The music supervisors from “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” “Queen & Slim,” “Waves” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” and singer-songwriter Regina Spektor have won the top film awards from the Guild of Music Supervisors, which handed out its annual awards in Los Angeles on Thursday night.
The GMS categories for film are separated by budget. “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” won the award for music supervision on a film with a budget of more than $25 million, “Queen & Slim” for a film between $10 million and $25 million, “Waves” for a film between $5 million and $10 million and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” for a film with a budget of less than $5 million.
The award for a song written for film went to Spektor’s “One Little Soldier” from “Bombshell.” The song category is the only GMS category that overlaps with the Academy Awards, but only one of the five nominees, “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II,” was also nominated for an Oscar. (“One Little Soldier” was ineligible for the Oscar, reportedly because of a submission error.)
“Something Stupid” from “Better Call Saul” won the award for a song written for television, while other TV awards went to “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” “Euphoria,” “Songland,” “The Dirt” and “Native Son.”
The ceremony took place at the Wiltern Theater in Los Angeles. Performers included Regina Spektor and Lola Marsh, while Kristin Chenoweth and Michael Bolton were among the presenters.
Also at the ceremony, longtime music executive Bob Hunka received the Legacy Award and songwriter Burt Bacharach received the Icon Award.
The winners:
FILM
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Over $25 Million: Mary Ramos – “Once Upon A Time … in Hollywood”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $25 Million: Kier Lehman – “Queen & Slim”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $10 Million: Meghan Currier, Joe Rudge, Randall Poster – “Waves”
Best Music Supervision for Film Budgeted Under $5 Million: Terri D’Ambrosio – “The Last Black Man In San Francisco”
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for a Film: “One Little Soldier” from “Bombshell”
Writer: Regina Spektor
Performed By: Regina Spektor
Music Supervisor: Evyen Klean
TELEVISION
Best Music Supervision in a Television Drama: Adam Leber, Jen Malone – “Euphoria” – Season 1
Best Music Supervision in a Television Musical or Comedy: Robin Urdang – “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” – Season 2
Best Music Supervision in Reality Television: Jill Meyers – “Songland” – Season 1
Best Music Supervision in a Television Movie: (tie) Joe Rudge, Chris Swanson – “The Dirt”; Howard Paar – “Native Son”
Best Song Written and/or Recorded for Television: “Something Stupid” from “Better Call Saul”
Songwriter: C. Carson Parks
Artist: Lola Marsh
Program: “Better Call Saul”
Episode: #407 “Something Stupid”
Music Supervisor: Thomas Golubić
DOCUMENTARIES
Best Music Supervision for a Documentary: Tracy McKnight – “Halston”
Best Music Supervision in a Docuseries: Rudy Chung, Jonathan Christiansen – “Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men”
TRAILERS
Best Music Supervision for Trailers: Anny Colvin (Jax) – “Joker” Tease
ADVERTISING
Best Music Supervision in Advertising – Original Music: David Taylor, Scott McDaniel, Jonathan Wellbelove – Apple Watch “Hokey Pokey”
Best Use of Music Supervision in Advertising – Sync: David Taylor, Scott McDaniel, Jonathan Wellbelove – Apple iPhone “Color Flood”
VIDEO GAMES
Best Music Supervision in a Video Game: Cybele Pettus, Raphaella Lima – “FIFA 20”
Icon Award: Burt Bacharach
Legacy Award: Bob Hunka