Barbie Leads 14th Guild of Music Supervisors Awards

The Guild of Music Supervisors (GMS) has announced the winners of the 14th Annual Guild of Music Supervisors Awards, honouring outstanding achievement in the craft of Music Supervision in film. Barbie picked up two awards for Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million and Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film for “What Was I Made For?”

Winners in bold below.

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million

Matt Aberle – “The Holdovers”
Deva Anderson, Rachel Lautzenheiser – “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3”
Stephanie Diaz-Matos, Philippe Pierre – “They Cloned Tyrone”
George Drakoulias – “Barbie”
Steven Gizicki – “Maestro”
Kirsten Lane – “Saltburn”
Kier Lehman – “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse”
Frankie Pine – “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.”
James A. Taylor – “Wonka”
Andrea von Foerster – “Air”

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $25 Million And Under

Lucy Bright – “The Iron Claw”
Kevin Edelman – “Jesus Revolution”
Connie Farr – “All of Us Strangers”
Carly Hildebrand, Natalie Hayden – “Polite Society”
Vanessa Jorge Perry – “Flamin’ Hot”
Toko Nagata – “Joy Ride”

Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted $10 Million And Under

Adam Bennati – “Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe”
Jody Colero – “Brother”
Meghan Currier – “Past Lives”
Tracy McKnight – “Somewhere in Queens”
Howard Paar – “Eileen”
Andy Ross, Ben Sokoler – “War Pony”
Michael Turner – “Paint”
Lindsay Wolfington – “Theater Camp”

Best Music Supervision for a Non-Theatrically Released Film

Angela Asistio – “Chang Can Dunk”
Linda Cohen – “Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain”
David Fish – “Rye Lane”
Liz Gallacher – “Sitting in Bars with Cake”
Rob Lowry, Tracy McKnight – “Family Switch”
Toko Nagata – “Totally Killer”
Javier Nuño, Joe Rodríguez – “A Million Miles Away”
Wyler Sanca – “Heist 88”
Derryck “Big Tank” Thornton – “Praise This”

Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film

“Am I Dreaming” – “Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse”
Songwriters: Mike Dean, Peter Lee Johnson, Rakim Mayers, Roisee, Leland Wayne, Landon Wayne
Performers: Metro Boomin, A$AP Rocky, Roisee
Music Supervisor: Kier Lehman
 
“Camp Isn’t Home” – “Theater Camp”
Songwriters: Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt, Mark Sonnenblick
Performers: Alexander Bello, Bailee Bonick, Donovan Colan, Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Luke Islam, Madisen Lora, Kyndra Sanchez, Jack Sobolewski, Quinn Titcomb
Music Supervisor: Lindsay Wolfington
 
“Can’t Catch Me Now” – “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes”
Songwriters: Dan Nigro, Olivia Rodrigo
Performer: Olivia Rodrigo
Music Supervisor: Hillary Holmes 
 
“I’m Just Ken” – “Barbie”
Songwriters: Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
Performer: Ryan Gosling
Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias
 
“It Never Went Away” – “American Symphony”
Songwriters: Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson
Performer: Jon Batiste
Music Supervisor: Priya Autrey
 
“JUICY” – “Joy Ride”
Songwriters: Isak Alvedahl, Kirubel Swedin, Sandra Wikstrom
Performer: Ramengvrl
Music Supervisor: Toko Nagata
 
“Little Bit ‘O Soul” – “Totally Killer”
Songwriters: John Carter, Kenneth Hawker
Performer: The Linda Lindas
Music Supervisor: Toko Nagata
 
“Quiet Eyes” – “Past Lives”
Songwriters: Zachary Dawes, Sharon Van Etten
Performer: Sharon Van Etten
Music Supervisor: Meghan Currier
 
“Road to Freedom” – “Rustin”
Songwriter: Lenny Kravitz
Performer: Lenny Kravitz
Music Supervisor: Barry Cole
 
“What Was I Made For?” – “Barbie”
Songwriters: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell
Performer: Billie Eilish
Music Supervisor: George Drakoulias

Author: Doug Jamieson

From musicals to horror and everything in between, Doug has an eclectic taste in films. Both a champion of independent cinema and a defender of more mainstream fare, he prefers to find an equal balance between two worlds often at odds with each other. A film critic by trade but a film fan at heart, Doug also writes for his own website The Jam Report, and Australia’s the AU review.