The Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Sound Effects, Foley, Dialogue and ADR for Animated Feature Film is an annual award given by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. It honors sound editors whose work has warranted merit in the field of cinema; in this case, their work in the field of animated film.
History It was first awarded in 1989, for films released the previous year, under the title Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature. The award has been given with its current title since 2018.
Winners and nominees
Notes: ≠ indicates an Academy Award for Best Sound winner while ± indicates a nominee for the same category
1980s Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Year Film 1985 Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer The Black CauldronHere Come the LittlesThe Secret of the SwordStarchaser: The Legend of Orin 1986 An American TailThe Great Mouse Detective My Little Pony: The Movie Transformers 1988 Oliver & Company The Chipmunk Adventure The Land Before TimePinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 1989 The Little Mermaid All Dogs Go to HeavenBabar: The Movie
1990s Year Film Winners/Nominees 1990 The Rescuers Down Under DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost LampJetsons: The Movie 1991 Beauty and the Beast An American Tail: Fievel Goes WestRover Dangerfield 1992 Aladdin Bebe's Kids FernGully: The Last RainforestLittle Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland 1993 Once Upon a ForestOnce Upon a Forest - Awards - IMDb The Nightmare Before Christmas Batman: Mask of the Phantasm Tom and Jerry: The Movie We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story 1994 The Lion King The PagemasterThe Swan Princess 1995 Toy Story Gary Rydstrom (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Tim Holland (supervising sound editor); Pat Jackson (sound effects editor); Marilyn McCoppen (ADR editor); Mary Helen Leasman (Foley editor); Dennie Thorpe, Tom Barwick (Foley artists)BaltoPocahontas A Goofy MovieThe Thief and the Cobbler 1996 The Hunchback of Notre Dame John K. CarrAll Dogs Go to Heaven II 1997 Hercules Tim Holland (supervising sound editor); Gary Rydstrom (sound designer); Marilyn McCoppen (supervising ADR editor/dialogue editor); John K. Carr, Pat Jackson, Jeff Jones (sound effects editors); James Melton (dialogue editor); Mary Helen Leasman, Marian Wilde (Foley editors) Aaron's Magic Village Anastasia Cats Don't Dance The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain 1998 A Bug's Life Gary Rydstrom (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Tim Holland (supervising sound editor); Pat Jackson (sound effects editor); Michael Silvers (ADR editor); Mary Helen Leasman, Marian Wilde (Foley editors) Antz I Married a Strange Person! Mulan The Prince of Egypt Quest for Camelot Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Movie The Rugrats Movie 1999 The Iron Giant Randy Thom (supervising sound editor/sound designer); Dennis Leonard (supervising sound editor); Curt Schulkey (supervising dialogue editor); Beau Borders, Mary Helen Leasman (Foley editors); Yin Cantor, Andrea Gard, Joanna Laurent (sound effects editors); Dennie Thorpe, Jana Vance (Foley artists) Toy Story 2 Gary Rydstrom (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Tom Myers (sound designer); Michael Silvers (supervising sound editor/ADR editor); Shannon Mills (sound effects editor); Teresa Eckton, Bruce Lacey, Susan Sanford (Foley editors); Mary Helen Leasman (supervising Foley editor); Jonathan Null (ADR editor) Perfect Blue Masafumi Mima (supervising sound editor); Les Claypool III (supervising dialogue editor); Shizuo Kurahashi (sound editor); Lia Sargent, Kevin Seymour (ADR editors) Pokémon: The First Movie Daisuke Jinbo, Richard King (supervising sound editors); Ryôko Nashimoto (ADR editor) Princess Mononoke Michihiro Itô (sound effects editor); Dan Edelstein, Warren Shaw (sound effects/Foley editors); Ernie Sheesley (ADR editor) South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut Deb Adair, Bruce Howell (supervising sound editors); Christopher T. Welch (supervising dialogue/ADR editor); Christopher Flick (supervising Foley editor); Cameron Frankley, Randall Guth, Michael Jonascu, Lydia Quidilla, Brian Risner, Daniel Yale (sound effects editors); Evan T. Chen, Julie Feiner, Avram D. Gold, Joe Schiff (dialogue editors); Nancy MacLeod (Foley editor) Tarzan Per Hallberg (supervising sound editor/sound designer); Curt Schulkey (supervising ADR editor); Craig S. Jaeger (supervising dialogue editor); Christopher Assells, Scott Martin Gershin, Lou Kleinman, Geoffrey G. Rubay, Peter Michael Sullivan (sound effects editors) The King and I James Koford (supervising sound editor); Joe Campana, Paul Murphy (sound effects editors)
2000s Year Film Winners/Nominees 2000 Titan A.E. Christopher Boyes (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Matthew Wood (supervising sound editor); Christopher Scarabosio (sound effects editor/field recordist); Michael Ferdie, Andrea Gard (sound effects editors); Scott Seymann (dialogue editor); Sandina Bailo-Lape, Susan Sanford (Foley editors) Chicken Run James Mather (supervising sound editor/Foley editor); Graham Headicar (supervising sound editor); Danny Hambrook (sound effects editor); Tim Hands (dialogue editor) Dinosaur Christopher Boyes (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Frank E. Eulner (supervising sound editor); Michele Perrone (supervising ADR editor); Andrea Gard, Scott Guitteau, Mark A. Hester, Ethan Van der Ryn (sound effects editors); Joanna Laurent, James Likowski, John Verbeck (Foley editors) The Emperor's New Groove Tim Chau (supervising sound editor); Thomas Whiting (supervising ADR editor); Albert Gasser, Nils C. Jensen, David Kern, Donald Sylvester (sound effects editors) The Road to El Dorado Gregory King (supervising sound editor); Yann Delpuech (supervising sound effects editor); Darren King (supervising ADR editor) Rugrats in Paris: The Movie Cameron Frankley, Beth Sterner (supervising sound editors)
Best Sound Editing - Animated Feature Film, Domestic and Foreign Year Film Winners/Nominees 2001 Atlantis: The Lost Empire Gary Rydstrom (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Michael Silvers (supervising sound editor/ADR editor); Mary Helen Leasman (supervising Foley editor); John K. Carr, Ken Fischer, David C. Hughes, Shannon Mills (sound effects editors); Susan Sanford (Foley editor) Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Randy Thom (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Dennis Leonard (supervising sound editor); Andrea Gard (supervising Foley editor); Sue Fox (supervising ADR editor); David C. Hughes, Jim McKee, Christopher Scarabosio, Robert Shoup (sound effects editors); Ernie Cheesley (dialogue editor) Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Christopher T. Welch (supervising sound editor); Scott Curtis (supervising Foley editor); David Grimaldi, Michael Jonascu, Chuck Michael, Paul N. J. Ottosson, Beth Sterner, Steve Tushar (sound effects editors); Tammy Fearing, Julie Feiner, Carol Lewis (dialogue editors); Fred Burke, Matthew Harrison (Foley editors) Monsters, Inc.± Gary Rydstrom (supervising sound editor/sound designer/re-recording mixer); Michael Silvers (supervising sound editor); Karen G. Wilson (supervising Foley editor); Teresa Eckton, Stephen Kearney, Shannon Mills, Tom Myers (sound effects editors); Lindakay Brown (Foley editor) Osmosis Jones Randy Thom (supervising sound editor/sound designer); Elliott Koretz (supervising sound editor); Curt Schulkey (co-supervising sound editor); Thom Brennan (supervising Foley editor); Mike Chock, Aaron Glascock, John Pospisil, Marvin Walowitz (sound effects editors); Michele Perrone (dialogue editor) Shrek Wylie Stateman (supervising sound editor/sound designer); Lon Bender (supervising sound editor); Hugh Waddell (supervising ADR editor); Chris Jargo (supervising dialogue editor); Valerie Davidson, Scott Martin Gershin, Hector C. Gika, Tony Lamberti, Jennifer L. Mann, Branden Spencer, Wade Wilson (sound effects editors)
Best Sound Editing in Animated Features