'American Sniper' and 'Birdman' Win Top Honors at Sound Editors Awards 2015
Clint Eastwood's American Sniper is not only a juggernaut at the box office, it's also a major awards season threat. In addition to landing six Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Bradley Cooper, the film just earned top honors at the Sound Editors Awards 2015. But American Sniper wasn't alone, as current Best Picture frontrunner Birdman also took home a trophy at the 62nd Golden Reel Awards, which honors the best in sound editing as decided upon by the MPSE (Motion Picture Sound Editors).
Among the winners of these awards, only American Sniper, Birdman and Unbroken are nominated for sound editing at the Oscars, so this doesn't do much to clarify which film will take home Oscar gold. But winning a Golden Reel isn't something that should be overlooked, since this is one of the top awards in the sound editing field.
So which films, TV shows and other works took home top awards at the Sound Editors Awards 2015? Check out the complete list of winners below:

SOUND EDITORS AWARDS 2015 -- GOLDEN REEL WINNERS
Best Sound Editing in Feature Film: FX/Foley
AMERICAN SNIPER SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Jason King, Mark Larry, Roland N. Thai, Kevin R.W. Murray SOUND DESIGNER: Tom Ozanich SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Michael Dressel FOLEY EDITOR: Christopher Flick FOLEY ARTISTS: Dan O’Connell, John T. Cucci, MPSEBest Sound Editing in Feature Film: Music
BIRDMAN SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Martin Hernandez MUSIC EDITORS: Terry Wilson, Will KaplanBest Sound Editing in Feature Film: Music (Musical Feature)
GET ON UP SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Curt Sobel MUSIC EDITORS: Jordan CorngoldBest Sound Editing in Feature Film: Dialogue/ADR
UNBROKEN SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Becky Sullivan, MPSE, Andrew DeCristofaro, MPSE DIALOGUE / ADR EDITORS: Laura Atkinson, Glynna Grimala ADR EDITOR: Lauren HadawayBest Sound and Music Editing: Television Animation
STAR WARS: REBELS SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Matthew Wood, David Acord SOUND DESIGNER: David Acord SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Frank Rinella FOLEY ARTISTS: Kim Patrick, Frank Rinella SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR: Ryan Frias DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Tony Diaz, MPSE SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Sean KinerBest Sound and Music Editing: Television Documentary, Short Form
AX MEN "Ax Marks the Spot" SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR / SOUND DESIGNER: Bob Bronow, MPSE SUPERVISING DIALOGUE EDITOR: Doug Kern SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR: Eddie RodriguezBest Sound and Music Editing: Television Documentary, Long Form
FOO FIGHTERS SONIC HIGHWAYS “Seattle” SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR / SOUND DESIGNER / SUPERVISING DIALOGUE EDITOR: Eddie Kim SUPERVISING DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Jeff Fuller SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Eddie Kim, Justin Lebens DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Justin Lebens SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Jeff FullerBest Sound and Music Editing: Feature Animation
BIG HERO 6 SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR: Shannon Mills SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Robert Shoup SUPERVISING DIALOGUE EDITOR: Kim Foscato SUPERVISING ADR EDITOR: Daniel Laurie FOLEY ARTISTS: John Roesch, Alyson Dee Moore SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Addison Teague, Nia Hansen, David C. Hughes, Jeremy Bowker SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Dan Pinder MUSIC EDITOR: Earl Ghaffari FOLEY EDITOR: Jim LikowskiBest Sound and Music Editing: Feature Documentaries
WARSAW UPRISING SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Kacper Habisiak, MPSE, Bartosz Putkiewicz SOUND DESIGNER: Marcin Kasi?ski ,MPSE, Dariusz Stanek SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Henryk Zastró?ny SUPERVISING DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Filip Krzemie? FOLEY ARTISTS: Jacek Wi?niewski, Jacek Paj?k SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Aleksandra Paj?k, Anna Kufirska, Filip Krzy?ykowski DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Tomasz Maci?tek SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Agnieszka Putkiewicz MUSIC EDITORS: Dariusz Podhajski, Anna Malarowska ADR EDITORS: Stefan Gaw?owski, Maciej Wiejaczka, Jaros?aw Bajdowski, Mariusz Bielecki, Mariusz Andrysik SOUND EFFECT EDITOR: Micha? KosterkiewiczVerna Fields Award in Sound Editing for Student Films
SEA ODYSSEY Savannah College of Art and Design SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR: Beau Anthony Jimenez SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Eolyne Arnold FOLEY ARTIST: Melissa Terry SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Jacob Flack, Nick Caramela, Matt Yocum DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Kai PaquinBest Sound and Music Editing: Computer Episodic Entertainment (Webisode)
HALO NIGHTFALL SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR: Lee Walpole SOUND DESIGNER: Andy Kennedy SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Sarah Elias SUPERVISING DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Jeff Richardson FOLEY ARTIST: Meltem Baytok SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Matthew Mewett, Danton TanimuraBest Sound and Music Editing: Game Cinematics
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS - 'A NEW DAWN' SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Riot Games Audio Team SOUND DESIGNERS: Riot Games Audio Team SUPERVISING DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Riot Games Audio Team FOLEY ARTISTS: Gary Hecker, Gary Marullo SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Riot Games Audio Team MUSIC EDITORS: Michael Patti, Michael BarryBest Sound and Music Editing: Direct-to-Video, Animation
STAR WARS:THE CLONE WARS "SACRIFICE" SUPERVISING SOUND EDITOR: Matthew Wood SOUND DESIGNER: David Acord SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Kevin Sellers SUPERVISING DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Steve Slanec SOUND EFFECTS EDITOR: Jeremy Bowker SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Dean Menta MUSIC EDITOR: Sean KinerBest Sound and Music Editing: Direct-to-Video, Live Action
STONEHEARST ASYLUM SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Lon Bender, MPSE, Bill Dean, MPSE SOUND DESIGNERS: Lon Bender, MPSE, Kris Fenske, MPSE SUPERVISING FOLEY EDITOR: Rachel Chancey, SUPERVISING DIALOGUE / ADR EDITOR: Bobbi Banks FOLEY ARTIST: Ryan Collison SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Patrick Cicero, Dino R. DiMuro, MPSE, Hector Gika, MPSE, Allan Zaleski, David Raines SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: John Carbonara MUSIC EDITOR: Chad BirminghamBest Sound and Music Editing: Feature Film, Foreign Language
THE LIBERATOR SUPERVISING SOUND EDITORS: Jay Nierenberg, MPSE, Jonathan Wales SOUND DESIGNER: Trevor Gates SUPERVISING ADR EDITOR: Andrés Velasquez FOLEY ARTIST: Vicki O'Reilly Vandegrift SOUND EFFECTS EDITORS: Chris Diebold, Steven Iba, Charles Maynes, MPSE, Brent Findley DIALOGUE / ADR EDITORS: Angela Hemingway, Todd Niesen, MPSE SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Ramiro Belgardt ADR EDITORS: Juan Diego Borda, Aleksandar Sasha Panich FOLEY EDITOR: Zach Schmitt, MPSEBest Sound Editing in Television, Short Form: Music (TIE)
ALMOST HUMAN MUSIC EDITOR: Warren Brown, MPSEFARGO
SUPERVISING MUSIC EDITOR: Skye Lewin, MPSE