Music supervisor behind the songs of “Wicked” and “A Complete Unknown” led the winners at the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervis’s Awards On Sunday evening.
On the TV side, the music supervisors behind “Agatha all the time” and “Baby Reindeer” won.
Stephen Schwartz was awarded the Icon Award to celebrate his contributions to the music and film industry. The composer and the lyricist performed his song “Beautiful City” on stage from his musical “Godspell.”
Oscar -Nominated Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada performed their nominated song “Like a Bird” from “Sing Sing”, which took the award for best song written and/or recorded for a movie. At the same time, Danielle Ponder presented her nominated song “Egún” from Apple TV’s “Manhunt”, and the artist’s role model performed his song “Sally, When The Wine runs out” as tonight’s spotlight artist.
The music producer and supervisor Bonnie Greenberg accepted the Legacy Award for his outstanding career in music surveillance.
Steve Schnur, music supervisor and CEO of EA Games, dominated the evening with two wins for his work with the video game, “Dragon Age: The Vilguard.”
The event was produced by the Guild of Music Supervis’s Awards Production Committee: President Lindsay Wolfington, Vice President Heather Guibert, Janet Lopez, Priya Autrey and Joel C High. The show production was handled by Angelia Shepperd from ABS Collective with talent producer Julie Donsky and technical poduction by Nick Urbom from Big Push Media Group.
The complete winning list for the 15th annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards is listed below.
FILM
Best Music Monitoring in Great Budget Movies
Maggie Rodford – “Wicked”
Best Music Moving in Budget Movies in the Middle
Steven Gizicki – “A Complete Unknown”
Best Music Monitoring in Movies With Low Budget
Jessica Berndt, Chris Swanson – “I saw TV glow”
Best Music Monitoring in a Non-Theatrically Released Film
Robin Urdang- “Supremes on Earls All-You-Can-Eat”
Best let written and/or recorded for a movie
“Like a Bird” – ‘Sing Sing’
Songwriters: Abraham Alexander, Brandon Marcel, Adrian Quesada
Artists: Abraham Alexander, Adrian Quesada
Music supervisor: Dan Wilcox
TV
Best music monitoring in a TV drama
Catherine Grieves – “Baby Reindeer” season 1
Best Music Monitoring in a TV comedy
Jen Ross – “English Teacher” season 1
Best Music Surveillance in Reality TV
Meryl Ginsberg, Sara Torres, Jordan Young – “Love Island USA” season 6
Best let written and/or recorded for TV
“The Ballad of the Witches’ Road (Sacred Chant Version)” -‘Agatha all the time’
Songwriters: Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
Artists: Agatha together with Roll (Ali Ahn, Kathryn Hahn, Patti Lupone, Debra Jo Rupp, Sasheer Zamata)
Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan, Justine von Winterfeldt
Documentaries
Best Music Monitoring in a Documentary Film
Aminé Ramer – “Yacht Rock: A docantary”
Best music monitoring in a documentation
Sam Carlin, Drew Kramer – “Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza” Season 1
ADVERTISING
Best Music Monitoring in Advertising (Synchronization)
Peymon Maskan, Gemma Schladow, Alec Stern, Jenna Wilson – “Power of She”
Best Music Monitoring in Advertising (Original Music)
Patrick Lawrence Zappia – “Give your gift.”
Best Music Monitoring in Advertising (Long Form)
Al Risi – “An American love story”
Trailers
Best Music Monitoring in a Trailer (Film)
Maggie Baron – “Anora” – Official Redband -Trailer
Best Music Monitoring in a Trailer (Series)
Deric Berblebe, Hudson Saxe, Jordan Silverberg – “Severance: Season 2” – Official Trailer
Best Music Monitoring in a Trailer (Video Game & Interactive)
Jonny Altepeter, Jackie Palazzolo, Vitaly Shenderovsky – “Valarant” – CLOVE Agent Trailer – 2 Worlds
Video game
Best Music Monitoring in a Video Game (Synch)
Raphaella Lima, Cybele Pettus, Steve Schnur – “EA Sports FC 25”
Best Music Monitoring in a Video Game (Original Music)
Steve Schnur – “Dragon Age: The Vilguard”
Composers: Lorne Balfe, Hans Zimmer
