSE, Zhao Nan MPSE ADR Editor: Li Xinghui Foley Artist: Han Junsheng Sound Editors: Ann Scibelli, Xiao’ou Olivia Zhang MPSE, Iain Pattison Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Series or Short “Love, Death + Robots”: “Snow in the Desert” Netflix Supervising Sound Editor: Brad North MPSE Sound Designer: Craig Henighan MPSE Foley Editors: Jeff Gross, Dawn Lunsford Foley Artist: Alicia Stevens Music Editor: Jeff Charbonneau Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Limited Series or Anthology Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation
“Arcane – League of Legends”: “When These Walls Come Tumbling Down” Netflix Supervising Sound Editors: Brad Beaumont MPSE, Eliot Connors MPSE Supervising Music Editor: Alexander Temple Supervising ADR Editor: Shannon Beaumont Foley Editor: Alexander Ephraim MPSE Foley Artists: Dan O’ Connell, John Cucci MPSE Music Editor: Alex Seaver Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary “The Beatles Get Back”: “Part 3” Disney+ Supervising Sound Editors: Brent Burge, Martin Kwok Sound Editors: Matt Stutter MPSE, Buster Flaws, Melanie Graham Dialogue Editor: Emile De La Rey Music Editors: Steve Gallagher MPSE, Tane Upjohn-Beatson Foley Editor: Michael Donaldson Foley Artist: Simon Riley Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature “Infinite” Paramount+ Supervising Sound Editors: Mandell Winter MPSE, David Esparza MPSE Sound Designer: Hamilton Sterling Sound Effects Editor: Will Digby MPSE Dialogue Editors: Micah Loken MPSE, Sang Kim Foley Editor: Eryne Prine MPSE Music Editor: Mark “Vordo” Wlodarkiewicz Foley Artists: Dan O’Connell, John Cucci MPSE Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – ½ Hour – Comedy or Drama “Only Murders in the Building”: “The Boy From 6B” Hulu Supervising Sound Editor: Mathew Waters Dialogue Editor: Danika Wikke MPSE Sound Effects Editor: Meredith Stacy Music Editor: Micha Liberman Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Dialogue / ADR “Succession”: “Secession” HBO Max Supervising Sound Editor: Nicholas Renbeck MPSE Dialogue Editor: Michael Feuser ADR Editor: Angela Organ Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Effects / Foley “The Witcher”: “A Grain of Truth” Netflix Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew Collinge Sound Designers: Rob Turner, Alyn Sclosa, Rob Prynne Foley Editors: Adam Oakley, Rob Weatherall Foley Artists: Zoe Freed, Rebecca Heathcote Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Series 1 Hour – Music “Wu Tang: An American Saga”: “Protect Ya Neck” Hulu Music Editor: Sebastian Zuleta Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Audio
“Call of Duty”: Vanguard Infinity Ward Audio Director: David Swenson MPSE Audio Leads: Matthew Grimm, Ryan McSweeney, Michael Caisley, Eric Wedemeyer Supervising Sound Editors: Charles Deenen MPSE, Nick Interlandi, Nick Martin Supervising Dialogue Editor: Emilio Lopez-Centellas, Adam Boyd MPSE, Hilary Long Supervising Music Editors: Ted Kocher, Anthony Caruso Sound Designers: Kegan Chau, Fernando Labarthe, Sheridan Willard, Tyler Cannan, Michael Tornabene, Peter Wayne, Liam Underwood, Don Veca, Jeremiah Sypult, Andy Bayless, Darren Blondin, Nicholas D’Amato, Jacob Denny, Jacob Harley, Vadim Nuniyants, Timothy Schlie, Aaron Brown, Ian Mika, Tory Bader, Corina Bello, Darrell Tung, Jonathan Gosselin, Nick Tremblay, Mathieu Denis, Mikael Frithiof, Jon Persson, Braden Parkes, Erick Ocampo, Mike Maksim, Matt Hall, Chris Diebold, Jeff Sawyer, Josh Moore, Igor Comes, Tim Gedemer MPSE, Klaus Shipman, Jim Schaefer, Rashaad Wiggins Sound Editors: Daniel Petras, Jordan Ruhala, Matthew Schaff MPSE Dialogue Editors: Robert Jackson, Maggie Wolf, Alvaro Vela, Serge J. Isaac, Stiv Schneider, Juliana Henao Mesa, David Price Music Editors: Scott Shoemaker, Tao-Ping Chen, Adam Kallibjian, Rob Goodson, Andrew Buresh Foley Artist: Foley Walkers Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award) “Build Me Up” The National Film and Television School Supervising Sound Editor: Wong Hui Grace Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.
