guild-of-music-supervisorsThe Guild of Music Supervisors announced the nominations for its 7th annual awards ceremony, which will take place on Thursday, February 16, 2017 at Ace Hotel in Downtown Los Angeles. The awards will recognize outstanding Music Supervisors in 15 categories representing Motion Picture, Television, Games, Trailers and Advertising. Below are the nominations for some of the major categories. In addition to those categories, Gary LeMel, who served as President of Music at both Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios, will receive the second Guild of Music Supervisors Legacy Award at the event. For the full list of nominations, visit the organization’s official website.

Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Over 25M

John Houlihan for Deadpool
Steven Gizicki for La La Land
Jojo Villanueva for Sing
Becky Bentham for Sing Street
Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan for Trolls

Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Motion Picture Under 25M

Julia Michels for Bad Moms
Chris Douridas for Captain Fantastic
Karen Elliott for Florence Foster Jenkins
Linda Cohen and Zohran Kwame Mamdani for Queen of Katwe
Gabe Hilfer and Julianne Jordan for Sausage Party

Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Independent Motion Pictures Under 10M

Howard Paar for 20th Century Women
Joel C. High for Boo! A Madea Halloween
Jason Markey for Edge of Seventeen
Dave Jordan and Jojo Villanueva for Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Ed Gerrard for Miles Ahead

Best Music Supervision in Motion Picture – Independent Motion Pictures Under 5M

Robin Urdang for Elvis & Nixon
Rob Lowry for The Intervention
Joel C. High for Of Mind and Music

Best Song/Recording Created for a Film

Can’t Stop The Feeling! performed by Justin Timberlake (Trolls), Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan, (Supervisors), Justin Timberlake, Max Martin, Karl Johan Schuster (Songwriters)
City of Stars performed by Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone (La La Land), Steven Gizicki (Supervisor), Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul (Songwriters)
Drive It Like You Stole It performed by Sing Street Cast (Sing Street), Becky Bentham (Supervisor), Gary Clark (Songwriter)
Heathens performed by Twenty One Pilots (Suicide Squad), Season Kent and Gabe Hilfer (Supervisors), Tyler Joseph (Songwriter)
Just Like Fire performed by P!nk (Alice Through The Looking Glass), Mitchell Leib and Kaylin Frank (Supervisors), Alecia Moore, Max Martin, Karl Johan Schuster, Oscar Holter (Songwriters)

Best Music Supervision in a Documentary

Iain Cooke and Ian Neil for Oasis: Supersonic
Mirna Maddox for Tower
Gary Welch for I Called Him Morgan
Dan Wilcox for Gleason
Heather Kreamer for Where To Invade Next

Best Music Supervision in Television Drama

Thomas Golubić and Yvette Metoyer for Halt and Catch Fire (Season 3)
Heather Guibert for Rosewood (Season 1)
Nora Felder for Stranger Things (Season 1)
Liza Richardson for The Leftovers (Season 2)
Lindsay Wolfington for The Royals (Season 2)

Best Music Supervision in Television Comedy or Musical

Jen Ross and Dave Jordan for Empire (Season 2)
Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, and Jonathan Leahy for Girls (Season 5)
Kevin Edelman for Jane the Virgin (Season 2)
Zach Cowie and Kerri Drootin for Master of None (Season 1)
Stephanie Diaz-Matos for The Get Down (Season 1)

Best Music Supervision in Television Limited Series or Movie

Madonna Wade-Reed for American Crime (Season 2)
PJ Bloom for American Horror Story: Hotel
Tony Scudellari for Mother, May I Sleep With Danger?
PJ Bloom for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story

  1. basco says:

    there is really a guild for music supervisors…??? heavens…