In all but one of the last four years, the 5 nominees for Sound Editing came from this slate of nominees (the Sound Effects/Foley and Dialogue/ADR categories in specific with an odd pickup from the Animation list in the years Pixar did well). So, you can expect no other nominees than what are here. With three nominations and a nod at the Cinema Audio Society yesterday, Super 8 looks like it will double dip the sound categories this year. Add in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Rise of the Planet of the Apes and War Horse and you may have four in the field. As for the fifth spot? I’m guessing Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, but it could be Transformers or Drive as well. Of course, it could be any combination of those seven, so we may have to wait and see.

In addition to the nominees and/or winners listed below, this year, we’re giving you a quick background on each individual precursor including founding year, first awards year and a glimpse at how many predictions the group has gotten right in the last five years. This data can be found below.

As promised, I have posted the history of this particular guild on my website. You can find it by following this link: Motion Picture Sound Editors.

Nominations Tallies

(3) Super 8
(2) Drive / The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo / Rise of the Planet of the Apes / Transformers: Dark of the Moon / War Horse

The Nominations

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

Drive
Fast Five
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
War Horse

Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film

Abduction
The Help
Moneyball
Quarantine II: Terminal
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Super 8
War Horse
The Way

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

The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio
The Smurfs

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

Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Cave of Forgotten Dreams
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
Lemmy
Pearl Jam Twenty

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

1920. The World’s Most Important Battle
Circumstance
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Sarah’s Key
The Skin I Live In
Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within)

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film

Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hop
Hugo
Priest
Super 8
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film

Footloose
The Muppets
Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Pina

Motion Picture Sound Editors Data

Year Founded: 1953
First Awards: 1953 (59)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

• Nominee was nominated for the corresponding Oscar
• Nominee was not nominated for a corresponding Oscar
• Total (2010-2009-2008-2007-2006)

Sound Editing (All): 24 (5-5-5-4-5) N / N/A
Sound Editing (Sound Effects/Foley): 18 (4-4-3-3-4) N / 22 (4-4-5-5-4) I
Sound Editing (Dialogue/ADR): 16 (3-4-2-3-4) N / 24 (5-4-6-5-4) I