By Matt Neglia
The Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS) have announced their nominations representing the best in music supervision for 2021 for its 12th annual GMS Awards. The ceremony will be held on March 20, 2022.
Click below to see the nominations.
FILM
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million
Mary Ramos – “Being the Ricardos”
Tom MacDougall – “Encanto”
Michelle Silverman – “The Harder They Fall”
Linda Cohen – “The Tender Bar”
Steven Gizicki – “Tick, Tick… Boom!”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $25 Million
Pierre-Marie Dru – “Annette”
Julianne Jordan, Justine von Winterfeldt – “Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar”
Becky Bentham – “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
John Houlihan – “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
Tracy McKnight – “Flag Day”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $10 Million
Victoria Beard, Sean Mulligan – “Blue Bayou”
Katie Colley, Sean Mulligan – “The Hating Game”
Alexandra Eckhardt – “Passing”
Mandi Collier, Frankie Pine – “Sylvie’s Love”
Rob Lowry – “The Ultimate Playlist of Noise”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $5 Million
Andrea von Foerster – “Happily”
Jen Malone – “Malcolm & Marie”
Matthew Hearon-Smith – “Red Rocket”
Henrik Hawor, Silje Katralen, Goran Obad, Emilie Sørensen – “The Worst Person in the World”
Mandi Collier, Jen Malone, Nicole Weisberg – “Zola”
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film
“Guns Go Bang” from “The Harder They Fall”
Songwriters: Jeymes Samuel, Scott Mescudi, Shawn Carter
Performers: Kid Cudi, Jay-Z
Music Supervisor: Michelle Silverman
“My Father’s Daughter” from “Flag Day”
Songwriters: Glen Hansard, Eddie Vedder
Performers: Eddie Vedder, Glen Hansard, Olivia Vedder
Music Supervisor: Tracy McKnight
“Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”
Songwriter: Lin-Manuel Miranda
Performer: Sebastián Yatra
Music Supervisor: Tom MacDougall
“Fire in the Sky” from “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”
Songwriters: Anderson .Paak, Bruno Mars, Son Tzu, Rogét Chahayed, Wesley Singerman, Taylor Dexter, Alissia Benveniste
Performer: Anderson .Paak
Music Supervisor: Dave Jordan
“Be Alive” from “King Richard”
Songwriters: Beyoncé, Dixson
Performer: Beyoncé
Music Supervisor: Susan Jacobs
DOCUMENTARIES
Best Music Supervision for a Documentary
Jonathan Hecht – “Dear Rider”
Tracy McKnight – “Rebel Hearts”
Maureen Crowe, Janet Billig Rich – “Sisters on Track”
Gary Welch – “The Sparks Brothers”
Angela Asistio – “Val”
The full nominations including television can be found here. Check out our predictions for Best Original Score and Best Original Song here for this year’s Academy Awards and let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our Twitter account.
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