The 2021 MPSE Award Winners Have Been Found - Here Are The Sound Stories Behind 10 Of Them:

Posted April 20, 2021 by Jennifer Walden in Sound community highlights • 1 Comment

The 2021 MPSE Award winners have just been announced, and we're happy to give you the stories behind the sound for 10 of them. Congrats to all the winners and nominees!

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SOUL:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Animation

Supervising Sound Editor: Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce
Sound Designer: Ren Klyce
Sound Effects Editors: Kimberly Patrick, Jonathan Stevens, Steve Orlando
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Cheryl Nardi
Foley Editors: Thom Brennan, Dee Selby
Foley Artists: John Roesch, MPSE; Shelley Roden, MPSE
Music Editors: Sally Boldt, Justin Pearson

Shaping Soul’s Superb Sound – with Coya Elliott and Ren Klyce:

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Finding the Sound of Soul

THE REASON I JUMP:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Documentary

Supervising Sound Editor: Nick Ryan
Sound Effects Editors: Laurence Love Greed, Alexej Mungersdorff, Jack Wensley
Dialogue Editor: Jamie McPhee
Foley Editor: Srdjan Kurpjel

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The Sound Design of The Reason I Jump — Composer Nainita Desai Takes Found Sounds, Improv Orchestra and Gives Voice to the Nonverbal

THE EIGHT HUNDRED:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature

Supervising Sound Editor and Editor: Kang Fu
Sound Effects Editor: Steve Miller
Dialogue Editor: Ai Long Tan
Foley Artist: Lan Long
Music Editor: Fei Yu

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Yu Fei, Music Supervisor on The Eight Hundred, Blends Two Worlds With Her Score

TENET:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Music Score

Supervising Music Editor: Alex Gibson
Music Editor: Nicholas Fitzgerald

Behind the Sound of ‘Tenet’ with Richard King:

Behind the Sound of ‘Tenet’ and ‘Wonder Woman 1984’, with Richard King!– A Sound Effect Podcast 14:

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Richard King on Inventing Inverted Sounds for Tenet

THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Dialogue / ADR

Supervising Sound and ADR Editor: Renee Tondelli
Dialogue Editors: Michael Hertlein, MPSE; Jeena Schoenke, Jon Michaels

The Trial of the Chicago 7 with Renée Tondelli & Michael Babcock – interview by The Tonebenders Podcast:

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Telling The Trial Of The Chicago 7 Through Sound – with Renee Tondelli and Julian Slater

GREYHOUND:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Effects / Foley

Supervising Sound Editors: Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler
Associate Supervising Sound Editor: Will Digby, MPSE
Sound Designers: Ann Scibelli, Jon Title
Sound Effects Editors: Jeff Sawyer, Richard Kitting, Odin Benitez, MPSE; Jason King
Foley Editor: Luke Gibleon
Foley Artist: Marko Costanzo

Michael Minkler on Creating a Symphony of War Sounds for Greyhound
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The 2021 MPSE Award winners have been found – here are the sound stories behind 10 of them:

MANDALORIAN Season 2:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Dialogue/ADR

Supervising Sound Editors: Matthew Wood, David Acord
Dialogue Editor: Richard Quinn
ADR Editor: James Spencer

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Short Form – Effects / Foley

Supervising Sound Editor: David Acord, Matthew Wood
Sound Effects Editors: Benjamin A. Burtt, J.R. Grubbs
Foley Editor: Richard Gould
Foley Artists: Ronni Brown, Jana Vance

The Mandalorian with Bonnie Wild & Dave Acord
Tonebenders Podcast:

THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Music / Musical

Music Editor: Tom Kramer

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Dialogue / ADR

Supervising Sound Editors: Gregg Swiatlowski, Eric Hirsch
Sound Designer: Wylie Stateman
Dialogue Editors: Mary Ellen Porto, MPSE; Eric Hoehn

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Effects / Foley

Supervising Sound Editors: Gregg Swiatlowski, Eric Hirsch
Sound Designer: Wylie Stateman, MPSE
Sound Effects Editors: Patrick Cicero, James David Redding III, Leo Marcil, Eric Hoehn
Foley Artist / Editor: Rachel Chancey

Sound Editing & Foley for The Queen’s Gambit – The Tonebenders Podcast:

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Checking Out the Sound Of The Queen’s Gambit

STAR TREK: PICARD “ET IN ARCADIA EGO, PART 2”:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Episodic Long Form – Effects / Foley

Supervising Sound Editor: Matthew E. Taylor
Sound Designers: Tim Farrell, Harry Cohen, MPSE
Sound Effects Editor: Michael Schapiro
Foley Editors: Clay Weber, Darrin Mann
Foley Artists: Alyson Dee Moore, Chris Moriana

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The Stellar Sound Of Star Trek: Picard

THE LAST OF US PART II:
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Cinematic

Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Potter
Sound Effects Editors: Patrick Ginn, Kyle Bailey, Michael Finley, Chad Bedell, Eric Paulsen, Keith Bilderbeck, Jim Diaz
Foley Artists: Dawn Fintor, Alicia Stevenson
Audio Director: Robert Krekel
Sound Designers: Justin Mullens, Beau Jimenez, Neil Uchitel, Jesse Garcia, MPSE; Michael Marchisotto
Supervising Music Editors: Rob Goodson, Scott Shoemaker
Music Editors: Anthony Caruso, Tyler Crowder, Sonia Coronado, Adam Kallibjian, Adam Kallibjian, James Zolyak, Ted Kocher, Scott Bergstrom, Tao-Ping Chen

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Computer Interactive Game Play

Audio Director: Robert Krekel
Supervising Sound Editor: Shannon Potter
Supervising Dialogue Editor: Maged Khalil Ragab
Supervising Music Editors: Rob Goodson, Scott Shoemaker
Sound Designers: Neil Uchitel, Beau Jimenez, Justin Mullens, Jesse Garcia, MPSE; Michael Marchisotto, Derek Brown, Jordan Denton
Dialogue Editors: Grayson Stone, Julius Kukla, Thomas Barrett, Jaime Marcelo, Erik Schmall, Duncan Brown, Cesar Marenco
Foley Editor: Eolyne Arnold, MPSE
Sound Effects Editors: Patrick Ginn, Michael Finley, Kyle Bailey
Music Editors: Anthony Caruso, Tyler Crowder, Tao-Ping Chen, Sonia Coronado, Adam Kallibjian, Samuel Marshall, James Zolyak, Ted Kocher, Scott Bergstrom
Foley Artists: Dawn Fintor, Alicia Stevenson

Soundworks Collection interview on the sound for The Last of Us Part II:

Behind the sounds of The Last of Us Part II:

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How The Last Of Us Part II’s Incredible Sound Was Made

See the full list of 2021 MPSE Award winners

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