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They aren’t a perfectly-matched group, but the Motion Picture Sound Editors Golden Reel Awards are a interesting look at how sound editors feel about the works nominated for the Oscars and their decisions may signal interesting results on Oscar night.

These awards will be given out Sunday evening. Below are our predictions and some commentary on how we think this group will vote.

MOTION PICTURE SOUND EDITORS AWARDS

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

12 Years a Slave
All Is Lost (RU:Tripp)
Captain Phillips (RU:Peter)
Fast & Furious 6
Gravity (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (RU:Wesley)
Iron Man 3
Lone Survivor

Wesley Lovell: The test of whether the absence of sound will work in its favor, Gravity should win over the other films, and while I have The Hobbit down for second plaec, nearly anything else on this list could win.
Tripp Burton: This is between the two stranded-in-nowhere films, but I’ll give the edge to the much-beloved Gravity.

Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film

12 Years a Slave (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter)
American Hustle (Peter, Tripp)
August: Osage County
Captain Phillips
Gravity (Wesley, RU:Tripp)
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor

Wesley Lovell: I vacillated on picking Gravity for this award because there wasn’t a lot of dialogue, but if you think about the early voice over work, the call from the arctic and so forth, ADR is a good possibility for Gravity, but this is probably its weakest opportunity in this awards set.
Tripp Burton: I’m predicting not-Gravity here, only because it isn’t as dialogue-heavy as something like American Hustle. That could be a mistake on my part, though.

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

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
The Croods (RU:Tripp)
Despicable Me 2
Epic
Ernest & Celestine (RU:Peter)
Frozen (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
Monsters University (RU:Wesley)
Planes

Wesley Lovell: I give the edge to Frozen because it’s a musical, but I wouldn’t be surprised to see Monsters University win for its monstrous soundscape.
Tripp Burton: At this point in the season, it is just automatic.

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

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20 Feet from Stardom (Wesley, Tripp)
CinemAbility
Dirty Wars (RU:Wesley)
Good Olโ€™ Freda
Muscle Shoals
Rising from Ashes (Peter)
Sound City (RU:Peter, RU:Tripp)

Wesley Lovell: Oscar nominee 20 Feet from Stardom would seem to be a safe bet considering its ties to the music industry, but it’s one of three on this list. The war documentary Dirty Wars could also do well.
Tripp Burton: You’re supposed to predict the musicals in these categories, right?

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

Blue Is the Warmest Color (RU:Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Tripp)
The Grandmaster (Wesley, Peter, Tripp)
The Past
Wadjda

Wesley Lovell: The Grandmaster is the only action film on this list, the others are largely quiet character dramas. I’d say this might be the only category I’m feeling extremely confident about.
Tripp Burton: The action film would seem to do best here, wouldn’t it?

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film

12 Years a Slave (Peter)
47 Ronin
American Hustle
Gravity (Wesley, Tripp, RU:Peter)
The Great Gatsby (RU:Wesley, RU:Tripp)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
World War Z

Wesley Lovell: Gravity may win with this group’s version of the original score award, but The Great Gatsby has such a diverse and interesting musical soundscape that I could see it winning without much effort.
Tripp Burton: Like Frozen in the animated categories, this is an easy win across the board for Gravity. Although The Great Gatsby had a lot of music throughout, and could sneak in.

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film

Frozen (Wesley, RU:Peter, RU:Tripp)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Peter, Tripp, RU:Wesley)
Justin Bieberโ€™s Believe
Metallica Through the Never

Wesley Lovell: The only true musical in this list, Frozen is my pick. The other three are more concert-oriented, though the Coen Brothers have long been admired by sound designers and editors.
Tripp Burton: I’m just guessing here, but I don’t think they will go for the concert films, and if Frozen is winning somewhere else this could be a rare chance to award the much loved Coen Brothers film.

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