SEVENTH ANNUAL GUILD OF MUSIC SUPERVISORS AWARDS
FEBRUARY 16, 2016 AT THE THEATRE AT ACE HOTEL IN LOS ANGELES
The Seventh Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards was held on Feb. 16 at the Theater at the Ace Hotel in Lost Angeles.
Recognizing outstanding music supervisors in 15 categories, representing movies, television, games, and trailers. A number of new categories were added this year, including best music supervision in a documentary, best song/recording created for a film, and best original song/recording created for television.
Performances included Aurora, “Deadpool” contributors Teamheadkick, and Interscope artist Jacob Banks.
Complete sponsor list included at the bottom of this page.
FILM (7th Annual)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILMS
BUDGETED OVER 25 MILLION DOLLARS
John Houlihan for Deadpool
WINNER: 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 FOR FILMS
BUDGETED UNDER 25 MILLION DOLLARS
Julia Michels for Bad Moms
WINNER: Chris Douridas for Captain Fantastic
Karen Elliott for Florence Foster Jenkins
Linda Cohen and Zohran Kwame Mamdani for Queen of Katwe
Gabe Hilfer for Sausage Party
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILMS
BUDGETED UNDER 10 MILLION DOLLARS
WINNER: Howard Paar for 20th Century Women
Joel C. High for Boo! A Madea Halloween
Jason Markey for Edge of Seventeen
Dave Jordan & Jojo Villanueva for Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
Ed Gerrard for Miles Ahead
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR FILMS
BUDGETED UNDER 5 MILLION DOLLARS
Robin Urdang for Elvis & Nixon
Rob Lowry for The Intervention
WINNER: 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)
WINNER: “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 Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (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)
TELEVISION (7th Annual)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION DRAMA
Thomas Golubić and Yvette Metoyer for Halt and Catch Fire (Season 3)
Heather Guibert for Rosewood (Season 1)
WINNER: Nora Felder for Stranger Things (Season 1)
Liza Richardson and Frank Palazzolo for The Leftovers (Season 2)
Lindsay Wolfington for The Royals (Season 2)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A TELEVISION MUSICAL OR COMEDY
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)
WINNER: Stephanie Diaz-Matos for The Get Down (Season 1)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A DOCUSERIES OR REALITY TELEVISION
Meryl Ginsberg for America’s Got Talent (Season 11)
Robin Kaye for American Idol: The Farewell Season (Season 15)
Carrie Hughes for Follow the Rules (Season 1)
Matthew Hearon-Smith for Noisey (Season 1)
WINNER: Clyde Lieberman and Jill Meyers for The Voice (Season 10)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A 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?
WINNER: PJ Bloom for The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story
BEST SONG/RECORDING CREATED FOR TELEVISION
“Powerful" performed by Jussie Smollett and Alicia Keys (Empire: Episode 210)
Jen Ross and Dave Jordan (Supervisors)
JR Rotem, Talay Riley, Alexander Izquierdo, Jussie Smollett (Songwriters)
WINNER: “Set Me Free” performed by Herizen Guardiola (Feat. Nile Rodgers & The Americanos) (The Get Down: Episode 105)
Stephanie Diaz-Matos (Supervisor)
Louie Rubio, Alexander Shultz, Raja Kumari, Baz Luhrmann, Elliott Wheeler(Songwriters)
“Life On Mars” performed by Aurora (Girls: Episode 505)
Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe, and Jonathan Leahy (Supervisors)
David Bowie (Songwriter)
“Does She Love" performed by Gabrielle Dennis (Rosewood: Episode 119)
Heather Guibert (Supervisor)
Gabriel Mann, Rebecca Kneubuhl, Jeannie Lurie (Songwriters)
“Half Light" performed by Banners (The Royals: Episode 210)
Lindsay Wolfington (Supervisor)
Daniel Smith, Justin Parker (Songwriters)
DOCUMENTARY (7th Annual)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR A DOCUMENTARY
WINNER: 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
TRAILERS (7th Annual)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION FOR TRAILERS
Toddrick Spalding for The Accountant (Teaser #1)
Jordan Silverberg for The Lego Batman Movie (Teaser #1 “Batcave”)
WINNER: Lana Bui and Naaman Snell for Suicide Squad (Trailer #2 “Rhapsody”)
Danny Exum for Kubo and the Two Strings (Trailer #1)
Marcy Bulkeley for The Girl on The Train (Trailer #1)
VIDEO GAMES (7th Annual)
BEST MUSIC SUPERVISION IN A VIDEO GAME
Steve Schnur for Battlefield 1
Brandon Young and Katie Byam for Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare
WINNER: Cybele Pettus for FIFA 17
Maya Halfon and Kyle Hopkins for Forza Horizon 3
Jonathan Mayer and Scott Hanau for Uncharted 4
ADVERTISING (7th Annual)
BEST USE OF MUSIC BY A MUSIC HOUSE
Marmoset for Secret “Ladies Room”
Ring the Alarm for Lincoln “Crafted”
Peter Gannon (Walker) for Heinz "Weiner Stampede”
WINNER: Sam Spiegel (Squeak-E Clean) for Kenzo The New Fragrance
Dawn Sutter Madell (Agoraphone) for Audi "Commander"
Beth Urdang and Brienne Rose (Noiseracket) for Spotify “Moving”
BEST USE OF MUSIC BY A BRAND
WINNER: Apple iPhone 7 "Dive"
Nike “Unlimited Together”
LG / HitRECord LG V20 "Everyday, Spectacular”
GUILD OF MUSIC SUPERVISORS
LEGACY AWARD: GARY LEMEL
This award will be presented to film music icon Gary LeMel, who as President of Music at both Columbia Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios, shifted pop culture many times over with films such as “A Star Is Born”, “The Big Chill”, “Ghostbusters”, “The Bodyguard”, “The Matrix”, “The Hangover”, the “Batman” franchise, the “Harry Potter” and “Ocean’s Eleven” series and nearly 500 other films.
Also a film producer, Gary worked with Martin Scorsese on a Frank Sinatra Biopic in 2011. Gary is also known to be an amazing philanthropist, having held leadership positions at the City Of Hope Cancer Hospital, the TJ Martel Cancer Foundation, Phoenix House and the NARAS Musician Assistance Program.
