"When music supervisors like these GMS Awards winners excel at their work, audiences are more deeply engaged with dramatic emotion that makes entertainment more powerful.
Previous GRAMMY nominees Julianne Jordan and Julia Michels were the big winners on Feb. 13 at the Guild of Music Supervisors 9th Annual Awards, winning two out of 18 categories for their work on A Star Is Born.
Just three days earlier, at the 61st GRAMMY Awards, Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga won Best Pop Duo/Group Performance for the film's song "Shallow." They were also the front-and-center faces for the music-movie phenomenon, but it was Jordan and Michels' work behind the scenes and behind the soundtrack that won for Best Music Supervision For Films Budgeted Over $25 Million and Best Song/Recording Created For A Film for "Shallow."
Lukas Nelson performed "Shallow" at the GMS ceremony, held in Los Angeles at Theater at Ace Hotel. Nelson and his band, Promise Of The Real, acted as Cooper's onscreen backing musicians in A Star Is Born.
GMS also recognizes music in advertising, trailers and video games: A good example of the latter was Jordan Silverberg's work on Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (Trailer 1), which won Best Music Supervision In A Film Trailer."
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