Four films lead the nominations for this year’s 60th annual Golden Reel Awards, the prizes given out by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. Typically a precursor for the Sound Editing award at the Oscars, Oscar nominee Zero Dark Thirty isn’t among the nominees while all of the thrice-nominated features except The Hobbit are included on the Oscar slate. Django Unchained rounds out the Oscar list. Typically, a film that earns nominations in all three feature film categories is a prime contender for the Oscar. I would need to do some researching, but I don’t think any film has won the Oscar without earning at least one nomination from the MPSE and if it has, it’s been a long time. (NOTE: Apparently, the list of nominees that had been posted contained a number of errors. I have corrected the nominees below)

Nomination Tallies

(3) Argo, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Life of Pi, Skyfall
(2) The Dark Knight Rises, Django Unchained, Lincoln

The Nominations

Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects and Foley in a Feature Film

Argo
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Prometheus
Skyfall

Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film

Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Skyfall

Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in an Animation Feature Film

Brave
A Cat in Paris
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Frankenweenie
ParaNorman
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph

Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue, ADR and Music in a Feature Documentary

Bully
Climate Refugees
Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Last Call at the Oasis
Marley
Searching for Sugar Man

Best Sound Editing: Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Foreign Language Film

Amour
The Intouchables
Rust and Bone

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film

Argo
The Cabin in the Woods
The Dark Knight Rises
Django Unchained
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
Life of Pi
Lincoln
Skyfall

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film

Joyful Noise
Les Misérables
Pitch Perfect
Rock of Ages

Motion Picture Sound Editors Data

Year Founded: 1953
First Awards: 1953 (60)