The Motion Picture Sound Editors have added their voices to the awards season conversation.
On Monday, the sound-editing professionals announced nominees for the MPSE Golden Reel Awards, with top Best Sound Oscar contenders A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked among the films recognized.
Deadpool & Wolverine and Dune: Part Two led the way among features with three nominations, including sound editing for dialogue, sound editing for effects, and music editing. Other movies with multiple citations included A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, and Wicked.
All of those films made the Oscars shortlist for Best Sound. A notable absence among the MPSE Golden Reel nominees is Gladiator II, which is currently predicted to land among the Best Sound Oscar nominees later this month. Last year, three of the five Best Sound Oscar nominees were similarly nominated by the Golden Reel Awards. (Gladiator II, it should be noted, made the BAFTA Awards longlist for Best Sound last week; Deadpool & Wolverine, in comparison, did not.)
Television shows nominated by the MPSE Golden Reel Awards include Shōgun, The Penguin, and Baby Reindeer.
Read on for the full list of nominees. The group previously announced two honorary awards for 2025: Kevin Costner will receive the Filmmaker Award and supervising sound editor Greg Hedgepath will receive the Career Achievement Award.
The 2025 MPSE Golden Reel Awards winners will be revealed at a ceremony in Los Angeles on Feb. 23.
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Broadcast Animation
Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: “Into the Fog”
Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy: “Part Two”
Secret Level: “Warhammer 40,000: They Shall Know No Fear”
Star Trek Prodigy: “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”
Transformers: Earthspark: “Judgment Day: Part 2”
X-Men ’97: “Fire Made Flesh”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Broadcast Long Form Dialogue/ADR
Lioness: “Beware the Old Soldier”
Masters of the Air: Part Nine
The Penguin: “Cent’Anni”
Ripley: “V LUCIO”
Shōgun: “Ladies of the Willow World”
Slow Horses: “Hello Goodbye”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Broadcast Long Form Effects/Foley
House of the Dragon: “The Red Dragon and the Gold”
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: “Doomed to Die”
Masters of the Air: “Part Five”
The Penguin: “After Hours”
Ripley: “III Sommerso”
Shōgun: “Broken to the Fist”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Broadcast Short Form
Baby Reindeer: “Episode 7”
The Bear: “Doors”
Earthsounds: “Australian Forests”
Only Murders in the Building: “Blow Up”
What We Do in the Shadows: “Come Out and Play”
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
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Feature Documentary
The Blue Angels
Dahomey
Elton John: Never Too Late
Music by John Williams
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Feature International
Emilia Pérez
The Girl With the Needle
The Goat Life
Kneecap
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Feature Dialogue/ADR
Alien: Romulus
A Complete Unknown
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Wicked
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Feature Effects/Foley
Alien: Romulus
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
September 5
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Non-Theatrical Animation
Arcane: “The Dirt Under Your Nails”
Invincible: “I Thought You Were Stronger”
Justice League: “Crisis on Infinite Earths — Part Three”
Orion and the Dark
Watchmen: “Chapter 1″
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Non-Theatrical Documentary
Apollo 13: Survival
The Beach Boys
Fly
Formula 1: Drive to Survive: “Forza Ferrari”
Jim Henson Idea Man
Steve! (Martin) A Documentary in 2 Pieces
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Non-Theatrical Feature
Atlas
Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
The Killer
Música
Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing — Broadcast Long Form
Fallout: “The End”
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: “Doomed to Die”
The Penguin: “Cent’Anni”
Ripley: “VIII NARCISSUS”
Salem’s Lot
Slow Horses: “Returns”
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing — Broadcast Short Form
Baby Reindeer: “Episode 1”
The Bear: “Doors”
Only Murders in the Building: “My Best Friend’s Wedding”
Shrinking: “Last Drink”
We Are Lady Parts: “The Reason”
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing — Documentary
Beatles ’64
Elton John: Never Too Late
The Greatest Night in Pop
Jim Henson Idea Man
Music by John Williams
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing — Feature Motion Picture
Better Man
A Complete Unknown
Deadpool & Wolverine
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
Wicked
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Game Dialogue/ADR
Batman: Arkham Shadow
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth
Star Wars Outlaws
Until Dawn
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing — Game Music
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred
Dragon Age: The Veilguard
Helldivers 2
Star Wars Outlaws
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Game Effects/Foley
Batman: Arkham Shadow
Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
Helldivers 2
Lego Horizon Adventures
Star Wars Outlaws
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing — Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
At the Riverbank (Chapman University)
Brigham Young University: Student Accomplice (Brigham Young University)
Bubble Boy (National Film and Television School)
Intermission (National Film & Television School)
Last Remembrances (University of Southern California)
The Memories of Autumn (Beijing Film Academy)
Songbirds (Savannah College of Art and Design)
Wrestle-Off (University of Southern California)
