The Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS) held its second annual awards brunch this past Sunday (2/12). Awards were given in nine categories of music supervision.
The Best Music Supervision in Independent Film honor was awarded to Gabe Hilfer and Jim Black for their work on 50/50. Winning the Best Music Supervision in Film award was Julia Michels who supervised the music in Alvin and The Chipmunks, The Big Year, What’s Your Number, Diary of A Wimpy Kid, and Rodrick Rules. Lia Vollack, president of WW Music, and Kier Lehman, director of music creative affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment, won the award for the Best Music Supervision in Studio Films with their work for Sony Pictures. Rounding out the winners in the film categories was Jordan Silverberg, who won the Best Music Supervision in Trailers.
Maureen Crowe, GMS president, noted that this second annual awards competition added five new categories as compared to the inaugural event. The GMS awards brunch was held at the Magnolia Restaurant, steps away from the Staples Center where the Grammy Awards were held later on that day.
The following award winners were presented with the Guild of Music Supervisors plaque at the ceremony:
o Best Music Supervision in Reality and Live Television-Robin Kaye (The Dance Scene, American Idol, The Singing Bee, Q’Viva Season 1).
o Best Music Supervision in Television-a tie. Liza Richardson (Prime Suspect, Hawaii Five O, Parenthood, Friday Night Lights, The Secret Circle, Lie To Me, No Ordinary Family) and Gary Calamar (Death Valley, Dexter, House MD, Men Of A Certain Age, True Blood, Wilfred).
o Best Music Supervision in Long Form Television (Movies & Mini Series)-Evyen Klean (Too Big To Fail, Cinema Verite, The Sunset Limited, Mildred Pierce).
o Best Music Supervision In Studio Television-NBC/Universal Television -Alicen Schneider, Stacey Wallen-McCarthy, Oliver Hild, Kerri Drootin (Grimm, Being Human, Royal Pains, Warehouse 13, Eureka, In Plain Sight, Alphas, The Office, Park& Recreation, Psych, Fairly Legal, Covert Affairs, Suites, Law & Order)
o Best Music Supervision in Independent Film (Under 20 Million Budget)- Gabe Hilfer and Jim Black (50/50).
o Best Music Supervision in Film (Over $20 Million Budget)-Julia Michels (Alvin and The Chipmunks, The Big Year, What’s Your Number, Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Rodrick Rules).
o Best Music Supervision in Studio Films-Sony Pictures-Lia Vollack, president of WW Music, and Kier Lehman, director of music creative affairs at Sony Pictures Entertainment (The Girl With The Dragon Tatoo, The Adventures Of Tintin, Moneyball, The Ides of March, Bad Teacher).
o Best Music Supervision in Trailers-Jordan Silverberg (Beautiful Boy, Happy Feet 2, Journey 2, Mysterious Island, Puss In Boots).
o And Best Music Supervision in Games-Electronic Arts-Steve Schnur, Cybelle Pettus, Raphaella Lima (Battlefield, Madden NFL Football, NHL, Star Of Old Republic, FIFA, Tiger Woods Master, SIMS 3 Pets.)
Apple and Google Face UK Investigation Into Mobile Browser Dominance
Apple and Google aren't giving consumers a genuine choice of mobile web browsers, a British watchdog said Friday in a report that recommends they face an investigation under new U.K. digital rules taking effect next year.
The Competition and Markets Authority took aim at Apple, saying the iPhone maker's tactics hold back innovation by stopping rivals from giving users new features like faster webpage loading. Apple does this by restricting progressive web apps, which don't need to be downloaded from an app store and aren't subject to app store commissions, the report said.
"This technology is not able to fully take off on iOS devices," the watchdog said in a provisional report on its investigation into mobile browsers that it opened after an initial study concluded that Apple and Google effectively have a chokehold on "mobile ecosystems."
The CMA's report also found that Apple and Google manipulate the choices given to mobile phone users to make their own browsers "the clearest or easiest option."
And it said that the a revenue-sharing deal between the two U.S. Big Tech companies "significantly reduces their financial incentives" to compete in mobile browsers on Apple's iOS operating system for iPhones.
Both companies said they will "engage constructively" with the CMA.
Apple said it disagreed with the findings and said it was concerned that the recommendations would undermine user privacy and security.
Google said the openness of its Android mobile operating system "has helped to expand choice, reduce prices and democratize access to smartphones and apps" and that it's "committed to open platforms that empower consumers."
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