2022 Guild of Music Supervisors nominations: Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Doja Cat and more

Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Taylor Swift and Doja Cat were among the artists announced today who earned nominations for the 13th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, which honors the craft of music supervision in film, television, games, advertising and trailers. All four were recognized in the best song category alongside Brandi Carlile, Mitski, Terence Blanchard and more.

Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Elvis tied with three nominations apiece, including Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million, Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film, and Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film.

Winners will be announced at the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles on March 5 with an in-person and virtual awards gala. Here is the full list of nominations.

FILM

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million

Joel C. High – “A Jazzman’s Blues”
Dave Jordan – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Anton Monsted – “Elvis”
Julie Glaze Houlihan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Tom Wolfe, Manish Raval – “The Greatest Beer Run Ever”
Maureen Crowe, Becky Bentham – “I Wanna Dance With Somebody”
Rachel Levy, Mike Knobloch – “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
Mike Knobloch, Natalie Hayden, Lucy Bright – “Tár”
Tom MacDougall – “Turning Red”

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million And Under

Joe Rudge – “Armageddon Time”
Robin Urdang – “Bones And All”
Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert – “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Dushiyan Piruthivirajah – “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”
Natalie Hayden, Garrett McElver – “Spoiler Alert”

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million And Under

Jonathan McHugh – “Butter”
Willa Yudell – “Call Jane”
Rob Lowry – “Cha Cha Real Smooth”
Guillaume Baurez – “Corsage”
Rupert Hollier – “Living”
Rob Lowry – “On the Count of Three”
Leah Harrison, Season Kent – “Press Play”
Graham Kurzner, Orian Williams – “sam & kate”
Joe Rudge – “X”

Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film

Jane Abernethy, Jessica Berndt – “Along For The Ride”
Joel C. High, Sami Posner – “Blue’s Big City Adventure”
Rob Lowry – “Do Revenge”
Gabe Hilfer, Henry van Roden – “Fresh”
Raven Davenport, Shannon Murphy – “Love in the Villa”
Becky Bentham – “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical”
Lauren Denemark, Julian Drucker, Andrew Weaver – “Purple Beatz”
Linda Cohen – “Spirited”
Rob Lowry – “Wendell and Wild”
Howard Paar – “The Valet”

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

“Paper Airplanes” – “A Jazzman’s Blues”
Songwriters: Ruth Berhe, Terence Blanchard
Performer: Ruth B
Music Supervisor: Joel C. High

“Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Songwriters: Robyn Fenty PKA Rihanna, Ludwig Göransson, Ryan Coogler, Temilade Openiyi PKA Tems
Performer: Rihanna
Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan

“Honey To The Bee” – “Catherine Called Birdy”
Songwriters: James Marr, Wendy Page
Performer: Misty Miller
Music Supervisors: Jen Malone, Nicole Weisberg

“Vegas” – “Elvis”
Songwriters: Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Amala Dlamini, David Sprecher, Rogét Chahayed
Performer: Doja Cat
Music Supervisor: Anton Monsted

“This Is A Life” – “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Songwriters: Ryan Lott, David Byrne, Mitski Miyawaki
Performers: David Byrne, Mitski, Son Lux
Music Supervisors: Lauren Marie Mikus, Bruce Gilbert

“Turn Up the Sunshine” – “Minions: The Rise of Gru”
Songwriters: Jack Antonoff, Sam Dew, Patrik Berger, Kevin Parker
Performers: Diana Ross, Tame Impala
Music Supervisors: Mike Knobloch, Rachel Levy

“Ready As I’ll Never Be” – “The Return of Tanya Tucker”
Songwriters: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile
Performers: Tanya Tucker, Brandi Carlile
Music Supervisors: Jill Meyers, Drew Bayers

“Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick”
Songwriters: Lady Gaga, BloodPop
Performer: Lady Gaga
Music Supervisor: Randy Spendlove

“Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing”
Songwriter: Taylor Swift
Performer: Taylor Swift
Music Supervisor: Spring Aspers

“A Song In My Heart” – “The Valet”
Songwriters: Gaby Moreno, Heitor Pereira
Performer: Gaby Moreno
Music Supervisor: Howard Paar

DOCUMENTARIES

Best Music Supervision for a Documentary

Dawn Sutter Madell – “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
Justin Feldman – “Louis Armstrong’s Black And Blues”
Jonathan Zalben – “Ron Carter: Finding the Right Notes”
Allison Wood – “Tony Hawk: Until The Wheels Fall Off”

Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries

Amanda Krieg Thomas – “The Andy Warhol Diaries”
Ross Sellwood – “My Life as a Rolling Stone”
Dan Wilcox – “Street Food USA”
Barry Cole – “They Call Me Magic”
Andrea von Foerster – “Welcome To Wrexham”

VIDEO GAMES

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Synch)

Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II”
Alex Hackford, Duncan Smith – “Gran Turismo 7”
Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – “Need For Speed Unbound”
Dylan Bostick, Josh Kessler – “Saint’s Row V”

Best Music Supervision in a Video Game (Original)

Simon Landry, Rossen Yankov – “Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök”
Composer: Stephanie Economou

Steve Schnur – “Battlefield 2042 DLC” – Season 1 – Zero Hour | Season 2 – Master of Arms | Season 3 – Escalation
Composers: Hildur Guðnadóttir, Sam Slater

Brandon Young – “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II”
Composer: Sarah Schachner

Richard Beddow – “Total War: Warhammer III”
Composers: Jamie Christopherson, Jim Fowler, Ian Livingstone, Simon Ravn, Tim Wynn

TRAILERS

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Film

Evelin Garcia – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” – Teaser “Leaders”
Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “Elvis” (trailer 2)
Anny Colvin – “Avatar: The Way Of The Water”
Gregory Sweeney – “Men” Official Trailer
Matthew Bailey, Shawn Stevens – “Empire Of Light,” Trailer “Home”
Sanaz Lavaedian, Marina Polites – Marvel Studios’ “Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania”
Scenery Samundra, Gregory Sweeney – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” Official Teaser Trailer
Bobby Gumm – “Three Thousand Years of Longing”
Maggie Baron – “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
Cynthia Blondelle, Heather Kreamer – “Guardians Of the Galaxy Volume 3” Official Trailer

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Series

Will Quiney – “Atlanta” Season 3 ‘Visitors’
Bobby Gumm – “Stranger Things 4”
Scenery Sumandra, Gregory Sweeney – “The Idol” – Official Teaser #3
Brian Sotelo – “Black Bird”
Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “The White Lotus”- Season 2
Dylan Bostick, Chris Restivo – “Atlanta” “Shillin’”
Deric Berberabe, Jordan Silverberg – “The Boys” Season 3 (full trailer)
Kelsey Mitchell – “Perry Mason” Season 2 Teaser (HBO)
Evelin Garcia – “Andor” – Teaser “Reckoning”
Emma Allaway, Eduardo Fontes Williams – “The Crown” Season 5

Best Music Supervision in a Trailer – Video Game & Interactive

Glenn Herweijer, Simon Landry, Ben Sumner, Jack Thompson – “Assassins Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök” – Cinematic World Premiere
Naaman Snell – “Destiny 2: The Witch Queen” – Launch Trailer
Raphaella Lima, Michael Sherwood – “Wild Hearts” Reveal Trailer
Ryan Tomlin, Brandon Young – “Warzone 2.0” Launch Trailer/ “Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0”
Ryan Tomlin; Brandon Young – “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II” – World Gameplay Reveal Trailer

TELEVISION

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television

“Walking On Sunshine” – “Acapulco” – Season 1 Ep. 10 – “You Should Hear How She Talks About You”
Songwriter: Kimberley Rew
Performers: Rodrigo Urquidi, Rossana de León
Music Supervisors: Javier Nuño, Joe Rodriguez