Last week saw the 8th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards take place at the ACE Hotel in downtown Los Angeles. In this special version of our fortnightly music supervision and sync round up, we take a deep dive into the winners and provide you with some great articles to check out.
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Winner: Kier Lehman for Insecure (Season 2)
Other nominees:
Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, and Jonathan Leahy for Girls (Season 6)
Bruce Gilbert for I Love Dick (Season 1)
Press highlights:
HBO’s Insecure has the hottest music on TV — we talked to the guy who puts it together (Business Insider)
Insecure Music Supervisor Shares His Process for Keeping the Show’s Soundtrack Fresh (Complex)
Insecure Music Supervisor Kier Lehman Reflects on Season 2 Soundtrack’s Success (Billboard)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM: BUDGETED OVER 25 MILLION DOLLARS
Winner: Julianne Jordan and Julia Michels, Pitch Perfect 3
Other nominees:
Matt Sullivan for Beauty and the Beast
Dave Jordan for Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul for The Greatest Showman
Tom MacDougall for Coco
Press highlights:
Thanks to Pitch Perfect 3, Britney Spears’ ‘Toxic’ Is the Show Tune of the Year (Variety)
Pitch Perfect 3 Director Trish Sie on Choosing the Right Music and Raising Chickens (Variety)
Universal Pictures Music Chief Mike Knobloch Talks Pitch Perfect 3 (Variety)
Check out this interview with Julianne Jordan and Julia Michels where they discuss working together for the first time on the Pitch Perfect movie series:
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM:BUDGETED UNDER 25 MILLION DOLLARS
Winner: Brian Ross and Michael Hill for Lady Bird
Other nominees:
Angela Leus for Girls Trip
Susan Jacobs and Jen Moss for I, Tonya
Howard Paar for How To Be A Latin Lover
Spring Aspers & Ron Fair for The Star
Press highlights:
The subtle genius of Jon Brion’s Lady Bird soundtrack (Interview Magazine)
Stephen Sondheim Is the Musical Hero of Lady Bird (Spin)
The heart of Lady Bird is an old Dave Matthews song about jacking off (AV Club)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM:BUDGETED UNDER 10 MILLION DOLLARS
Winner: Howard Paar for Before I Fall
Other nominees:
Liz Gallacher for War On Everyone
Ian Neil for Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Press highlights:
The Music Behind Before I Fall (Spinditty)
Adam Taylor Scoring Ry Russo-Young’s Before I Fall (Film Music Reporter)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILM:BUDGETED UNDER 5 MILLION DOLLARS
Winner: Robin Urdang for Call Me By Your Name
Other nominees:
Maggie Phillips for Ingrid Goes West
Matthew Hearon-Smith for The Florida Project
Joe Rudge for Patti Cake$
Howard Paar for Fun Mom Dinner
Press highlights:
The Call Me by Your Name soundtrack is its own queer love story (i-D)
Call Me by Your Name Spurs Biggest Streaming Week Ever for The Psychedelic Furs (Billboard)
Luca Guadagnino on the Music of His Movies, and Why He Had to Have Sufjan Stevens for Call Me by Your Name (Pitchfork)
BEST SONG/RECORDING CREATED FOR A FILM
Winner: “Mystery of Love”
Performed by Sufjan Stevens (Call Me By Your Name)
Robin Urdang (Music Supervisor)
Sufjan Stevens (Songwriter)
Other nominees:
“Remember Me”
Performed by Miguel ft. Natalia Lafourcade (Coco)
Tom MacDougall (Music Supervisor)
Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez (Songwriters)
“This Is Me”
Performed by Keala Settle (The Greatest Showman)
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Music Supervisors)
Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (Songwriters)
“Home”
Performed by Nick Jonas (Ferdinand)
Julianne Jordan (Music Supervisor)
Nick Jonas, Nick Monson, and Justin Tranter (Songwriter)
“Mighty River”
Performed by Mary J. Blige (Mudbound)
Evyen Klean and Jennifer Reeve (Music Supervisors)
Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, and Taura Stinson (Songwriters)
Press highlights:
Sufjan Stevens on his Call Me by Your Name songs (Vulture)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Winner: Season Kent for 13 Reasons Why (Season 1)
Other nominees:
Thomas Golubić for Better Call Saul (Season 3)
Gabe Hilfer for Good Behavior (Season 1)
Gary Calamar for Good Girls Revolt (Season 1)
Jennifer Pyken for This Is Us (Season 1)
Press highlights:
Love Will Tear Them Apart: Behind the Music of 13 Reasons Why (Paste Magazine)
Showstopper Podcast Episode 1: 13 Reasons Why – ft. Season Kent (Spotify)
Lord Huron’s ‘The Night We Met’ Leads THR’s Top TV Songs Chart for March (Billboard)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A DOCUSERIES OR REALITY TELEVISION
Winner: Deborah Mannis-Gardner for The Defiant Ones (Season 1)
Other nominees:
Sam Carlin for Catfish: The TV Show (Season 6)
Nancy Severinsen for So You Think You Can Dance (Season 14)
Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers for The Voice (Season 12)
Meryl Ginsberg for World of Dance (Season 1)
Press highlights:
The Defiant Ones Wins Big For Best Music Film (Grammy Awards)
New Dr. Dre Song “Gunfire” Features In The Defiant Ones (The Fader)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Winner: Susan Jacobs for Big Little Lies
Other nominees:
PJ Bloom for Feud: Bette and Joan
Jabari Ali & John Houlihan for Shots Fired
Carter Little & G. Marq Roswell for Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music
Greg Cahn & Jonathan McHugh for Sun Records
Press highlights:
Susan Jacobs Wins First Ever Music Supervision Emmy for Big Little Lies (Tunefind)
The Soul of Big Little Lies Is in Its Music (The Atlantic)
BEST SONG/RECORDING CREATED FOR TELEVISION
Winner: “Quicksand”
Performed by SZA (Insecure: Episode 208 “Hella Perspective”)
Kier Lehman (Music Supervisor)
Solána Rowe, Dacoury Natche, & Mickey De Grand IV (Songwriters)
Other nominees:
“How Do We Get Back To Love”
Performed by Julia Michaels (Girls: Episode 609 “Goodbye Tour”)
Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, & Jonathan Leahy (Music Supervisors)
Julia Michaels & Jack Antonoff (Songwriters)
“Sanctuary”
Performed by Nashville Cast (Feat. Charles Esten, Lennon Stella & Maisy Stella)
(Nashville: Episode 510 “I’ll Fly Away”)
Franki Pine & Mandi Collier (Music Supervisors)
Jill Andrews, Gary Nicholson, Sarah Siskind (Songwriters)
“Until You Find Me”
Performed by Allison Scagliotti (Stitchers: Episode 3009 “Kill It Forward”)
Heather Guibert (Music Supervisor)
Dani Buncher & Scott Simons (Songwriters)
“We Can Always Come Back To This”
Performed by Brian Tyree Henry version & Hannah Miller version (This Is Us: Episode 116 “Memphis”)
Jennifer Pyken (Music Supervisor)
Siddhartha Khosla & Chris Pierce (Songwriters)
Press highlights:
SZA Is Hella Insecure About Love On New Song ‘Quicksand’ (MTV)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR A DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Joel C. High G-Funk
Other nominees:
Brooke Wentz “Dolores”
Steven Gizicki “FRANCA: Chaos & Creation’
Aminé Ramer and Andrea von Foerster for “Charged”
Gary Welch for Eric Clapton: Life in12 Bars
Press highlights:
Warren G & Director Karam Gill Dissect Their New Star-Studded Documentary G-Funk (Billboard)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN TELEVISION PROMO
Winner: Bobby Gumm & Michael Paquette (Trailer Park), Stranger Things Season 2
Other nominees:
Chase Casanova (Mark Woollen) for Big Little Lies
Jordan Silverberg (Transit) for Narcos Season 3
Press highlights:
The new Stranger Things trailer is full of Michael Jackson and terror (The Verge)
Stranger Things Season 2 Trailer Almost Didn’t Include ‘Thriller’ (ScreenRant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgS2L7WPIO4&t=121s
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR TRAILERS
Winner: Bobby Gumm (Trailer Park), Baby Driver
Other nominees:
Heather Kreamer & Craig Thompson (Create), “Black Panther Official Trailer”
Omar Herrera (Disney), “Black Panther Teaser Trailer”
Naaman Snell, “I, Tony”
Marcy Bulkeley (Wild Card), “Alien: Covenant”
Press highlights:
Watch the High-Octane First Trailer for Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver (Paste Magazine)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A VIDEO GAME
Winner: Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus, and Raphaella Lima for FIFA 18 (Electronic Arts)
Other nominees:
Brandon Young and Katie Byam for Call of Duty: WWII
Alex Hackford and Duncan Smith for Gran Turismo Sport
Ben Sumner and Glenn Herweijer for Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus, and Raphaella Lima for Madden NFL 18
Press highlights:
FIFA 18: We spoke to the team behind the EA Sport game’s music soundtrack (Dream Team)
BEST USE OF MUSIC IN A SINGLE ADVERTISING SPOT
Winner: Peymon Maskan, TBWA/Media Arts Lab, “Apple “Stroll”
Other nominees:
JT Griffith, Nike “Skates”
Chances With Wolves for Samsung “I Love You” (click to view)
Jonathan Wellbelove for Sonos “From Heartbreak To Healing” (click to view)
Daniel Kuypers for Windex “The Story of Lucy” (click to view)
Press highlights:
How an Apple Commercial Catapulted Marian Hill Into the Mainstream (Observer)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au7HXMLWgyM
BEST USE OF MUSIC BY A BRAND
Winner: Apple
Other nominees:
GoPro
Nike
Orbit
Samsung
Press highlights:
The best songs from Apple commercials (Digital Trends)
Also celebrated at the ceremony were Kenny Loggins, who received the GMS’s first Icon Award and delivered a rousing set that got the crowd bopping, and Becky Mancuso-Winding, who earned the Legacy Award for a career that spanned decades and included music supervision for soundtracks from Urban Cowboy to Footloose.
