With no film winning more than one award, the Motion Picture Sound Editors did only one thing that really pointed us towards an Oscar winner…it picked War Horse for best Sound Effects and Foley, the best indicator of what film will probably win the Oscar for Best Sound Editing, an award they’ve corresponded four of the last five times out.

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.

The Awards

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

War Horse

Best Sound Editing: Dialogue and ADR in a Feature Film

Super 8

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

The Adventures of Tintin

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

George Harrison: Living in the Material World

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

The Flowers of War

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Feature Film

Hugo

Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film

The Muppets

Motion Picture Sound Editors Awards Data

Year Founded: 1953
First Awards: 1953 (59)

Precursor Accuracy

KEY:

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

Sound Editing: 4 (1-0-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 2 (1-0-1-0-0) I
Sound Editing (Sound Effects/Foley): 4 (1-0-1-1-1) W / 5 (1-1-1-1-1) N / 0 (0-0-0-0-0) I
Sound Editing (Dialogue/ADR): 2 (0-0-0-1-1) W / 3 (0-1-0-1-1) N / 2 (1-0-1-0-0) I