The Cut: This Song Is Everywhere Right Now
"In the season premiere of High Maintenance, The Guy, our dealer protagonist, has decamped to upstate New York to tool around for a while. He smokes weed, paddleboards, smokes weed while paddleboarding, and, at one point, attends a memorial service for an old hippie named Berg. While there, the late man’s rag-tag group of friends break out into a spectacularly out-of-tune sing-along to “Crimson and Clover.” It’s touching without feeling saccharine, and hits a perfectly wistfu
Forbes: 2018 Was An Incredible Year For The Soundtrack
"On the charts and in our headphones, the musical soundtrack dominated 2018. “Shallow.” “This Is Me.” “All the Stars.” Songs transcended the big screen into radio rotation and streaming playlists, becoming as popular as, well, pop music. Just how consumed were the tracks composed for the silver screen? A quick look … The dominance of The Greatest Showman can’t be understated. The Hugh Jackman-led P.T. Barnum musical biopic snowballed the success of a late 2017 theatrical rele
Backstage: Why Music Supervisors Want to Make You Cry (and What That Means for Actors)
"As any actor knows, music can make or break an on-camera performance. That means the fate of that performance sometimes rests in the hands of music supervisors like John Bissell, who here chats with Backstage about his work on NBC’s “The Blacklist.” How did you get into music supervision for on-camera projects? I’ve always been really passionate about music, and I’m a horrible musician. So after going to film school, I just started moving more toward music, and at that point
Billboard: The Music Of 'Roma': Get Familiar With the Oscar-Nominated Film's Soundtrack
"The songs in Alfonso Cuaron’s film, nominated for ten Academy Awards, take us to 1970s Mexico. Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón’s film Roma is nominated for ten Academy Awards, including best picture, best director, best foreign-language film, original screenplay and best lead actress (newcomer Yalitza Aparicio) as well as sound editing and sound mixing. The movie -- Cuarón’s reconstruction of the early-1970s Mexico City of his youth -- also nabbed best foreign-language film
Billboard: 'SLC Punk!' at 20: The Director, Cast & Music Supervisor Look Back on the Cul
"Twenty years ago, the must-see film at Sundance's opening night was a movie about punks in the Mormon-heavy city of Salt Lake City: SLC Punk! The cult classic made its U.S. debut on Jan. 22, 1999 to a sold-out auditorium, crowded with Utah's own punks celebrating a rare representation of the state's capital onscreen. Not many films about punk get the ethos of the culture right, and SLC Punk! writer-director James Merendino knew this. When he wrote the film, he faced the trem
Spotify for Artists: A Music Supervisor's Guide to Putting Yourself Out There
"As the music supervisor for TV shows like 'Dear White People' and 'Queen Sugar,' Morgan Rhodes is equal parts curator and DJ. Whether it’s on the big or small screen, a perfect scene can amplify its impact with the perfect song. That’s where music supervisors come in. They’re charged with choosing the songs that match the pace, emotion, and tension of a scene, a responsibility that is equal parts curator and DJ. Morgan Rhodes, the music supervisor for movies like Selma as we
Tunefind: Sex Education Will School You in Music, Too
"Sex Education, the new Netflix original series from the UK, features a stellar soundtrack bringing together tracks from Beth Ditto, The Smiths, Chip Taylor, Ann Peebles, Bikini Kill and many more. Plus a ton of existing and original tracks from American rocker Ezra Furman. It’s an eclectic mix that has had fans desperate to find the music. At Tunefind we often see a big spike in activity around new shows – especially Netflix shows where audiences quickly binge their way thro
Billboard: The 'Breaking Bad' Synch That Broke Open ZZK Records
"The Buenos Aires label specializing in digital cumbia is moving to Los Angeles in 2019. In the final season of AMC’s Breaking Bad, a desperate Walter White drives a white van into the desert in New Mexico, where he buries barrel after barrel of money in the dirt, meticulously noting the GPS coordinates. The song playing in the background is a remix of Argentine folk singer Jose Larralde’s version of “Quimey Neuquén” (Beautiful Neuquén). It was created by Pedro Canale, also k
Membership Application Deadline for Awards Voting
If you have yet to apply to be a member for the Guild of Music Supervisors, the deadline to apply and still be eligible to vote for this year's GMS Awards and receive a complimentary ticket to attend is Friday, January 25th, 2019. After the 25th, you are still able to apply to be a GMS member, but you will miss out on voting for this year's awards show and will have to pay for a full price ticket. For information on How To Join, membership criteria, and benefits for member ty
Billboard: The 20 Best Musical Moments on 'The Sopranos'
"When The Sopranos’ creator David Chase was hand-selecting the music for his celebrated show, he had an epiphany -- real life doesn’t have a perfect soundtrack. “The songs can’t all be good, because life isn’t like that,” he told Noisey in 2015. “I’ve seen people [in TV] do this, where every song is a cool song. It takes you out of the moment.” This reverence for all kinds of music is the beating heart of The Sopranos. Twenty years ago this Thursday (Jan. 10) marks the premie
