‘Call Me By Your Name,’ ‘Insecure’ Top Guild of Music Supervisors Wins
The Guild of Music Supervisors awarded Call Me By Your Name and Insecure with two prizes apiece at their 8th annual ceremony on Thursday night. Call Me By Your Name earned wins for Best Song (“Mystery of Love”) three songs its nominated against for the Oscar, and for Music Supervision for a Film Budgeted Under $5 Million. Insecure took the Television awards for Best Song for “Quicksand” by SZA and Music Supervision for a Television Comedy/Musical.
Lady Bird, Big Little Lies and 13 Reasons Why were also among the winners in 15 categories.
The Guild of Music Supervisors also honored music supervisor Becky Mancuso-Winding with the Legacy Award for her work on films like Backdraft and The Weather Man, as well as English musician Yundblud as a Spotlight Artist.
Here is the full list of nominees and winners in Film, Television and Advertising.
FILM
Best Song/Recording Created for a Film
Music Supervisor Name: Robin Urdang (WINNER)
Movie Title: Call Me By Your Name
Song Title: “Mystery of Love”
Artist: Sufjan Stevens
Writers: Sufjan Stevens
Music Supervisor Name: Tom MacDougall
Movie Title: Coco
Song Title: “Remember Me”
Artist: Miguel ft Natalia Lafourcade
Writers: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Music Supervisor Name: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul Movie
Movie Title: The Greatest Showman
Song Title: “This Is Me”
Artist: Keala Settle
Writers: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Music Supervisor Name: Julianne Jordan
Movie Title: Ferdinand
Song Title: “Home”
Artist: Nick Jonas
Writers: Nick Jonas, Nick Monson, Justin Tranter
Music Supervisor Name: Evyen Klean and Jennifer Reeve.
Movie Title: Mudbound
Song Title: “Mighty River”
Artist: Mary J. Blige
Writers: Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million
Music Supervisor: Julianne Jordan, Julia Michels (WINNER)
Title: Pitch Perfect 3
Music Supervisor: Matt Sullivan
Title: Beauty and the Beast
Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan
Title: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Music Supervisor: Benj Pasek, Justin Paul
Title: The Greatest Showman
Music Supervisor: Tom MacDougall
Title: Coco
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $25 Million
Music Supervisor Name: Brian Ross, Michael Hill (WINNER)
Title: Lady Bird
Music Supervisor: Angela Leus
Title: Girls Trip
Music Supervisor: Susan Jacobs, Jen Moss
Title: I, Tonya
Music Supervisor Name: Howard Paar
Title: How To Be A Latin Lover
Music Supervisor Name: Spring Aspers, Ron Fair
Title: The Star
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $10 Million
Music Supervisor Name: Howard Paar (WINNER)
Title: Before I Fall
Music Supervisor Name: Liz Gallacher
Title: War On Everyone
Music Supervisor Name: Ian Neil
Title: Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $5 Million
Music Supervisor Name: Robin Urdang (WINNER)
Title: Call Me By Your Name
Music Supervisor Name: Maggie Phillips
Title: Ingrid Goes West
Music Supervisor Name: Matthew Hearon-Smith
Title: The Florida Project
Music Supervisor Name: Joe Rudge
Title: Patti Cake$
Music Supervisor Name: Howard Paar
Title: Fun Mom Dinner
Best Music Supervision for a Documentary
Music Supervisor: Joel C. High (WINNER)
Film Title: G-Funk
Music Supervisor: Brooke Wentz
Film Title: Dolores
Music Supervisor: Steven Gizicki
Film Title: FRANCA: Chaos & Creation
Music Supervisor: Aminé Ramer & Andrea Von Foerster
Film Title: Charged
Music Supervisor: Gary Welch
Film Title: 12 Bars
TELEVISION
Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama
13 Reasons Why — Season 1 (Season Kent) (WINNER)
Better Call Saul — Season 3 (Thomas Golubić)
Good Behavior — Season 1 (Gabe Hilfer)
Good Girls Revolt — Season 1 (Gary Calamar)
This Is Us — Season 1 (Jennifer Pyken)
Best Music Supervision in a Television Comedy/Musical
Insecure — Season 2 (Kier Lehman) (WINNER)
Girls — Season 6 (Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe & Jonathan Leahy)
I Love Dick — Season 1 (Bruce Gilbert)
Master of None — Season 2 (Zach Cowie & Kerri Drootin)
Nashville — Season 5 (Frankie Pine & Mandi Collier)
Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries or Reality Television
The Defiant Ones — Season 1 (Deborah Mannis-Gardner) (WINNER)
Catfish: The TV Show — Season 6 (Sam Carlin)
So You Think You Can Dance — Season 14 (Nancy Severinsen)
The Voice — Season 12 (Clyde Lieberman & Jill Meyers)
World of Dance — Season 1 (Meryl Ginsberg)
Best Music Supervision in a Television Limited Series or Movie
Big Little Lies (Susan Jacobs) (WINNER)
Feud: Bette and Joan (PJ Bloom)
Shots Fired (Jabari Ali & John Houlihan)
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music (Carter Little & G. Marq Roswell)
Sun Records (Greg Cahn & Jonathan McHugh)
Best Song/Recording Created for Television
Title: “Quicksand” (WINNER)
Songwriters: Solána Rowe, Dacoury Natche, Mickey De Grand IV
Artist: SZA
Program: Insecure
Episode: #208 “Hella Perspective” Music Supervisor: Kier Lehman
Title: “How Do We Get Back To Love”
Songwriters: Julia Michaels, Jack Antonoff
Artist: Julia Michaels
Program: Girls
Episode: #609 “Goodbye Tour”
Music Supervisors: Manish Raval, Tom Wolfe & Jonathan Leahy
Title: “Sanctuary”
Songwriters: Jill Andrews, Gary Nicholson, Sarah Siskind
Artist: Nashville Cast (Feat. Charles Esten, Lennon Stella & Maisy Stella)
Program: Nashville
Episode: #510 “I’ll Fly Away”
Music Supervisors: Frankie Pine & Mandi Collier
Title: “Until You Find Me”
Songwriters: Dani Buncher, Scott Simons
Artist: Allison Scagliotti
Program: Stitchers
Episode: #3009 “Kill It Forward” Music Supervisor: Heather Guibert
Title: “We Can Always Come Back To This”
Songwriters: Siddhartha Khosla, Chris Pierce
Artist: Brian Tyree Henry version & Hannah Miller version
Program: This Is Us
Episode: #116 “Memphis”
Music Supervisor: Jennifer Pyken
Best Music Supervision in a Television Promo
Bobby Gumm & Michael Paquette (Trailer Park) (WINNER)
Stranger Things Season 2
Chase Casanova (Mark Woolen)
Big Little Lies
Jordan Silverberg (Transit)
Narcos Season 3
ADVERTISING
Best Music Supervision in a Video Game
FIFA 18 (WINNER)
Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus & Raphaella Lima
Call of Duty: WWII
Brandon Young & Katie Byam
Gran Turismo Sport
Alex Hackford & Duncan Smith
Life is Strange: Before The Storm
Ben Sumner & Glenn Herweijer
Madden NFL 18
Steve Schnur, Cybele Pettus & Raphaella Lima
Best Use of Music by a Brand
Apple (WINNER)
GoPro
Nike
Orbit
Samsung
Best Use of Music in a Single Advertising Spot
Apple – “Stroll” (WINNER)
Peymon Maskan
Nike – “Skates”
JT Griffith
Samsung – “I Love You”
Sonos – “From Heartbreak To Healing”
Jonathan Wellbelove
Windex – “The Story of Lucy”
Daniel Kuypers
Spotlight Artist
Yungblud (Geffen Records)
Legacy Award
Becky Mancuso-Winding
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