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
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