MUMBAI: Avatar and Star Trek with three nominations each lead the list of nominations for the Motion Picture Sound Editor (MPSE) s‘ 2010 Golden Reel Awards.The awards will be handed out at ceremonies on 20 February at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles.

Steven Spielberg will be honoured at the event as 2010 MPSE Filmmaker Recipient, while the Career Achievement award will go to Larry Singer.

The Golden Reel Awards spotlight the art of sound editing, music editing and sound design in film, TV and video.

In the category of sound editing, music in a feature film, the nominees are 2012, (500) Days of Summer, An Education, Avatar, It‘s Complicated, Star Trek, Sherlock Holmes and The Informant!.

Crazy Heart, Every Little Step, Nine and This Is It earned nominations for sound editing, music in a musical feature.
For sound editing: dialogue and ADR in a feature, the nominees are (500) Days of Summer, A Serious Man, Avatar, GI Joe, Inglourious Basterds, Star Trek, The Hurt Locker and The Stoning of Soraya M.

Moving on to the category of sound effects and foley in a feature, the MPSE nominated 2012, Avatar, Inglourious Basterds, Push, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, The Hurt Locker, Star Trek and Watchmen.