Guild of Music Supervisors Nominations: ‘A Star Is Born,’ Black Panther,’ ‘Love, Simon’
The Guild of Music Supervisors has revealed their nominations for music supervision and songs in multiple categories based on film budget.
A Star Is Born, Black Panther and Bohemian Rhapsody are nominated for film budgeted over $25M; Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Suspiria and Love, Simon are nominated for films with a budget of under $25M and How to Talk to Girls at Parties and Vox Lux for films with a budget less than $10M.
Winners will be announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles on February 13th. Here is the full list of nominees.
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Over $25 Million
Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan – A Star is Born
Dave Jordan – Black Panther
Becky Bentham – Bohemian Rhapsody
Michael Higham and Paul Gemignani – Mary Poppins Returns
Wende Crowley – Peter Rabbit
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $25 Million
Howard Paar – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Buck Damon – Dumplin’
Tom Wolfe and Manish Raval – Green Book
Season Kent – Love, Simon
Season Kent – The Hate U Give
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $10 Million
Michael Hill – How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Kevin Edelman and Ben Sokoler – I Can Only Imagine
Howard Paar – Private Life
Margaret Yen and Alison Litton – Vox Lux
Best Music Supervision for Films Budgeted Under $5 Million
Joel C. High – Armed
Jonathan McHugh – Blindspotting
Joe Rudge – Eighth Grade
Joe Rudge and Chris Swanson – Hearts Beat Loud
Joseph Miller – Izzy Gets The F*ck Across Town
Best Song/Recording Created for a Film
“All The Stars”
Performed by Kendrick Lamar, SZA
Written by Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Anthony Spears, Alexander William Shuckburgh, Solana Rowe
Black Panther (Marvel)
Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan
“Girl in the Movies”
Performed by Dolly Parton
Written by Dolly Parton and Linda Perry
Dumplin’ (Netflix)
Music Supervisor: Buck Damon
“Shallow”
Performed by Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
Written by Stefani Germanotta, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando,
Andrew Wyatt
A Star is Born (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Music Supervisor: Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan
“Sunflower”
Performed by Post Malone and Swae Lee
Written by Khalif Brown, Louis Bell, Austin Post, William Walsh,
Carter Lang, Carl Rosen
Spider Man: Into the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures)
Music Supervisor: Kier Lehman
“Trip a Little Light Fantastic”
Performed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Emily Blunt, Tarik Frimpong, Pixie Davies, Joel Dawson, Nathanael Saleh, Leeries
Written by Scott Whittman and Marc Shaiman
Mary Poppins Returns (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Music Supervisor: Michael Higham and Paul Gemignani
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
- 2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November) - November 21, 2024
- 2025 Oscars: Eligibility Lists for Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards - November 21, 2024
- Nava Mau, Sean Wang Among 2024 BAFTA Breakthroughs Championing New ‘Must-Watch’ Creatives - November 21, 2024
2025 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (November) 
Director Watch Podcast Ep. 72 – ‘Three Colours: Blue’ (Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993) 
2025 Oscars: Eligibility Lists for Animated Feature, Documentary Feature and International Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards 
Nava Mau, Sean Wang Among 2024 BAFTA Breakthroughs Championing New ‘Must-Watch’ Creatives