The Guild of Music Supervisors held its 14th annual award ceremony on Sunday evening (3/3) at The Wiltern Theatre, celebrating outstanding achievement in the craft of music supervision in film, television, documentaries, advertising, trailers, and video games. George Drakoulias took home a double-win for his work on Barbie for Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million, and Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film with the Oscar-nominated original song “What Was I Made For?”, performed by Billie Eilish and written by Billie Eilish O’Connell and Finneas O’Connell.
Frankie Pine was also a big winner, taking home two trophies for her work on Daisy Jones & The Six. Alex Hackford also won two Guild of Music Supervisors Awards for his work on Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 video game, and Toko Nagata won twice for her work on the films Totally Killer and Joy Ride.
Robbie Robertson was posthumously awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. He was given a tribute performance of his music by Margo Price, Rocco DeLuca and Johnny Sheppard. Allan Mason was awarded the Legacy Award for his impact within the industry over the course of his career.
Keeping music at the forefront, audience members were treated to a performance from Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning songwriter Dan Wilson with his song “It Never Went Away,” from the Netflix film American Symphony, that he co-wrote with Jon Batiste, and the Guild of Music Supervisors Award-nominated song “I Found You” performed by India Carney from the Showtime series The L Word: Generation Q, plus the RIAA Multi-Platinum certified hit “Romantic Homicide” by Spotlight Performer d4vd.
Here’s a rundown of winners at the 14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards:
FILM
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million
George Drakoulias – “Barbie”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million And Under
Toko Nagata – “Joy Ride”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million And Under
Lindsay Wolfington – “Theater Camp”
Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film
A tie between:
Angela Asistio – “Chang Can Dunk”; and
Toko Nagata – “Totally Killer”
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film
“What Was I Made For?” – “Barbie”
Songwriters: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
Performer: Billie Eilish
Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias
TELEVISION
Best Music Supervision – Television Drama
Gabe Hilfer – “The White Lotus” Season 2
Best Music Supervision – Television Comedy or Musical
Frankie Pine – “Daisy Jones & The Six” Season 1
Best Music Supervision – Reality Television
Carrie Hughes – “Love & Hip Hop: Miami” Season 5
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television
“Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)” – “Daisy Jones & The Six”
Songwriters: Jason Boesel, Blake Mills, Marcus Mumford, Johnathan Rice, Stephony Smith
Performer: Daisy Jones & The Six
Music Supervisor: Frankie Pine
DOCUMENTARIES
Best Music Supervision for a Documentary
Jonathan Finegold – “Little Richard: I Am Everything”
Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries
Andrea von Foerster – “Welcome to Wrexham” Season 2
ADVERTISING
Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Synch)
Scott McDaniel – Run This Town – The Road to Halftime Starts on Rihanna Drive
Best Music Supervision in Advertising (Original Music)
Nicole Palko, Jonathan Wellbelove – iPhone 15 Plus – Miss You
TRAILERS
Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film
Angel Mendoza – “Killers of the Flower Moon” – Official Teaser Trailer
Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Series
Rochelle Holguin Cappello, Katie Pool – “Yellowjackets” Season 2 – Official Trailer
Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Video Game & Interactive
Rebecca Bergman, Brian Murphy – “Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League” – Official Justice League Trailer – “No More Heroes”
VIDEO GAMES
Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)
Alex Hackford – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original Music)
Alex Hackford, Scott Hanau, Keith Leary – Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
Composer: John Paesano
“Scandal” cast will reunite for online script reading for hurricane relief in western North Carolina
The cast of ABC's hit political drama "Scandal" may need to brush up on their snappy, speedy delivery known as "Scandal-pace," because they're reuniting for a good cause. Its stars including Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn and Bellamy Young will take part in a live virtual script reading on Nov. 17 to raise money for hurricane relief in western North Carolina.
Beginning Friday, fans can go online and donate to reserve a spot for the online reading. Proceeds will benefit United Way of North Carolina. Everyone who donates will be able to take part in a virtual pre-event with the cast and Shonda Rhimes will give an introduction.
Additional guest stars will also be announced. The online fundraising platform Prizeo is also holding a contest where one person who donates online via their site will be selected to read a role from the script with the actors. The winner should not worry about the "Scandal"-pace, assured Young over Zoom.
"Whomever the lucky reader is can read at whatever pace they want," she said.
Young, who played Mellie Young, the first lady and later Republican presidential nominee on "Scandal," was born and raised in Asheville, North Carolina. She came up with the idea for the effort with a friend and took it to her fellow "Scandal" actors, who all jumped on board. Young said this is the first script reading the cast has all done together since the show ended after seven seasons in 2018.
Which episode they will be reading has not been announced yet.
Young said it's "been devastating" to see so many parts of her hometown badly damaged by Hurricane Helene, which ravaged western North Carolina one month ago.
To research the best use for donations, Young spoke with numerous political leaders, including North... Read More