# Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film

The Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film was an annual award presented by the Motion Picture Sound Editors. It honored music editors whose work demonstrates exceptional merit in the field of cinema, specifically in musical feature films. It was first awarded in 1999, for films released the previous year, under the title Best Sound Editing – Music – Musical Feature (Foreign & Domestic).
In 2002, the phrase "Foreign & Domestic" was removed from its title, and the award became known as Best Sound Editing – Music – Musical Feature Film. This title, along with minor variations, remained in use until 2017. From 2018, the award was presented under the title, Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film. The award has not been awarded since 2020.

## Winners and nominees
### 1990s

Best Sound Editing – Music – Musical Feature (Foreign & Domestic)
| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | Robert Hathaway (music editor) |
| 1998 | Blues Brothers 2000 | George A. Martin (supervising music editor) |
| 1998 | Dance with Me | Daryl B. Kell (supervising music editor) |
| 1998 | Little Voice | Andy Glen (music editor) |
| 1998 | Still Crazy | Dina Eaton (music editor) |
| 1998 | Tango | |
| 1998 | Velvet Goldmine | Annette Kudrak (music editor), Todd Kasow (scoring editor) |
| 1998 | The Wedding Singer | Scott Grusin, Stephen Lotwis (music editors) |
| 1999 | The Red Violin | Todd Kasow (music editor), Claude La Haye (re-recording music mixer) |
| 1999 | Bandits | |
| 1999 | Music of the Heart | Bill Abbott (music/scoring editor) |
| 1999 | Sweet and Lowdown | Alisa Lepselter (music editor) |
| 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | Michael Connell (music/scoring editor), Denise Connell (music editor) |

### 2000s

| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 2000 | Almost Famous | Carlton Kaller (music/scoring editor) |
| 2000 | Billy Elliot | |
| 2000 | Bring It On | Fernand Bos (music/scoring editor) |
| 2000 | Coyote Ugly | Shannon Erbe (music editor) |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | Valgeir Sigurðsson (music editor /music mixer/music programmer/music recordist) |
| 2000 | Love's Labour's Lost | Gerard McCann (music/scoring editor) |
| 2000 | Orfeu | Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz (music/scoring editor) |
Best Sound Editing – Music – Musical Feature Film
| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | Simon Leadley (supervising music editor/scoring editor); Tim Ryan, Lee Scott (music editors); Christine H. Luethje (music editor/music editing co-ordinator); Stephen Lotwis, Danielle Wiessner (vocal editors) |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Andy Glen (music editor) |
| 2001 | Glitter | Michael Dittrick, Todd Bozung, Bruce Nyznik (music editors) |
| 2001 | Josie and the Pussycats | Angie Rubin (music editor) |
| 2001 | Lucky Break | Tony Lewis, James Bellamy (music editors) |
| 2001 | Rock Star | Robert Schaper (supervising music editor), Brent Brooks (music editor) |
| 2001 | Save the Last Dance | Michael T. Ryan (music editor) |
| 2002 | Chicago | Annette Kudrak (supervising music editor); E. Gedney Webb (music editor); Ellen Segal (music/scoring editor); Kenton Jakub, Missy Cohen (vocal editors) |
| 2002 | 8 Mile | Carlton Kaller (music editor) |
| 2002 | 8 Women | Benoît Hillebrant (music/scoring editor) |
| 2002 | Drumline | Lee Scott, Nicholas Meyers, Mick Gormaley (music editors); Bunny Andrews (music/scoring editor) |
| 2002 | Queen of the Damned | Will Kaplan (music/scoring editor), Jordan Corngold (music editor) |
| 2002 | The Pianist | Suzana Peric (music editor) |
| 2003 | A Mighty Wind | Fernand Bos (music editor) |
| 2003 | The Company | Annette Kudrak (supervising music editor), Carl Sealove (music/scoring editor) |
| 2003 | The Fighting Temptations | Michael T. Ryan (music editor) |
| 2003 | School of Rock | Nic Ratner (music editor) |
| 2004 | Ray | Curt Sobel (music editor) |
| 2004 | Beyond the Sea | Andrew Glen (music editor) |
| 2004 | De-Lovely | Christopher Kennedy (music editor) |
| 2004 | The Phantom of the Opera | Yann McCullough (music editor) |
| 2004 | Raise Your Voice | Jeff Lingle, Michael T. Ryan (music editors) |
| 2004 | Shall We Dance? | Paul Rabjohns (supervising music editor); Allan Jenkins, Kirsty Whalley (music editors) |
| 2005 | Walk the Line | Mark Jan Wlodarkiewicz (supervising music editor); Terry Delsing (music editor); Bunny Andrews, Frank Wolf (scoring editors) |
| 2005 | The Chorus | |
| 2005 | Hustle & Flow | Marvin R. Morris, Shie Rozow (music editors) |
| 2005 | The Producers | Dan Lieberstein (supervising music editor); Missy Cohen, John M. Davis (music editors); Frank Wolf (vocal editor) |
| 2005 | Rent | Lisa Jaime (supervising music editor); Sally Boldt, Curtis Roush, Erich Stratmann (music editors) |
| 2006 | Dreamgirls | Paul Rabjohns (supervising music editor); Timothy Boot, Amanda Goodpaster, Jason Ruder (music editors) |
| 2006 | Copying Beethoven | Andrew Glen (music editor) |
| 2006 | A Prairie Home Companion | Annette Kudrak (supervising music editor) |
| 2006 | Take the Lead | Angie Rubin (supervising music editor), Jeffrey Potokar (music editor) |
| 2006 | Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny | Michael Baber (music editor) |
| 2007 | Hairspray | Sally Boldt, Lisa Jaime, Will Kaplan (music editors) |
| 2007 | Enchanted | Kenneth Karman (supervising music editor), Jeremy Raub (music editor), Joanie Diener (production music editor) |
| 2007 | Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | Michael Higham (supervising music editor); Sam Southwick, John Warhurst (music editors) |
| 2007 | Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story | Fernand Bos, Tom Kramer (music editors) |
Best Sound Editing – Music in a Musical Feature Film
| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 2008 | Mamma Mia! | Tony Lewis (supervising music editor), Robert Houston (music editor), Martin Lowe (musical director) |
| 2008 | High School Musical 3: Senior Year | Charles Martin Inouye (supervising music editor), Tanya Noel Hill (music editor) |
| 2008 | How She Move | Kevin Banks (supervising music editor); Yuri Gorbachow, Kenn Michael (music editors) |
| 2008 | Shine a Light | Tass Filipos (music editor) |
| 2009 | This Is It | Michael Durham Prince, Ryan Rubin, Scott Stambler (supervising music editors) |
| 2009 | Crazy Heart | Fernand Bos (supervising music editor), Adrian Van Velsen (music editor) |
| 2009 | Every Little Step | Joanie Diener (supervising music editor) |
| 2009 | Nine | Curt Sobel (supervising music editor), Christopher Benstead (music editor) |

### 2010s

| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 2010 | Country Strong | Fernand Bos (supervising music editor), Philip Tallman (music editor) |
| 2010 | Burlesque | Todd Bozung (supervising music editor) |
| 2010 | Step Up 3D | Melissa Muik (supervising music editor) |
| 2010 | Tangled | Tom MacDougall (supervising music editor) |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Lisa Jaime (supervising music editor), Richard Ford (music editor) |
| 2011 | Footloose | Kevin McKeever (supervising music editor) |
| 2011 | The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Dan Evans Farkas (supervising music editor) |
| 2011 | Pina | Matthias Lempert (supervising music editor) |
| 2012 | Les Misérables | Gerard McCann (supervising music editor); John Warhurst (co-supervising/vocals editor); Tim Hands, Alastair Sirkett (vocals editors); James Bellamy, Robert Houston, Rael Jones (music editors) |
| 2012 | Joyful Noise | Curt Sobel (supervising music editor) |
| 2012 | Pitch Perfect | Matt Fausak, Angie Rubin (music editors); Oliver Hug (additional music editor) |
| 2012 | Rock of Ages | Sally Boldt, Lisa Jaime (music editors) |
| 2013 | Frozen | Fernand Bos, Earl Ghaffari (music editors) |
| 2013 | Inside Llewyn Davis | Todd Kasow, Jen Monnar (music editors) |
| 2013 | Justin Bieber's Believe | Kevin McKeever (supervising music editor) |
| 2013 | Metallica: Through the Never | Matt Fausak, Ryan Rubin (music editors); Joseph Magee (supervising music mixer); Rick Kline (re-recording mixer) |
| 2014 | Get on Up | Curt Sobel (supervising music editor); Bill Bernstein, Jordan Corngold, Richard Henderson, Stephanie Lowry (music editors) |
| 2014 | Annie | Jon Wakeham (supervising sound editor); Lisa Jaime, Sherry Whitfield (music editors) |
| 2014 | Into the Woods | Michael Higham (supervising music editor), Jennifer L. Dunnington (music editor) |
| 2014 | Jersey Boys | Chris McGeary (supervising music editor); Angela Claverie, Tommy Lockett (music editors) |
| 2014 | Whiplash | Richard Henderson, Ben Wilkins (supervising sound editors); Craig Mann (music editor) |
| 2015 | Love & Mercy | Nicholas Renbeck (music editor) |
| 2015 | Pitch Perfect 2 | Amanda Goodpaster (supervising music editor), Brett Pierce (music editor) |
| 2015 | Straight Outta Compton | Bryan Lawson, Jason Ruder (music editors) |
| 2016 | La La Land | Jason Ruder (music editor) |
| 2016 | Florence Foster Jenkins | Gerard McCann (supervising music editor); Stuart Morton, Neil Stemp (music editors) |
| 2016 | Moana | Earl Ghaffari, Daniel Pinder (music editors) |
| 2016 | Sing Street | Becky Bentham (supervising music editor), Kieran Lynch (music editor) |
| 2016 | Trolls | Fernand Bos, Vicki Hiatt, Erich Stratmann (music editors) |
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Musical for Feature Film
| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 2017 | The Greatest Showman | Jen Monnar (supervising music editor); Ted Caplan, Jeff Carson, Jim Harrison, Peter Myles, Sheri Ozeki (music editors) |
| 2017 | Beauty and the Beast | Christopher Benstead (supervising music editor); Christopher Brooks, Robin Morrison (music editors); Robin Baynton (scoring editor) |
| 2017 | Coco | Stephen M. Davis (supervising music editor), Warren Brown (music editor) |
| 2018 | Bohemian Rhapsody | John Warhurst (supervising music editor), Neil Stemp (music editor) |
| 2018 | Mary Poppins Returns | Jennifer L. Dunnington (supervising music editor); Jim Bruening, Lewis Morison (music editors); Fiona Cruickshank (scoring editor) |
| 2018 | A Star Is Born | Jason Ruder (supervising music editor), Lena Glikson (music editor) |
| 2019 | Rocketman | Andy Patterson, Cecile Tournesac (music editors) |
| 2019 | Cats | Nina Hartstone, John Warhurst (supervising music editors); Victor Chaga, James Shirley, Cecile Tournesac (music editors) |
| 2019 | Echo in the Canyon | Robert Stambler (music editor) |
| 2019 | Frozen II | Earl Ghaffari (supervising music editor); Fernand Bos, Kendall Demarest (music editors) |
| 2019 | Judy | Paul John Chandler (music editor) |
| 2019 | Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese | John M. Davis (music editor) |
| 2019 | Western Stars | Brandon Duncan (music editor) |

### 2020s

| Year | Film | Winners/Nominees |
| 2020 | Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga | Allegra De Souza, Jon Mooney, Peter Oso Snell (music editors) |
| 2020 | The 40-Year-Old Version | Lightchild (music editor) |
| 2020 | The High Note | Louis Schultz (music editor) |
| 2020 | I Am Woman | Stuart Morton (supervising music editor); Bry Jones, Michael Tan (music editors) |
| 2020 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | Todd Kasow (supervising music editor), Tim Marchiafava (music editor) |
| 2020 | The Prom | Nick Baxter, David Klotz (music editors) |