Motion Picture Sound Editors, the premier organisation of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, has announced the nominations for the 73rd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, honouring outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming.
Winners will be announced at the annual gala on 8 March at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
As previously announced, two honorary awards will also be presented at the gala: Kathleen Kennedy will receive the 2026 Filmmaker Award, and supervising sound editor Mark Mangini will receive the Career Achievement Award.
The full list of nominations is available below.
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation.
- Blood of Zeus: “A Breath Before Dying”
- Love, Death + Robots: “400 Boys”
- Marvel Zombies: Episode 1
- Rick and Morty: “Summer of All Fears”
- Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld: “Friends”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue / ADR.
- Adolescence: Episode 2
- The Pitt: “7:00PM”
- Severance: “Cold Harbor”
- Stranger Things: Chapter Four: “Sorcerer”
- Task: “Vagrants”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley.
- Andor: “Who Are You?”
- Alien Earth: “Neverland”
- The Last of Us: “Through the Valley”
- Pluribus: “Pirate Lady”
- Stranger Things: Chapter Four: “Sorcerer”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form.
- The Bear: “Scallop”
- Murderbot: “All Systems Red”
- Only Murders in the Building: “LESTR”
- Side Quest: “Fugue”
- The Studio: “The Golden Globes”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation.
- Bad Guys 2
- Elio
- Kpop Demon Hunters
- Zootopia 2
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary.
- Becoming Led Zeppelin
- Deaf President Now!
- I Was Born This Way
- It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
- Viktor
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature International.
- Belén
- Dong Ji Rescue
- Sirât
- Sound of Falling
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR.
- Bugonia
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley.
- Anemone
- F1
- Frankenstein
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Animation.
- Diary of a Wimpy Kid: “The Last Straw”
- Invincible: “I Thought You’d Never Shut Up”
- Predator: “Killer of Killers”
- Transformers: EarthSpark: “Legacy of Hope”
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Documentary.
- 100 Foot Wave: “The Eddie”
- The Beatles Anthology: Episode 9
- Billy Joel: And So It Goes: Part One
- John Candy: I Like Me
- Love + War
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-Theatrical Feature.
- Beast of War
- The Gorge
- The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
- Star Trek: Section 31
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form.
- Andor: “What a Festive Evening”
- Étoile: “The Hiccup”
- The Last of Us: “Through the Valley”
- Severance: “Cold Harbor”
- Stranger Things: Chapter Four: “Sorcerer”
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form.
- The Bear: “Soubise”
- Love, Death + Robots: “400 Boys”
- Only Murders in the Building: “The House Always…”
- The Studio: “The War”
- Wolf King: “The Rise of the Wolf”
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary.
- The Beatles Anthology: Episode 9
- Becoming Led Zeppelin
- Billy Joel: And So It Goes: Part 1
- It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley
- Stans
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture.
- Kpop Demon Hunters
- Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
- One Battle After Another
- Sinners
- Wicked: For Good
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Dialogue / ADR.
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
- Mafia: The Old Country
Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Game Music.
- Borderlands 4
- Call of Duty: Black Ops 7
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Ghost of Yōtei
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley.
- Battlefield 6
- Death Stranding 2: On the Beach
- Dispatch
- Ghost of Yōtei
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Student Film (Verna Fields Award).
- Carb Pot
- Damned
- Dancing Spiders Play Jazz in Nooks
- A Darker Place: Cases from the DCA
- El Corazón
- Moksha
- Oneiros
- They Made You Into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace
