“1917” and “Ford v Ferrari” split the top sound editing prizes Sunday night at the 67th annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel. “1917” took Dialogue/ADR and “Ford v Ferrari” scored for Effects/Foley. The Elton John musical fantasy, “Rocketman,” earned Musical honors and “Jojo Rabbit” topped Music Underscore.
The other Feature awards went to “Parasite” (Foreign Language), “Toy Story 4” (Animation), and “Echo in the Canyon” (Documentary).
This sets up a competitive sound editing Oscar race between Sam Mendes’ innovative, continuous-shot World War I drama and James Mangold’s thrilling race car biopic. “The absence of visible edits meant it would have been easy to be overwhelmed with sound at times, never being able to cut to a different location to reset,” said Oliver Tarney, supervising sound editor of “1917.” “We worked hard at making sure there were always multiple layers of detail in the work we were doing. We had to make sure the audience wouldn’t get fatigued. We built in a softer soundscape after each of the larger events so that we could build the tension up.”
Christian Bale in “Ford v Ferrari”
Twentieth Century Fox
Meanwhile, “Ford v Ferrari’s” climactic 24 Hours of Le Mans circa 1966 offered a 40-minute tour de force that served as a mini-movie: “We threw out the production sound,” said David Giammarco, the sound designer. “But when we got the real GT40, it helped inform the cut because it has its own signature [sound], and you want to wind it out and feel the whole length of it. Sometimes they would cut the shot to match the engine whine. And sometimes you hear the engine and score [from Marco Beltrami and Buck Sanders] playing together almost at the same chord.”
Oscar-nominated producer (“Little Women”) Amy Pascal presented the 2020 MPSE Filmmaker Award to Marvel Studios Executive Vice President of Production Victoria Alonso. The 2020 MPSE Career Achievement Award was awarded to Oscar-winning supervising sound editor Cecelia “Cece” Hall (“The Hunt for Red October”).
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Motion Picture – Dialogue/ADR
“1917”
Universal Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Oliver Tarney, MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Rachael Tate, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Effects / Foley
“Ford v Ferrari”
Twentieth Century Fox
Supervising Sound Editor: Donald Sylvester
Sound Designers: Jay Wilkenson, David Giammarco
Sound Effects Editor: Eric Norris, MPSE
Foley Editor: Anna MacKenzie
Foley Artists: Dan O’Connell, John Cucci, MPSE, Andy Malcolm, Goro Koyama
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Motion Picture – Musical
“Rocketman”
Paramount Pictures
Music Editors: Andy Patterson, Cecile Tournesac
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Motion Picture – Music Underscore
“Jojo Rabbit”
Fox Searchlight Pictures
Music Editor: Paul Apelgren
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature
“Parasite”
Neon
Supervising Sound Editor: Choi Tae Young
Sound Designer: Kang Hye Young
Supervising ADR Editor: Kim Byung In
Sound Effects Editors: Kang Hye Young
Foley Artists: Park Sung Gyun, Lee Chung Gyu
Foley Editor: Shin I Na
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation
“Toy Story 4”
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Supervising Sound Editor: Coya Elliott
Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Cheryl Nardi
Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Qianbaihui Yang, Jonathon Stevens
Foley Editors: Thom Brennan, James Spencer
Foley Artists: John Roesch, MPSE, Shelley Roden, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary
“Echo in the Canyon”
Greenwich Entertainment
Sound Designer: Robby Stambler, MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Sal Ojeda, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary
“Serengeti”
Discovery Channel
Supervising Sound Editor: Paul Cowgill
Foley Editor: Peter Davies
Music Editor: Alessandro Baldessari
Foley Artists: Paul Ackerman
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Dialogue/ADR
“Chernobyl” “Please Remain Calm”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editor: Stefan Henrix
Supervising ADR Editor: Harry Barnes
Dialogue Editor: Michael Maroussas
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Effects / Foley
“Chernobyl” “1:23:45”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editor: Stefan Henrix
Sound Designer: Joe Beal
Foley Editors: Philip Clements, Tom Stewart
Foley Artist: Anna Wright
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Music
“Game of Thrones” “The Long Night”
HBO
Music Editor: David Klotz
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Single Presentation
“El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editors: Nick Forshager, Todd Toon, MPSE
Supervising ADR Editor: Kathryn Madsen
Sound Effects Editor: Luke Gibleon
Dialogue Editor: Jane Boegel
Foley Editor: Jeff Cranford
Supervising Music Editor: Blake Bunzel
Music Editor: Jason Tregoe Newman
Foley Artists: Gregg Barbanell, MPSE, Alex Ullrich
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award)
“Heatwave”
National Film and Television School
Supervising Sound Editor: Kevin Langhamer
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Effects / Foley
“The Mandalorian” “Chapter One”
Disney+
Supervising Sound Editors: David Acord, Matthew Wood
Sound Effects Editors: Bonnie Wild, Jon Borland, Chris Frazier, Pascal Garneau, Steve Slanec
Foley Editor: Richard Gould
Foley Artists: Ronni Brown, Jana Vance
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Dialogue/ADR
“Modern Love” “Take Me as I Am”
Prime Video
Supervising Sound Editor: Lewis Goldstein
Supervising ADR Editor: Gina Alfano, MPSE
Dialogue Editor: Alfred DeGrand
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Music
“Wu Tang: An American Saga” “All In Together Now”
Hulu
Music Editor: Shie Rozow
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35:00
“Barry” “ronny/lily”
HBO
Supervising Sound Editors: Sean Heissinger, Matthew E. Taylor
Sound Designer: Rickley W. Dumm, MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Mark Allen
Dialogue Editors: John Creed, Harrison Meyle
Music Editor: Michael Brake
Foley Artists: Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana
Foley Editors: John Sanacore, Clayton Weber
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Special Venue
“Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series” “Episode 1”
Oculus
Supervising Sound Editors: Kevin Bolen, Paul Stoughton
Sound Designer: Andy Martin
Supervising ADR Editors: Gary Rydstrom, Steve Slanec
Dialogue Editors: Anthony DeFrancesco, Christopher Barnett, MPSE Benjamin A. Burtt, MPSE
Foley Artists: Shelley Roden, MPSE Jana Vance
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature
“Togo”
Disney+
Supervising Sound Editors: Odin Benitez, MPSE, Todd Toon, MPSE
Sound Designer: Martyn Zub, MPSE
Dialogue Editor: John C. Stuver, MPSE
Sound Effects Editors: Jason King, Adam Kopald, MPSE, Luke Gibleon, Christopher Bonis
ADR Editor: Dave McMoyler
Supervising Music Editor: Peter “Oso” Snell, MPSE
Foley Artists: Mike Horton, Tim McKeown
Supervising Foley Editor: Walter Spencer
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation Long Form
“Lego DC Batman: Family Matters”
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
Supervising Sound Editor: Rob McIntyre, D.J. Lynch
Sound Designer: Lawrence Reyes
Sound Effects Editors: Ezra Walker
ADR Editor: George Peters
Foley Editor: Aran Tanchum, Derek Swanson
Foley Artists: Vincent Guisetti
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Animation Short Form
“3 Below” “Tales of Arcadia”
Netflix
Supervising Sound Editor: Otis Van Osten
Sound Designer: James Miller
Dialogue Editors: Jason Oliver, Carlos Sanches
Foley Artists: Aran Tanchum, Vincent Guisetti
Foley Editor: Tommy Sarioglou
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)”
Activision Blizzard
Audio Director: Stephen Miller
Supervising Sound Editor: Dave Rowe
Supervising Sound Designer: Charles Deenen, MPSE Csaba Wagner
Supervising Music Editor: Peter Scaturro
Lead Music Editor: Ted Kocher
Principal Sound Designer: Stuart Provine
Sound Designers: Bryan Watkins, Mark Ganus, Eddie Pacheco, Darren Blondin
Dialogue Lead: Dave Natale
Dialogue Editors: Chrissy Arya, Michael Krystek
Sound Editors: Braden Parkes, Nick Martin, Tim Walston, MPSE, Brent Burge, Alex Ephraim, MPSE, Samuel Justice, MPSE
Music Editors: Anthony Caruso, Scott Bergstrom, Adam Kallibjian, Ernest Johnson, Tao-Ping Chen, James Zolyak, Sonia Coronado, Nick Mastroianni, Chris Rossetti
Foley Artists: Gary Hecker, MPSE, Rick Owens, MPSE
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play
“Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)”
Infinity Ward
Audio Director: Stephen Miller
Senior Lead Sound Designer: Dave Rowe
Senior Lead Technical Sound Designer: Tim Stasica
Supervising Music Editor: Peter Scaturro
Lead Music Editor: Ted Kocher
Principal Sound Designer: Stuart Provine
Senior Sound Designers: Chris Egert, Doug Prior
Supervising Sound Designers: Charles Deenen, MPSE, Csaba Wagner
Sound Designers: Chris Staples, Eddie Pacheco, MPSE, Darren Blondin, Andy Bayless, Ian Mika, Corina Bello, John Drelick, Mark Ganus
Dialogue Leads: Dave Natale, Bryan Watkins, Adam Boyd, MPSE, Mark Loperfido
Sound Editors: Braden Parkes, Nick Martin, Brent Burge, Tim Walston, Alex Ephraim, Samuel Justice
Dialogue Editors: Michael Krystek, Chrissy Arya, Cesar Marenco
Music Editors: Anthony Caruso, Scott Bergstrom, Adam Kallibjian, Ernest Johnson, Tao-Ping Chen, James Zolyak, Sonia Coronado, Nick Mastroianni, Chris Rossetti
Foley Artists: Gary Hecker, MPSE, Rick Owens, MPSE