SUPER 8, WAR HORSE Among Nominees for MPSE Golden Reel Awards

The nominations for the Motion Picture Sound Editors' 59th AnnuAl Golden Reel Awards have been announced. 'Super 8' leads the pack with three nominations in feature film categories. Also nominated for two categories each were this year's Drive, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Transformers: Dark of the Moon and War Horse. 

Among the nominees for sound editing for an animated feature film are The Adventures of Tintin, Cars 2, Kung Fu Panda 2, Puss in Boots, Rango, Rio and The Smurfs. 

The 2012 Golden Reel Award nominees are:

FEATURE FILMS CATEGORY
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, AND ADR IN AN ANIMATION FEATURE FILM
The Adventures of Tintin
Cars 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
Puss in Boots
Rango
Rio
The Smurfs
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BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, ADR AND MUSIC IN A FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Cave of the 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
Tropa de Elite 2 (Elite Squad 2: The Enemy Within)
The Flowers of War
In the Land of Blood and Honey
Sarah’s Key
The Skin I Live In

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
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BEST SOUND EDITING: MUSIC IN A MUSICAL FEATURE FILM
Footloose
The Muppets
Perfect Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll
Pina

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 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

TELEVISION CATEGORY
BEST SOUND EDITING: SOUND EFFECTS, FOLEY, DIALOGUE, AND ADR ANIMATION IN TELEVISION
Fanboy and Chum Chum "A Very Brrr-y Icemas #217"
Futurama "Law & Oracle"
Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas
Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil "Truth or Daredevil"
Kung Fu Panda: The Legends of Awesomeness "Sight for Sore Eyes - #108"
Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace
The Penguins of Madagascar "The Return of the Revenge of Dr. Blowhole"
Phineas and Ferb "Across the 2nd Dimension"

BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM DOCUMENTARY
Gettysburg
Harlistas: An American Journey
Koran By Heart

BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
The 12 Dates of Christmas
Alphas "Pilot"
Avalon High
Magic Beyond Words - The JK Rowling Story
Terra Nova "Occupation/Resistance - #12 & #13"

BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION
Big Love "Where Men and Mountains Meet"
Cinema Verite
Homeland "Marine One"
Terra Nova "Occupation/Resistance - #12 & #13"
The Walking Dead "What Lies Ahead"

BEST SOUND EDITING: LONG FORM SOUND EFFECTS AND FOLEY IN TELEVISION
Cinema Verite
Homeland "Marine One"
Red Faction: Origins
Terra Nova "Occupation/Resistance - #12 & #13"
The Walking Dead "What Lies Ahead"

BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM DOCUMENTARY
Above The Ashes "Above the Ashes"
Man Made “Bugatti Super Car”
Tim Tebow: Everything In Between

BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSIC IN TELEVISION
Camelot "110 - Reckoning"
CSI: Miami "Crowned"
Damages "Failure is Lonely"
Fringe "The Day We Died"
Justified "Brother's Keeper"
Raising Hope "Prodigy"
Revenge "Pilot"

BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM MUSICAL IN TELEVISION
Glee “The First Time”
Grey’s Anatomy “The Song Beneath the Song”
The Playboy Club “Pilot”

BEST SOUND EDITING: SHORT FORM DIALOGUE AND ADR IN TELEVISION
The Big C "A Little Death"
Game of Thrones "Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things"
Hell on Wheels "Bread and Circuses - #105"
Leverage "The Van Gogh Job"
Person of Interest "#107 - Witness"
Smallville "Dominion"
Sons of Anarchy "To Be, Part 2"
The Walking Dead "Save the Last One"

OTHERS CATEGORY
BEST SOUND EDITING: COMPUTER EPISODIC ENTERTAINMENT
Aim High
Dagedar
Polly Pocket
Warehouse 13 “Of Monsters & Men”
When You Find Me

BEST SOUND EDITING: COMPUTER INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Diablo III Cinematics - Black SoulStone "Doom" and Intro "End of Days"
Gears of War 3
Need for Speed “The Run”
Skylanders Spyro's Adventure Cinematics

BEST SOUND EDITING: DIRECT TO VIDEO – ANIMATION
Dragon: Gift of the Night Fury
Kung Fu Panda 2: Secrets of the Masters
Megamind: The Button of Doom
Quest for Zhu
The Smurfs: A Christmas Carol

BEST SOUND EDITING: DIRECT TO VIDEO - LIVE ACTION
Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure
Love
Street Kings 2: Motor City

BEST SOUND EDITING: SPECIAL VENUE
Rocky Mountain Express
Tornado Alley
Wildest Weather in the Solar System

VERNA FIELDS AWARD IN SOUND EDITING FOR STUDENT FILMMAKERS
Alma
Inferno
The Maiden and the Princess
The Pride of Wade Ellison
The Secret Numbers