In the US, the Guild of Music Supervisors was founded to act as a valuable, highly specialized resource to further the understanding of the constant evolution of music in media and for related guilds who benefit from our expertise.
As such it tries to ensure that music supervisors are not forgotten in their work and when it comes to awards ceremony.
Nominees for the 2014 awards
The guild also has its own award series. Although the winners are not yet known, it has announced its nominees for the 2014 Music Supervisor Guild awards. This includes nominees in musical, reality TV and other sections. It also further breaks down the awards into films according to budget, to ensure smaller films are also given some space.
Musicians music publishers, if you were looking for a list of the real who’s-who in music supervision, this is it (for the US at least). The winners will be announced at a ceremony in January.
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION COMEDY OR MUSICAL
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Girls – Season 3
Manish Raval and Tom Wolfe
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Glee – Season 5
PJ Bloom
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Hit the Floor – Season 2
Joel C. High and Erin Dillon
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Nashville – Season 3
Frankie Pine
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Shameless – Season 4
Ann Kline
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION DRAMA
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American Horror Story: Freak Show
PJ Bloom
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Peaky Blinders – Season 2
Amelia Hartley
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Reign – Season 2
Madonna Wade-Reed
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Teen Wolf – Seasons 3B and 4
Laura Webb
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The Blacklist – Season 1
John Bissell
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – REALITY TELEVISION
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American Idol – Season 13
Robin Kaye
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America’s Got Talent – Season 9
Meryl Ginsberg
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Best Bars in America – Season 1
Carrie Hughes
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So You Think You Can Dance – Season 11
Nancy Severinsen
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The Voice – Seasons 6 and 7
Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TELEVISION LONG FORM AND MOVIES
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Drumline: A New Beat
Tricia Holloway
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Houdini
Maureen Crowe
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In My Dreams
Andrea von Foerster
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The Normal Heart
PJ Bloom
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM OVER 25 MILLION
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Guardians of the Galaxy
Dave Jordan
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Annie
Matt Sullivan and Wende Crowely
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Get On Up
Bud Carr and Margaret Yen
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The Book Of Life
John Houlihan
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Into The Woods
Paul Gemignani and Michael Higham
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 25 MILLION
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Birdman
Lynn Fainchtein
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St. Vincent
Randall Poster
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The Fault In Our Stars
Season Kent
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Wild
Sue Jacobs
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Chef
Mathieu Schreyer
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 10 MILLION
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Beyond The Lights
Julia Michels
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JIMI: All Is By My Side
Chris Mollere
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Begin Again
Matt Sullivan and Andrea von Foerster
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – FILM UNDER 5 MILLION
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Boyhood
Randall Poster
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Whiplash
Andy Ross
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Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
John Houlihan and Willa Yudell
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We Are The Best
Rasmus Thord
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Rudderless
Liz Gallacher
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN GAMES
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FIFA 15
Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]
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Sunset Overdrive
Laura Katz and Gregory J. Gordon [Insomniac Games and Pyramind Studios]
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Hohokum
Alex Hackford [Sony Computer Entertainment]
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Forza Horizon 2
Kyle Hopkins, Maya Halfon and Rob Da Bank [Microsoft Studios]
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The Sims 4
Steve Schnur and Cybele Pettus [Electronic Arts]
BEST USE OF MUSIC, BRAND
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Apple
Peymon Maskan
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Coke
Joe Belliotti
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AllSaints
Michael Gross
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Nike
JT Griffith
BEST USE OF MUSIC, MUSIC HOUSE / AGENCY
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Walker
Sara Matarazzo
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Able Baker
Jessica Dierauer and Peter Gannon
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GSD&M
David Rockwood
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Deutsch
David Rocco
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Elias Arts
Jason Kramer
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION – TRAILERS
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Inherent Vice– Teaser
Vanessa Jorge [Aspect Ratio]
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Interstellar – Trailer #2
Bobby Gumm [Trailer Park]
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Mad Max – Teaser
Sanaz Lavaedian [Mocean]
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50 Shades Of Grey – Teaser
Serena Undercolfer [Concept Arts]
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Birdman – Teaser
Chase Casanova [Mark Woolen]
Two categories will be awarded by the Guild Of Music Supervisors Board of Directors based on excellence in use of music by a studio department:
2014 STUDIO AWARD FOR MUSIC IN FILM
2014 STUDIO AWARD FOR MUSIC IN TELEVISION
For more abut the Guild of Music Supervisors, visit their website.