Music Supervisors name their favs

Music Supervisors can't win Oscars -- this isn't the Emmys or Grammys where every conceivable kind of job has multiple categories -- but they do have a guild. They're the people who oversee all music-related aspects of a film. This year they've nominated the usual suspects plus a lot of others (since they have many categories divided by budget - hiiiii Gloria Bell, nice to see ya). Here's who they're honoring this year...

ICON AWARD
Burt Bacharach

LEGACY AWARD
Bob Hunka

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED OVER 25 MILLION DOLLARS
Mary Ramos – Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
Tom MacDougall – Frozen II
Matt Sullivan – Aladdin
Ted Caplan – Ford v Ferrari
Randall Poster, Robbie Robertson – The Irishman

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED UNDER 25 MILLION DOLLARS
Trygge Toven, Toko Nagata – Always Be My Maybe
Jason Markey – Hustlers
Zoë Bryant, Pete Saville – Blinded By The Light
Kier Lehman – Queen & Slim
Becky Bentham, Karen Elliott – Judy

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED UNDER 10 MILLION DOLLARS
Henry Van Roden – Seberg
Tracy McKnight – Five Feet Apart
Zachary Dawes – The Peanut Butter Falcon
Meghan Currier, Joe Rudge, Randall Poster – Waves
Steven Gizicki – Teen Spirit

 

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED UNDER 5 MILLION DOLLARS
Karen Elliott, Jack Arnold – Wild Rose
Susan Jacobs, Dylan Neely – The Farewell
Steve Bouyer, Pascal Mayer – Atlantics
Lynn Fainchtein – Gloria Bell
Terri D’Ambrosio – The Last Black Man In San Francisco

BEST SONG WRITTEN AND/OR RECORDED FOR A FILM
“Spirit” from The Lion King
Writer: Beyoncé, IIya Salmanzadeh, Timothy Mckenzie
Performed By: Beyoncé
Music Supervisor: Mitchell Leib

“One Little Soldier” from Bombshell
Writer: Regina Spektor
Performed By: Regina Spektor
Music Supervisor: Evyen Klean

“Into The Unknown” from Frozen II
Writer: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Performed by Idina Menzel featuring AURORA
Music Supervisor: Tom MacDougall

“Glasgow “(No Place Like Home) from Wild Rose
Writer: Caitlyn Smith, Kate York, Mary Steenburgen
Performed by Jessie Buckley
Music Supervisor: Karen Elliott

“Don’t Call Me Angel” from Charlie’s Angels
Writer: Alma-Sofia Miettinen, Ariana Grande, IIya Salmanzadeh, Elizabeth Grant, Max Martin, Miley Cyrus, Savan Kotecha
Performed by: Ariana Grande, Lana Del Rey, Miley Cyrus
Music Supervisor: Julianne Jordan and Julia Michels

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR TRAILERS
Anny Colvin (Jax) – Joker Teaser
Bobby Gumm (Trailer Park) – Wonder Woman 1984
Toddrick Spalding (Mobscene) – The Goldfinch
Danny Exum (Workshop Creative) – Bombshell Trailer 1
Will Quiney (Grandson LA) – When They See Us

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN ADVERTISING – ORIGINAL MUSIC
Alec Stern – Miller Lite “Followers”
David Taylor, Scott McDaniel, Jonathan Wellbelove – Apple Watch “Hokey Pokey”
Nellie Rajabi – Google Pixel “Kiss Detection”
Eric Johnson, Dan Gross – Fuji Film “Don’t Just Take, Give”

BEST USE OF MUSIC SUPERVISION IN ADVERTISING – SYNC
David Taylor, Scott McDaniel, Jonathan Wellbelove – Apple iPhone “Color Flood”
Josh Marcy – Apple iPhone “Don’t Mess with Mother”
Doug Darnell – Lyft “Face Off”
JT Griffith – Nike “Dominate All Dimensions”

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A VIDEO GAME
Steve Schnur, Venus Bentley – Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Cybele Pettus, Raphaella Lima – FIFA 20
Brandon Young, Eric Kalver – Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
Daniel Olsen – Sayonara Wild Hearts
Alex Hackford, Peter Scaturro – Death Stranding

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR A DOCUMENTARY 
Boy Howdy, The Story Of CREEM Magazine
Tracy McKnight – Halston
Aminé Ramer – Love, Antosha
G. Marq Roswell, Dondi Bastone – The Apollo
Willa Yudell – Unbanned: The Legend of AJ1

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A DOCUSERIES
Rudy Chung, Jonathan Christiansen – Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men
Marchese Taylor, Jake Weinreb, Jordan Passman – Free Meek
Evyen Klean – Mike Judge Presents: Tales From The Tour Bus
Evyen Klean – What’s My Name: Muhammad Ali

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Madonna Wade-Reed – All American – Season 1
Ashley Neumeister – American Soul: The Untold Story of Soul Train – Season 1
Adam Leber, Jen Malone – Euphoria – Season 1
Steven Gizicki – Fosse/Verdon – Season 1
Amanda Krieg Thomas, Alexis Martin Woodall & Ryan Murphy – Pose – Season 2

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Bruce Gilbert – GLOW – Season 3
Javier Nuño, Joe Rodríguez – Los Espookys – Season 1
Robin Urdang – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel – Season 2
Brienne Rose – Russian Doll – Season 1
Matt Biffa – Sex Education – Season 1

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN REALITY TELEVISION
Robin Kaye – American Idol — Season 3
Meryl Ginsberg – America’s Got Talent – Season 14
Jen Schwartz, Catherine Wharton – Girls Cruise – Season 1
Jon Ernst – The Hills: New Beginnings – Season 1
Jill Meyers – Songland – Season 1

BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION MOVIE
Evyen J Klean, Jennifer Reeve – Deadwood: The Movie
Joe Rudge, Chris Swanson – The Dirt
Evyen J Klean, Janet Lopez – My Dinner With Hervé
Howard Paar – Native Son
Tracy McKnight – Tall Girl

BEST SONG WRITTEN AND/OR RECORDED FOR TELEVISION
“All These Things That I’ve Done” from A Million Little Things
Songwriter(s): Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer, Ronnie Vannucci, Jr.
Artist: Gabriel Mann
Program: A Million Little Things
Episode: #101 “Pilot”
Music Supervisor: Kevin Edelman

“Invisible Ink” from This Is Us
Songwriter(s): Taylor Goldsmith, Siddhartha Khosla
Artist: Mandy Moore
Program: This Is Us
Episode: #307 “Sometimes”
Music Supervisor: Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe

“Jenny of Oldstones” from Game of Thrones
Songwriter(s): David Benioff, Ramin Djawadi, George R.R. Martin, D.B. Weiss
Artist: Florence + The Machine
Program: Game of Thrones
Episode: #802 “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
Music Supervisor: Evyen J Klean

“On a Roll” from Black Mirror
Songwriter(s): Trent Reznor
Artist: Miley Cyrus
Program: Black Mirror
Episode: #503 “Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too”
Music Supervisor: Amelia Hartley

“Something Stupid” from Better Call Saul
Songwriter(s): C. Carson Parks
Artist: Lola Marsh
Program: Better Call Saul
Episode: #407 “Something Stupid”
Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić

Comments

[Me]

Blinded By The Light is one of the best of the year. Almost an easy nomination.

[DAVID]

I thought the music in UNCUT GEMS was effective... the use of Madonna's RAIN for the NYC apartment scene was chilling and beautiful.

[Peggy Sue]

This is a job I would love to have although I don't have the skills since I'm the only person in the planet who likes "Beautifuls Ghosts"

[ceebee0714]

Glascow is tremendous! Jessie Buckley should be winning tons of awards!!
I hope the song wins the Oscar!!

[Me]

I liked Rain in the film, but there was too much music.

[jules]

I agree regarding Uncut Gems... I haven't been able to stop thinking about how appropriate Billy Joel's The Stranger was for that film. There is a great trailer cut to it as well.

[Dave in Hollywood]

Blinded By The Light and Wild Rose were definitely in my Top Ten of the year, maybe even Top Five.

PS why isn't Jessie Buckley getting awards? Who/what can I blame?

[Lloyd]

Peggy, really?

[Peggy Sue]

Perilous night, their voices calling
A flicker of light before the dawning
Out here, the wild ones are taming the fear within me
Scared to call them my friends and be broken again
Is this hope just a mystical dream?

I love it! It's an ode to the very first time in a gay club of every gay man.