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2023 Golden Reel Award Winner Sound Stories

Posted February 27, 2023 by Asbjoern Andersen in Film sound, Game audio

The 2023 MPSE Golden Reel Award winners have been found - a huge congrats to all the winners and nominees! We've gathered the stories behind their award-winning sound for you below. Happy exploring:

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2023 Golden Reel Award winners – Sound Story Shortcuts

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2023 Golden Reel Award Sound Editorial Winners
Top Gun: Maverick • The Banshees of Inisherin • Elvis • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio • Good Night Oppy • All Quiet on the Western Front • Love, Death & Robots: In Vaulted Halls Entombed • The Crown: Gunpowder • Stranger Things: Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab • The Bear: Review • Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie • Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Gloves Are Off • PREY

2023 Golden Reel Award Music Editorial Winners

Stranger Things: Chapter Nine: The Piggyback • Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin: Torschlusspanik • Moonage Daydream

2023 Golden Reel Award Game Editorial Winners
Immortality • God of War: Ragnarök

+ See the full list of winners at Variety

2023 Golden Reel Award Sound Editorial Winners

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley:

Winner: Top Gun: Maverick

Get the sound story behind Top Gun: Maverick

The Sound of Top Gun: Maverick | The #DolbyInstitute Podcast

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR:

Winner: The Banshees of Inisherin

Get the sound story behind The Banshees of Inisherin

Get the story behind the sound of The Banshees of Inisherin here

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation:

Winner: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Get the sound story behind Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Get the story behind the sound of Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio here

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary:

Winner: Good Night Oppy

Get the sound story behind Good Night Oppy

The Sound of 'Good Night Oppy' - Mix Sound For Film: Awards Season 2022

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature:

Winner: All Quiet on the Western Front

Get the sound story behind All Quiet on the Western Front

Get the story behind the sound for All Quiet On The Western Front here

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Animation:

Winner: Love, Death & Robots: In Vaulted Halls Entombed

Get the sound story behind Love, Death & Robots

Brad North ('Love Death + Robots' sound editor) talks creating sounds for big creatures, heady moods

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Feature Motion Picture:

Winner: Elvis

Get the sound story behind Elvis

Hear an interview on the music of Elvis here

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Dialogue / ADR:

Winner: The Crown: Gunpowder

Get the sound story behind The Crown

The Understated, Tragic Storytelling of "The Crown"

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Long Form Effects / Foley:

Winner: Stranger Things: Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab

Get the sound story behind Stranger Things Season 4

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Broadcast Short Form:

Winner: The Bear: Review

Get the sound story behind The Bear

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Animation:

Winner: Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

There’s no sound story available for this one right now

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Documentary:

Winner: Formula 1: Drive to Survive: Gloves Are Off

There’s no sound story available for this one right now

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Non-theatrical Feature:

Winner: PREY

Get the sound story behind PREY

Get the story behind the powerful sound of PREY here

2023 Golden Reel Award Sound Editorial Winners

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Long Form:

Winner: Stranger Things: Chapter Nine: The Piggyback

Get the story behind music for Stranger Things

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Broadcast Short Form:

Winner: Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin: Torschlusspanik

There’s no sound story available for this one right now

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Documentary:

Winner: Moonage Daydream

Get the story behind the sound for Moonage Daydream

2023 Golden Reel Award Game Editorial Winners

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Dialogue / ADR:

Winner: Immortality

Get the sound story behind IMMORTALITY

Get the story behind the intriguing sound of Immortality here

Outstanding Achievement in Music Editing – Game Music &
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Game Effects / Foley:

Winner: God of War Ragnarök

Get the sound story behind God of War Ragnarök

Get the story behind the epic sound of God of War Ragnarök here

See the full list of winners here

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The content has been recorded at 192KHz with a Sanken CO100K plus a Sennheiser 8050 for center image and a couple of Sennheiser MKH8040 for stereo image.
A special section of the library features samples recorded at 384KHz. For these sounds an additional microphone was employed, specifically the CMPA by Avisoft-Bioacoustics which records up to 200 KHz. This microphone was actually used to record most of the library but the 384KHz format was preserved only where energy was found beyond 96KHz not to occupy unnecessary disk space.
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Huge Overview: Go Behind the Award-Winning Sound of the 2023 MPSE Golden Reel Winners here: